Introducing the Make: Talk radio show
For this first show, Friday March 6, 2009, they’ll be discussing Volume 17, the Lost Knowledge issue, of MAKE. I will be the guest, along with Jake von Slatt, the cover gentleman for the issue and creator of the wonderful Wimshurst project featured in 17. We’ll be talking about steampunk, and other lost, retro, antique technologies, and whatever else springs to mind.
I think I am in a good position at work, even in the current economic crisis, but I cannot help remembering this.
One thing that find frustrating about colgaffneyis is that members seem quite happy to repeat generalities about the past (sometimes quite implausible) without checking the historical facts. I have a pretty good BS detector, and it frequently goes off in our camp. Here is a draft of the latest result of this. I will be publishing it in colgaffneyis newsletter. Whether anyone will read it and pay attention is uncertain. However, I have already started work on debunking another Clann myth.
I saw the PBS show last night. I thought it was really good, although the second part dragged a bit compared to the first “57 minutes of scheming and vindictiveness” about how she came to the throne.
BTW, the horse myth is totally fictional.
From Bad Astronomy:
….there’s something cool about old’ [tele]scopes. It’s hard to imagine any other scientific instrument in any other field that can still produce good quality data after more than 100 years.
….originated in the late 19th century. It is not traditional Irish dress. See What is Traditional Irish Dress by kass_rants (Kass McGann), a well known expert on historical clothing. I have checked and confirmed her references on the subject. Also see this letter from Patrick Pearse.
And that is why I will not be wearing a kilt to the local Irish Fair (A fine event, BTW) this weekend.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 