Author: eric

Intel has developed a digital microscope, marketed for kids at home. I saw this in a catalog (Sam’s Club, I think) and was really excited. An educational computer toy that is fun! You can capture images from the microscope, edit them, print them, email, etc. Fun stuff. But then I found the official homepage and… Continue reading Intel has developed a digital

You’ve got a friend in cheeses! This last weekend I tried to make some Feta, but the goat milk I was using just didn’t curd correctly. I suspect it was just too processed, so I’ll have to find a local supply of fresh milk and try again. I was able to make a nice herbed… Continue reading You’ve got a friend in

The Brunching Shuttlecocks did a rating of Paleolithic Webpages, and included The Garden of Eden: Eve Astrid Andersson was the original Hot Web Babe, based on the fact that she was female, had a Web page, and had memorized hundreds of digits of pi. Andersson’s star has been eclipsed, sadly enough, by the hundreds of… Continue reading The Brunching Shuttlecocks did a

The more I dig through the BBC web sites, the more I like what they’ve got. I’m listening now to the dramatized diary of a woman living in a village ravished by the Black Plague (1348). They also have a viking attack (645), the Highland clearances (1816) and many more. They require RealAudio, but the… Continue reading The more I dig through

On the subject of searches, you can search many weblogs at once here. You’ll find that often several weblogs will be talking about the same thing at the same time. Some say this is a negative point against weblogs, but the only people that notice the repetition are those who frequent many different logs. I’ve… Continue reading On the subject of searches,

I’ve played with the format a bit. The most obvious change is the search feature over to the left. It’ll search through the archives, which have really started to pile up. Also, I’m phasing out one statistics counter for another. You’ll not notice, unless you scroll all the way down and see the buttons on… Continue reading I’ve played with the format

Paramedics Rush Toy To Hospital: A group of British paramedics had the fright of their lives this Halloween, when they mistook a child’s toy found on a London subway station platform for a human fetus and rushed it to hospital. I don’t even know where to begin with this…

November 26th is the busiest shopping day of the year. Adbusters suggests that we buy nothing. I’ll take them up on that. Are you familiar with adbusters? They bill their website as the Culture Jammers Headquarters, and they focus mainly on consumerism. Their site is full of “uncommercials” that need media outlets, spoof ads, and… Continue reading November 26th is the busiest

If you do your grocery shopping in Lincoln, Nebraska, don’t sample the merchendise! The fuzz’ll be all over you.

Actor Ian Bannen killed in car crash— most well known here in the US for his recent starring role in Waking Ned Divine. I quite enjoyed him there.