Dayjams week 2 (my first)
Yesterday marked the end of my first week of dayjams and the performance of the song my band worked on all week. 3 times. We were the last band on, and our lead guitarist...
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So Many Books
The Millions has a list of some of the books that are coming out this year. There are several I’m really looking forward to. There’s a new Richard Powers, a new Thomas Pynchon, and...
Planets and Ships
This is a Processing sketch that Peter and I wrote a while ago. You should see a black square with a bunch of colored circles. Each circle is a planet. Now click to launch...
CSF on NPR
NPR had a nice article tonight about the CSF (Cape Ann Fresh Catch) we mentioned here the other day just as I was pulling in to Codman Farm to pick up this week’s fish....
Goodwood 2009
These are some amazing car pictures form Goodwood festival of speed 2009.There’s a nice picture of the Ferrari 599xx and some of the F1 cars we saw when we visited the factory last year....
Poem for Today
I don’t know how many people in the world want Legos, Greek science, and anagrams mixed with their poetry, but if you do, then The Great Order of the Universe by Christian Bök is...
Balanced Ternary Clock
Here’s a short clip of a balanced ternary clock I wrote using the MATLAB class I posted the other day. In this clock, the green dots represent 1, the red dots represent –1, and...
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse
You’ve probably heard that Betelgeuse has recently been showing signs of instability. This might be a sign that it’s going to become a supernova. Yesterday, Ctein considered the question of how bright it would...
Balloon Flowers
We’ve had an interesting flower in our garden for the last couple of years called the balloon flower. You can see how it got that name from this picture: That’s what the blossom looks...
