Monthly Archives: April 2014
Nessie is Back
something that shows up when you photograph large sections of the earth http://news.msn.com/offbeat/apple-inadvertently-intensifies-the-search-for-loch-ness-monster
Making Pianos Digital
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27062526 The next round of digital pianos, taking much better advantage of the huge speed increase in CPU chips and memory prices. 49GB compared to the old 1MB ones. Basically high quality digitally sampled.
Blood Moon Tonight
if you are up and want to watch the eclipse http://new.livestream.com/GriffithObservatoryTV/LunarEclipse the red should start between 11pm and 12pm tonight PST)
With the Skin On
Turns out that we lost something along the way in this high tech world, the good old butcher shop. Have been trying to obtain a pork loin roast with skin on to make crackling – that stuff that gives horrible … Continue reading
Gas/Petrol from Seawater
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2599036/The-plane-powered-WATER-US-Navy-reveals-radical-new-game-changing-process-power-jets-boats-seawater.html not sure what the yield would be, pretty low I’d expect, curious how much energy is required for the conversion process versus the amount of Gasoline created…
James Blunt on Helium
James Blunt has taken flack over the years for his singing and his voice, so Jonathon Ross and gang decided to imitate his song “beautiful” by breathing helium. Hilarious. Heres the original…
Random Musings 