The Reign of King Edward III
Finding a lost play by Shakespeare is the stuff of legend, but Brian Vickers is claiming he did it. Well, there have been suggestions that the play in question was Shakespeare’s since about 1760,...
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Skiing Robot
Now that we’ve had snow (twice already), it’s time to get some inspiration for winter time projects. If you want to think big, check out this one from the Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia....
Neuronovels
Marco Roth has an interesting article about the Neuronovel in n+1. Neuronovel is his term for a notable trend in fiction over the last decade or so. I’m sure you’ve noticed that in a...
Glad you’re not here?
Yup, it’s snowing today. This is as early as I can remember the first snow of the season around here. It’s not sticking on the ground as that’s still too warm, but there’s definitely...
Sexual Selection Of Cool Demo Features
Jens Alfke gives his $0.02 on the Google Wave debate in a blog post that he calls The Lost Lesson Of Instant Typing. It’s a reasonable take on the value of certain features of...
Lego Servo Brick
One thing we knew we needed to do with the Arduino is to figure out how to connect it to our favorite building set. It turns out that the servo we have (a Turnigy...
Sleep No More
Last night we went to see Sleep No More by the American Repertory Theatre and Punchdrunk with Tom and a couple of his friends. Tom’s friend Ben had gone to see it on Thursday...
Motor Shield
Peter’s friend Will was over today. One of the things they did was to assemble a motor shield for Peter’s Arduino. An Arduino has a bunch of output pins, but they aren’t powerful enough...
Friday Night Music Videos
Here are some of the music videos we’ve been watching recently. Be forewarned, it’s a pretty random collection. Astronaut – YILA featuring Scroobius Pip Scroobius Pip has always been a big favorite at our...
Undulatus Asperatus
Remember when I mentioned the Cloud Appreciation Society back in June? Well, there’s big news in their world right now. A new type of is in the process of getting named. It is called...
