More important, why this matters.
Not a beetle
Leave a reply
Author Archives: gmcdavid
“Why does does pornography need copy editing?”
“Readers can’t find their particular fetishes if they’re spelled wrong.”
Monday Night Irish Class, April 16, 2012
Irish Class, April 16, 2012
Rang Gaeilge, 16ú lá mí Aibreáin 2012
<!–
Fadas: áéíóúÁÉÍÓÚ
–>
Labhairt an marfóir Plútóin ag Ollscoil Minnesota ar an Déardaoin. http://tinyurl.com/7xw4by3.
Bhí mé agus mo iníon altrama ansin. An-spéisiúil.
Debunking Hollywood History
Five Titanic myths spread by films, from
Skepchick
Contrary to the popular interpretation the White Star Line never made any substantive claims that the Titanic was unsinkable – and nobody really talked about the ship’s unsinkability until after the event….
Wood the Oppressor
“People in the 18th century were trying to find the beauty in wood. People in the 17th century were trying to hide it.” — Jennie Alexander, one of authors of Make a Joint Stool from a Tree (great book, BTW).
From Lost Art Press.
Pluto’s killer speaks
Thursday night carpe_noctum_93 and I went to a public lecture at the University of Minnesota. The speaker was Mike Brown, author of the excellent book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, and that was the topic of the lecture. He was informative, convincing, and very funny. Continue reading
Twin Cities Maker Minne-Faire
I went there this afternoon and saw lots of cool stuff. Some pictures behind the cut.
If I had a hammer ….
From the OldTools list.
Monday Night Irish Class, April 9, 2012
Irish Class, April 9, 2012
Rang Gaeilge, 9ú lá mí Aibreáin 2012
<!–
Fadas: áéíóúÁÉÍÓÚ
–>
Iced cherry tree
We are back to something like normal early spring weather in Minnesota, which means the temperature may drop below freezing. I have not looked up how low it got last night, but as of 7AM this morning it was 25oF/-3oC.
We have a cherry tree in the front yard. mia_mcdavid set up a garden hose to sprinkle it during the night. The idea was that the running water would keep the blossoms from freezing. It might not have worked, but the results this morning were visually impressive Picture behind cut.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 