My old girl is coming home… # SFSignal is giving away copies of the steampunk eBook The Shadow Conspiracy http://tinyurl.com/y8q2637 #free #eBook #fb (via @dancinghorse) # So wrong…. Ewok song meets barbarshop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN62wqBdbxA # How To: Escape From Google's Clutches, Once and For All.. http://digg.com/d31JPx5 # RT @bookviewcafe: On the BVC blog: Judith Tarr's Horseblog – http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/ # Related Images:
Continue reading...February 2010
Prize is coming home
It has been almost exactly one year since I got to see Prize for the first time in 12+ years. Since then, I’ve been out to visit Prize a few times. Last time she even nickered at me. Last weekend, I met Gena, Prize’s current owner, and her Mom, Rody. (I’ve met Rody several times.) They are great people and have such love for Prize. They met me at the Isis’ and Kasane’s...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
Had an excellent ride yesterday. Soft and light and we finally figure out how to correct dropping the shoulder in corners. # Computer Engineer Barbie coming soon to a toy store near you.. http://digg.com/d31IroD # RT @bookviewcafe: Today's Special from Judith Tarr: – "Widdershins" – read it for free at http://www.bookviewcafe.com # RT @dancinghorse: RT @bookviewcafe On the BVC blog: Judith Tarr's Horseblog – http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/ "How to Groom a Horse" # RT @tweetmeme...
Continue reading...Mice of Pompeii
The plaster cast figures from Pompeii are pretty famous. The casts are made by pouring plaster into hollows left in the ash by an item that has decomposed (like bodies, wood, etc.). The resulting figures capture the expressions and last moments of the people who were killed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79CE. A snippet of a documentary shows the mice from Pompeii captured using the same plaster technique developed by Fiorelli:...
Continue reading...New game. Time suck.
I enjoy playing games: pen-and-paper RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons (yes people still play it), computer RPGs, MMOs, and all that fun stuff. Bioware, a game company, has a good track record producing RPGs (role-playing games). Bioware produced the Baldur’s Gate series a few years back, a well loved RPG. Bioware recently released a game called Dragon Age: Origins for PC, PS3, and X-Box. I don’t have any of those machines, although I...
Continue reading...Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14
The FBI Wants Our Web Browsing Activity: Fair or Foul?.. http://digg.com/d31HwOT # RT @archaeologynews: In the field: Royal Family Necropolis of the Third Intermediate Period at the temple of Hatshepsut http://bit.ly/ba05Js # RT @stc_carolina: Good news! Raleigh-Cary ranked No. 3 in five-year jobs growth http://bit.ly/9zntRD # RT @bookviewcafe: Today's Special from Judith Tarr: – "Darkwall's Lady" – read it for free at http://www.bookviewcafe.com # Build a High-Speed Laser-Triggered Photography Rig .. http://digg.com/d31I5O4 #...
Continue reading...Lens on ebay
Before I knew of the machine problems today, I had decided to bit on a Voigtlander Nokton SLR II 58mm f1.4 Pentax KA mount lens. Found one on eBay with an excellent price. Just as well I didn’t win the auction. The funds that would have paid for that lens are computerized… Kills me though. The lens went for almost half price. Related Images:
Continue reading...Severely dead Mac
My poor little Mac died a painful death. What had apparently started weeks ago with random DVD drive openings, ended today with the machine going into an endless boot cycle. Today was not a good day for this to happen. I was already annoyed from idiots on the drive home and from running errands. I was hungry and had had low grade-cramps all day. When I first opened the case I smelled burning...
Continue reading...Twitter Updates for 2010-02-09
RT @archaeologynews: In the field: Royal Family Necropolis of the Third Intermediate Period at the temple of Hatshepsut http://bit.ly/ba05Js # RT @stc_carolina: Good news! Raleigh-Cary ranked No. 3 in five-year jobs growth http://bit.ly/9zntRD # RT @bookviewcafe: Today's Special from Judith Tarr: – "Darkwall's Lady" – read it for free at http://www.bookviewcafe.com # Build a High-Speed Laser-Triggered Photography Rig .. http://digg.com/d31I5O4 # @tmonews I use Opera. in reply to tmonews # http://twitpic.com/123te3 – Dude,...
Continue reading...Changed Twitter options
I’ve changed the Twitter options for the blog. Instead of posting daily summaries of my Twitter posts, the digest will be posted weekly. I’ve also removed the replies. Related Images:
Continue reading...Soup, part 2 and Weight Watchers
I don’t know what’s gotten in to me, but I actually cooked again. I used to cook all of the time, but when it’s just me, I usually have meals that require little to no preparation (i.e., salad). I changed the recipe I cooked last week to add more garlic (3.5 cloves instead of 2), added 4 Tb of tomato paste, and let all of the veggies simmer in the pot instead of...
Continue reading...Twitter Updates for 2010-02-08
@thedreya Playing in Pandora's box? in reply to thedreya # @dancinghorse I thought Arizona was supposed to be dry… You have had a lot of rain lately. in reply to dancinghorse # @spicycauldron What a horrible end to the bees (and for you and your partner to deal with). Hugs to you both. in reply to spicycauldron # @thedreya Oh you? Never 🙂 in reply to thedreya # The FBI Wants Our Web...
Continue reading...Wet weekend
It was a very wet weekend at the barn. Isis played on Saturday and apparently enjoyed herself so much that her front right tendon was swollen. She wasn’t lame and the swelling wasn’t warm, so I put some liniment on her and put her back out. Kasane’s cut looks much better. I went out to the field to check on the cut and it was a little goopy. (Amazing what mud + scab...
Continue reading...Twitter Updates for 2010-02-07
Record Your Own Records With Gakken's Gramophone Kit – gakke.. http://digg.com/d31HzmV # A week of melting snow and two days of rain. The barn will be more like a swamp. Been a week since I've seen the girls. # Dollhouse Started With Desire, But Ended With Paranoia – Dol.. http://digg.com/d31Hzq4 # Now this will be interesting! RT @Podshock: Neil Gaiman Confirms Doctor Who Episode | SFX Magazine http://ow.ly/14Egw #doctorwho #neilgaiman # Powered by...
Continue reading...Twitter Updates for 2010-02-06
(ArchEurope) Lost Roman Codex Fragments Found in Book Binding http://bit.ly/coIYJQ (via @archaeologynews) # ConsumerMan: 'Unfair' piggybacking tactics – ConsumerMan- ms.. http://digg.com/d31HsOT # A Sixaxis Controller to Play Emulated Games on Nokia N9000.. http://digg.com/d31HsdE # US Dept. Of Justice: Court Lacks Authority To Approve.. http://digg.com/d31Htzs # Star Trek LOLCats. Just Cuz. – Star Trek – io9.. http://digg.com/d31Hu8D # Powered by Twitter Tools Related Images:
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