From our reading journal: 8/27/07 Legacy (Sharing Knife 2) Lois McMaster Bujold Lakewalkers keep separate from other peoples, keep few possessions and live in camps near the lakes, traveling among farmers on occasion in pursuit of Malices, powerful malevolent beings that is their mission to keep from destroying mankind. Lakewalkers are forbidden to marry outside [...]
Archive of entries posted on August 2007
Owl Phone
The Owl Project at MIT Media Lab, collaborating with Maine Audubon, uses cell phones for owl census, producing owl calls and recording response. Low night-time phone rates are an advantage. Sample recordings may be found here. (kudos BoingBoing) previously: Nature Sounds for Leopards
What We Bake
Low(er) Carb Bread 1 cup warm water 1/4 stick of butter 2 egg whites (left over from here) 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour 1/2 cup wheat gluten 2 TBS flax meal 1 TBS spoonable Splenda 1 1/2 tsp yeast 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp molasses Add liquid ingredients to bread maker, then dry [...]
Win95 Remembered
Twelve years ago today Windows 95 was introduced. Following Windows 3.1, this was the big move to 32 bits (we ignore the Win32s fork), including a better selection of native controls and improved usability. Business for independent Windows software developers began to take off. Our company’s first product was introduced earlier that year for Win31. [...]
Moog Remembered
Electronic music pioneer Robert Moog passed to the ethereal plane two years ago today. Check out this recent post for his life and times, including popularizing the theremin.
What We Have Read 4
From our reading journal: 7/31/07 New Amsterdam Elizabeth Bear Vampires? Been done. Add a female forensic sorcerer? Tell us more. Add an alternate history where the colonies lost the French-Indian war, New Amsterdam is still part of the British Empire in 1901, and the Empire still has a strong monarchy, with alternate near-steampunk technology? Brilliant. [...]
Building Wind Chimes
Resources found on the web: An Engineering Approach to Wind Chime Design Making Wind Chimes Making Windchimes Bamboo Wind Chimes Glass Wind Chimes (kudos Wikipedia) Related posts: Bike Wind Chime, One-Note Chime, Hard Drive Chime, Building Chimes