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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Another batch of chick pics
Includes a good vid clip of the rooster crowing. ¶ 2:23 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Includes a good vid clip of the rooster crowing. ¶ 2:23 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Baby snapping turtle
My friend Laura and I had lunch at Lake Crabtree with a baby snapping turtle last Friday. The other pics - as well as a video, I hope - are here.
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More mill pics
The hopper and large grinding stones at the West Point Mill. I love the light in this picture. We tried to grind wheat Saturday, but the millrace was too full and the water was backed up under the wheel, causing a great deal of drag so we didn't have enough power to grind. Here's a pic of what the wheel looked like partly under water:
But of course I enjoyed myself greatly just being at the mill, arguing politics with the miller Kent and playing some more with my camera:
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New toy
Apple - iPod shuffle
I had no real desire for the first Shuffle, because at the price and size I couldn't see the positive in not having a menu. Now that price and size are both reduced and it's made of beautiful aluminum, I decided to get one. And I am really enjoying it. I put large audio (book, podcast, lecture) files at the front of the playlist where they can be easily accessed, and dump a ton of music below for random access.
I fell asleep with it on last night, and dreamed I was in college. They broadcast music through the campus buildings. I was impressed that they played such cool music there, and amazed at my own hipness in knowing all the songs. Duh. I was hearing my own music. ¶ 12:33 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
I had no real desire for the first Shuffle, because at the price and size I couldn't see the positive in not having a menu. Now that price and size are both reduced and it's made of beautiful aluminum, I decided to get one. And I am really enjoying it. I put large audio (book, podcast, lecture) files at the front of the playlist where they can be easily accessed, and dump a ton of music below for random access.
I fell asleep with it on last night, and dreamed I was in college. They broadcast music through the campus buildings. I was impressed that they played such cool music there, and amazed at my own hipness in knowing all the songs. Duh. I was hearing my own music. ¶ 12:33 AM 0 Comments Links to this post
Monday, November 20, 2006
Borat: mini-review
Maybe funny for a five-minute YouTube vid, not for a full-length film. I left after 20 minutes. Apparently not having a television has reduced my already low tolerance for low humor to about zilch. Offensive? Not really; offensive would have been a step UP for this film.
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Another candling shot
Same egg as in the post below. This shows the circle at the bottom better. 
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Same egg as in the post below. This shows the circle at the bottom better.
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Candling an egg
I'm not trying to hatch chicks, but I had the flashlight this evening and picked up a couple of blue eggs from the (still faithfully laying) araucana mutts (the nondescript half-tailed black hens which have become our favorties for their freindly personalities). So I decided to candle an egg. Very cool watching the yolk slide around. The egg looked like a map of Jupiter with the yellows and reds and stripes on the eggs.
Not sure what the circle at the wide end is; I guess maybe the air cavity at the end? It's interesting that it can't be seen at all from the outside in normal light.
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I'm not trying to hatch chicks, but I had the flashlight this evening and picked up a couple of blue eggs from the (still faithfully laying) araucana mutts (the nondescript half-tailed black hens which have become our favorties for their freindly personalities). So I decided to candle an egg. Very cool watching the yolk slide around. The egg looked like a map of Jupiter with the yellows and reds and stripes on the eggs.
Not sure what the circle at the wide end is; I guess maybe the air cavity at the end? It's interesting that it can't be seen at all from the outside in normal light.
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Ed's knee
Poor old beagle Ed has a torn ACL and some bone fragments in his knee. Here's his x-ray. He may need surgery :-(
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Poor old beagle Ed has a torn ACL and some bone fragments in his knee. Here's his x-ray. He may need surgery :-(
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Gratuitous dog picture
Kate hanging out on the couch with me.
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Kate hanging out on the couch with me.
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
State Fair feet
More evidence of my continuing obession with photographing my own feet. The white stuff on the toes is talc. I like this pic because of the pics and words in the background; it was taken against the LPNC state fair booth backdrop as I was 'working' at the Fair. Sometimes we had enough vols that I just sat back and played with the camera. I took these other pics around that time, too.
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More evidence of my continuing obession with photographing my own feet. The white stuff on the toes is talc. I like this pic because of the pics and words in the background; it was taken against the LPNC state fair booth backdrop as I was 'working' at the Fair. Sometimes we had enough vols that I just sat back and played with the camera. I took these other pics around that time, too.
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