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Science night
With only a few days left before Abby has to turn in her second set of science work/projects, we wrapped up a couple of experiments tonight.
The first was a spectroscope. Using a few simple items, we wanted to see how different light bulbs (halogen, incandescent, florescent) delivered different light spectrums. (The key is in the [...]
Posted in Family Life, School Life Tagged Aerogel, Experiment, Science, Spectroscope Comments closed
Broken pan. Broken heart.
Several weeks ago, my wife was cooking a meal on the stove in our Pampered Chef deep covered baker when she added some cold broth. The resulting gunshot sound signaled a crack in the bottom and an end to our coveted cooker.
This weekend it was my turn.
With Susan out of town, I was putting together [...]
Squeezing in a little “fun” time
My idea of “fun” lately has been to repurpose an old Mac G3 tower I bought for $5 more than three years ago into a Linux server.
It’s been a valuable learning experience. The scary part is I’m actually enjoying the command line. I’m considering dropping a GUI interface on top to use from time to [...]
Posted in Digital Life Tagged Debian, Geek, Linux, Mac G3, Virtual Box, Virtualization Comments closed
Scared crooked
One of the reasons I like reading Paul Krugman is that he can hit the nail on the head in very plain language:
To me — and I’m not alone in this — the sudden outbreak of deficit hysteria brings back memories of the groupthink that took hold during the run-up to the Iraq war. Now, [...]
Are these two separated at birth?