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Entries from June 2008

How hot has my backpack been?

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Recently I bought a device (via EBay) that logs temperature and humidity. I intend to use it to monitor my wife’s greenhouse when we get it completed, to make sure it’s ready to support her orchids before we move them in. But in the meantime it’s been riding around in my backpack. Here’s what a [...]

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Our home, as seen from afar

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/multimedia/mro20080303earth.html

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Tags: Culture · Ecology · Science

Cap’n Crunch Whistle

June 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I would have liked to have this. The original source of 2600 Hz found in a cereal box. (And the cereal is pretty good, too.)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110255449502
Thanks to Donn Lee for pointing it out.

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Tags: Culture · Technology

Digistan Hague Declaration

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I just signed the Digistan Hague Declaration at http://www.digistan.org/hague-declaration:en.

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Tags: Internet · Politics