Modern GeekeryThoughts from the intersection of science, business, society and culture.This weekends accomplishments- April 21, 2008 Mowed yard, composted the clippings. Mowed clover in the garden area, mulched in place. Planted lettuce, basil, sunflowers, transplanted various seedlings Installed the last bits of the new hardwood floor in our craft room with my father-in-law Hiked about 2 miles with the family Weeded around the pawpaw trees Started research on a new idea for a self-directed research project at ...http://brentn.freeshell.org/blog/2008/04/20/this-weekends-accomplishments/ Tonights dinner- April 18, 2008 Tonight&8217;s dinner is a salad containing thin strips of red-leaf lettuce mixed with thin strips of fresh sorrel from my garden, topped with a fresh radish from my garden, thinly sliced vidalia onion tops, almonds, and a homemade vinaigrette. Excuse me while I have my foodgasm.http://brentn.freeshell.org/blog/2008/04/17/tonights-dinner/ Shiitake logs- April 13, 2008 Last year, I had to have a dying hickory in my yard cut down. While I paid to have most of the trunk hauled off, I still have a pile of the limb wood. I had decided a while back that I would plug these logs with shiitake spawn and make shiitake logs. Its best ...http://brentn.freeshell.org/blog/2008/04/13/shiitake-logs/ Upgrading the cold frame- April 13, 2008 After a a couple of months of moving the cold frame around, the structure had gotten a little less than sturdy. When I started putting it together, I figured that this would be the failure mode, since without corner supports, only the thickness of the wood would support the screws holding it together. I&8217;d been ...http://brentn.freeshell.org/blog/2008/04/13/upgrading-the-cold-frame/ Designing for a Green Society- April 9, 2008 I just read this piece by Alex Steffen on the WorldChanging blog and highly recommend it. The key quote from the piece, in my opinion, is this one: If we&8217;re going to avert ecological destruction, we need to to not only do things differently, we need to do different things. What he&8217;s saying here is ...http://brentn.freeshell.org/blog/2008/04/08/designing-for-a-green-society/ |