Off the Top of My HeadOff the Top of My Head - LiveJournal.comI love new words...- August 27, 2004 I get a kick out of new wordslike"google-fu"and "sucktacular"Does that make me a bad personI find them quite clever, when done well.Reminds me of the old HBO "Sniglets" which even come with definitions.Like: "Fenderberg - n. The large glacial deposits that form on the insides of car fenders during snowstorms."http://mecurious.livejournal.com/68016.html A List of Mindblowing Books. . .- August 10, 2004 Found on another web site with a title that required sanitizing... here is a list of books sure to set your "little grey cells" jumpin'. Authors in BOLD are generally mindblowing, with the books listed under their names as particularly good examples.So without further ado, The List:Adams, DouglasThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe Restaurant at the End of the UniverseLife, the Universe, and EverythingSo Long, and thanks for all the fishMostly HarmlessDirk Gently's Holistic Detective...http://mecurious.livejournal.com/67727.html An Excellent Year for the Perseid Meteor Shower- August 3, 2004 Wed. night, August 11th is the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. It is a family tradition to go out with my daughters (and occasionally my wife) to snack on muchies while staring up at the wonderous light show. I recommend driving some miles away from city (and airport beacon) lights. Take a lawn chairlounger. It may get cooler than you think in the overnight hours so take sweatshirts, etc. If you dress in layers you can always shedlayer to be confortable.Full Sky and Telescope...http://mecurious.livejournal.com/67358.html An update on my journey to better coffee...- August 3, 2004 A while back I posted about how one can roast their own coffee (from green coffee beans) using nothing more than a popcorn air popper. This works quite well and I recommend it, however the air popper almost does too fast of a job of it. I desired to slow the roasting process down a bit. I found a nice plan for modifying the air popper. It took about $25 worth of parts and when it was done I had a plastic box attached to the air popper which holds two switches (one for each of the two heating...http://mecurious.livejournal.com/67141.html |