In this pita bread recipe, we use a stove for heating the bread instead of a hot oven. Our stove is at a better work level than the oven, is easier to access for the short cooking “baking” times without a door in the way, and tends to heat the kitchen less during summer. Low(er) [...]
Archive of entries posted on July 2008
Garden Chime Contest
Oddstrument Collection is having a contest for garden musical instruments: Things like wind chimes, outdoor gongs, bells, fountains, musical sculptures, “wind banjos”, etc. Think solar, wind, water powered and beyond. [via :Make] Related posts: Chime Variations, Building Wind Chimes
Solar Cricket
(image courtesy Wikimedia Commons) Michael F. Zbyszynski describes how to modify a solar yard light to make cricket sounds in this article from Make: (PDF) [kudos Make: blog]
Nature Recording Interview
Bioacoustician Bernie Krause is interviewed by Jennifer Ouellette for NewScientist. His project Wild Sanctuary aims to archive nature soundscapes before they are lost to human development. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f21PNOdGdC0] video link [hat tip Cocktail Party Physics]
Early Copy Protection
If you enjoyed Neal Stephenson’s geek-historical-fiction Quicksilver and haven’t discovered David Bodanis Passionate Minds, then run, don’t walk, to the nearest bookseller or library. This real-life account of the turbulent relationship between two premier minds of the Enlightenment is not to be missed. images c/o Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons The author gives an account of [...]
Chime Variations
Ranjit describes a sound sculpture using strings instead of chimes. [Video link] (hat tip Make) Furin are glass wind chimes, a sound of summer in Japan. PingMag interviews furin craftsman Yoshiharu Shinohara, with marvelous photos. (kudos Dinosaurs and Robots)
Random Friday: What We Parade
July 4 Parade in Village of Corrales: (video download link)