{"id":1698,"date":"2011-03-19T19:43:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T01:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=1698"},"modified":"2011-03-19T19:44:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T01:44:47","slug":"odd-lots-148","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=1698","title":{"rendered":"Odd Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/03\/17\/us-ebooks-idUSTRE72G7E420110317\" target=\"_blank\">Printed book sales fall, and ebook sales rise by 115%<\/a>. Something&#8217;s Going On Here.<\/li>\n<li>I bought an iPod Touch from Jim Strickland and am currently figgering it out. Although I was surprised that it won&#8217;t display .mov videos, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilounge.com\/index.php\/articles\/comments\/the-complete-guide-to-ipod-video-formats-and-display-resolutions\/\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> makes much clear about Apple&#8217;s video formats.<\/li>\n<li>Michael Covington&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covingtoninnovations.com\/michael\/blog\/0801\/index.html#080116\" target=\"_blank\">2008 tutorial on reading email headers<\/a> to spot phish and phakes is worth reading again.<\/li>\n<li>Richard McConachy sent me a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/platypusart.com\/wetherell\/sculpture_greatwetherellrefractor.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Wetherell Refractor<\/a>, a hand-made 200mm F9 with some of the <em>guldurndest<\/em> metalwork in it.<\/li>\n<li>There was a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horned_gopher\" target=\"_blank\">horned gopher<\/a> during the Pleistocene. Really. It is the only horned rodent known, and the smallest horned mammal.<\/li>\n<li>From Henry Law comes a reminder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xkcd.com\/730\/\" target=\"_blank\">an xkcd item from a while back<\/a>. For heavenly performance, ground your receiver in a jar of holy water!<\/li>\n<li>And that led to <a href=\"http:\/\/xkcd.com\/567\/\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>, which (Ben Franklin groupie that I am) has always been one of my favorites.<\/li>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t had a monster zin in some time, but last night I opened the bottle of Klinker Brick 2007 Old Vine Zinfandel that&#8217;s been sitting on the rack for almost two years. About $18 if I recall. At 15.8% alcohol, it&#8217;s among the strongest reds you&#8217;re likely to find that aren&#8217;t port. Dry but not bitter, with strong spice and enough fruit to balance the buzz. I had about 100ml. Puh-lenty!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilmadscientist.com\/article.php\/usbkey\" target=\"_blank\">A cool hack and great visual humor<\/a>. I have a couple of these little KingMax USB sticks (courtesy Eric Bowersox) and although it would be a bad use of my time, I&#8217;m sorely tempted.<\/li>\n<li>Accidental visual feast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/images?hl=en&amp;sugexp=ldymls&amp;pq=steampunk+shoes&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=steampunk+jewelry&amp;cp=12&amp;qe=c3RlYW1wdW5rIGpl&amp;qesig=neZEjIwzJyWbOiUEmacNnA&amp;pkc=AFgZ2tnV4_tmw-dyF6an1JkqhN8oIPSoLhidtXOS1vimAxNTiS4_YTtYAt9QbesZDyrRWJAxNVR7Bb9Wpbj7HhQwWLCRLrNJ1Q&amp;safe=off&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=alqFTcaxKoT6swOTifn-AQ&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CEgQsAQ&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=990\" target=\"_blank\">Search for &#8220;steampunk jewelry&#8221; on Google Images<\/a>. My favorite would be <a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_osrVjnPbdEM\/SKwR9FPOIWI\/AAAAAAAADbU\/GFQQX99C_og\/s1600-h\/Steampunk_Jewelry_9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this one<\/a>, which I would title &#8220;Time Flies.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>In addition to bathroom heaters like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=1695\" target=\"_blank\">the one I bought the other day<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tpbylisa.com\/pdf\/vib_museum.pdf\">the Fitzgerald Manufacturing Company was well-known for making vibrators<\/a>, (PDF) albeit <em>not<\/em> the kind that generated plate voltage for car radios! (Could this have been the original killer app for mains electricity?) Thanks to Jim Strickland for the link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Printed book sales fall, and ebook sales rise by 115%. Something&#8217;s Going On Here. I bought an iPod Touch from Jim Strickland and am currently figgering it out. Although I was surprised that it won&#8217;t display .mov videos, this article makes much clear about Apple&#8217;s video formats. 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