Finally, a genre of hip-hop I can relate to: Geeksta Rap. Apparently, some comp sci and math students have decided to wrap about Geekly topics. Wired has a feature article talking about the genre and the major musicians.
This is just too cool! Thanks to Slashdot for carrying the article.
Isis’ new shoes arrived today. They were more expensive than the last pair of shoes I bought for me. Regular steel horse shoes cost about $4 each; these were $14.50 each. When you are used to the burnished silver of regular horse shoes, seeing translucent green and yellow shoes is a bit of a shock.
Isis has Easy Walker horse shoes for her spiffy feet. Think sneakers for horses. Horse shoes even have tred patterns. How strange.
However, they are supposed to be ideal for horses with lameness issues (like laminitis and navicular) because the shoes support the horse’s feet and are able to flex with the hoof. The shoes are also breatheable, so they don’t interfere with the delicate balance of tissue on the bottom of the hoof.
Overall, the shoes sound great. We’re going to glue the shoes on using Vettec Adhere, a relatively thick glue that will hold the shoe on and also provide some additional cushioning for the shoe against the hoof. Because Isis’ feet have to be trimmed every three weeks, using nails would be too stressful on her feet. Here’s hoping the glue holds the shoes in place!
James Doohan died this morning at 5:30 AM from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s. Doohan played the beloved Chief Energineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott of the Star Trek TV series, which aired form 1966-1969, and subsequent 7 movies.
When over 50% of engineering students listed Scotty as their inspiration for studying engineering, the Milwaukee School of Engineering awarded Doohan an honorary doctorate of engineering.
In addition to being one of the best known starship engineers, Doohan was also a linguist — he was the brains behind the Klingon and Romulan languages.
RIP, Mr Scott
