{"id":3177,"date":"2014-06-13T16:57:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T22:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3177"},"modified":"2014-06-13T16:57:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T22:57:38","slug":"odd-lots-255","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3177","title":{"rendered":"Odd Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve been gone for two weeks, and the pile is still pretty high. So let&#8217;s get to work:<\/li>\n<li><a href= \"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2014\/06\/11\/3-millionth-raspberry-pi-sold\/\" target=\"_blank\">There are now three million Raspberry Pi boards in the world, and counting<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href= \"http:\/\/makezine.com\/2014\/01\/07\/how-i-built-a-raspberry-pi-tablet\/\" target=\"_blank\">This chap has designed one into a tablet<\/a>. Not too surprising, as the original SoC device was created for smartphones.<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fMoRkEffFOQ\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Johnson&#8217;s solar triple thermoacoustic engine<\/a>. I immediately asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s the physics here?&#8221; and Todd, being the consummate physicist, <a href= \"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thermoacoustic_heat_engine\" target= \"_blank\">provided the link<\/a>. Spooky cool.<\/li>\n<li>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigslostchicago.com\/\" target= \"_blank\">Craig&#8217;s Lost Chicago<\/a>: <a href= \"http:\/\/www.craigslostchicago.com\/lost-eateries.php\" target= \"_blank\">Photos of many extinct Chicago restaurants<\/a>, some famous, some <em>very<\/em> obscure. I&#8217;m a little surprised that I had been to so few.<\/li>\n<li>Which led directly to <a href=\"http:\/\/craigslosttoys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Craig&#8217;s Lost Toys<\/a>. Doesn&#8217;t list <a href= \"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mr._Machine\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Machine<\/a>, but does have a photo of the Puffer Kite in its original packaging.<\/li>\n<li>Another look at Chicago&#8217;s past: <a href= \"http:\/\/www.wttw.com\/main.taf?p=1,7,1,1,43\" target=\"_blank\">How Chicago Rocked the 60s<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you have any interest in the pulps at all, definitely take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulpmags.org\/default.htm\" target= \"_blank\">Pulp Magazines Project<\/a>, which has legal scans of a great many pulp mags, including lots in the SFF category.<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookplus.com\/\" target= \"_blank\">another, similar archive for comics<\/a>, with the difference that, although free, you have to create an account to access the books. May still be worthwhile if you&#8217;re big on comics. (Thanks to Stuart Anderson for the link.)<\/li>\n<li>Sounds like Facebook echo chambers to me: <a href= \"http:\/\/www.parentherald.com\/articles\/4585\/20140612\/when-good-people-do-bad-things.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Groups promote anonymity, diminish personal responsibility, and encourage reframing harmful actions as &#8216;necessary for the greater good.&#8217;<\/a> (Thanks to Jonathan O&#8217;Neal for the link.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been gone for two weeks, and the pile is still pretty high. So let&#8217;s get to work: There are now three million Raspberry Pi boards in the world, and counting. This chap has designed one into a tablet. Not too surprising, as the original SoC device was created for smartphones. 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