{"id":3021,"date":"2013-11-19T16:56:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T23:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2013-11-19T20:54:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T03:54:16","slug":"odd-lots-243","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"Odd Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/images2013\/18nov13\/hmi4096_blank.jpg?PHPSESSID=1ga82kbu1arlt9r3s8no2d0nc2\" target=\"_blank\">Suddenly the Sun woke up<\/a>, perhaps afraid that it would get typecast for weak peaks. A sunspot number of 282 is only a little low for a sunspot maximum, and higher than I&#8217;ve seen since 2004 or so.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Atlantic<\/em> takes on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2013\/11\/how-many-of-your-memories-are-fake\/281558\/\" target=\"_blank\">the interesting phenomenon of false memories<\/a>, which I did back in 2009 in a series that started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=825\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and continued <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=840\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=841\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=843\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. As I write my memoirs, I&#8217;m checking anything I can against my sister&#8217;s memories, as well as any old papers or photos I have lying around in boxes. It&#8217;s amazing how much I remembered wrong, and I wonder how much may be wrong that I have no hope of every verifying.<\/li>\n<li>Did your favorite classic car ever appear in a movie or on TV? Well dayum, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imcdb.org\/search.php\" target=\"_blank\">there&#8217;s a Web site for that<\/a>. (Thanks to Ernie Marek for the link. And yes, there are loads and loads of 1968 Chevelles.)<\/li>\n<li>Reader DennisK pointed me to <a href=\"http:\/\/lxle.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">LXLE<\/a>, a lightweight Ubuntu-based Linux distro designed specifically to look and work like Windows XP. I have lots of SX270s here destined to become bookends (and several that already have) so there&#8217;s no shortage of test platforms. I&#8217;ll let you know what I think after I try it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/2060340\/intels-opensource-galileo-computer-on-sale-for-6990.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Intel Galileo board will be shipping by the end of November, for $70<\/a>. It supposedly competes with the Rapsberry Pi, but to me it looks like half the computer for twice the price. The <a href=\"http:\/\/beagleboard.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beagle boards<\/a> have more promise. Anybody using one?<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013\/11\/17\/time-machines\/\" target=\"_blank\">a quick history of optical disks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>What do you feed that pharaoh you just mummified? <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/archaeology\/2013\/11\/how-feed-your-mummy\" target=\"_blank\">Mummified beef ribs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/12-funny-ads-for-products-mutated-into-something-totall-1465055495\" target=\"_blank\">These peculiar ads<\/a> (one depicting a brand of salami as a dirigible) don&#8217;t include <a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2300\/2075585493_e64c7055e7_z.jpg?zz=1\" target=\"_blank\">Flying Bomb batteries<\/a> (battery as bomb; what could possible go wrong?) or another brand of battery I saw in the 1960s that shows an Asian couple riding a battery like a horse. Or could it have been <a href=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_hVOW2U7K4-M\/SXpGdegskDI\/AAAAAAAA4bU\/yqnJ0TjZHp0\/s640\/tyjrjhdtsjnfjmghmh.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">needles and thread<\/a>? Oh, and meet <a href=\"http:\/\/discountposterstore.com\/img\/join-the-navy-war-propaganda-vintage-ad-poster-print-13x19_21559_500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Seaman Strangelove<\/a>. There are many more Depression-era product posters (<a href=\"http:\/\/pzrservices.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/11\/17\/magyar_szalami.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">salami was popular<\/a>) with similar metaphors on the walls of hipster restaurants everywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suddenly the Sun woke up, perhaps afraid that it would get typecast for weak peaks. A sunspot number of 282 is only a little low for a sunspot maximum, and higher than I&#8217;ve seen since 2004 or so. 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