Fossil Fuels Made without Fossils proclaims that the pressure of deep Earth has been found capable of creating hydrocarbons from inorganic matter. Which means that perhaps fossil fuels aren’t the rare resource we’ve always believed them to be. If they’re ubiquitous enough, they become almost meaningless. Can you imagine what would happen to the world […]
I don’t check the mail very often, so it’s probably been sitting there for a few days, but I received my first two rolls of 127 film for the Brownie Reflex today! I’ll be running around snapping (daylight) pics with my little vintage baby for the next couple of weeks… then I’ll have to find […]
You know how everybody “knows” that DDT is toxic to humans? That it’s a terible carcinogen? Perhaps its not. Perhaps banning DDT causes unnecessary human deaths. “In 1956, a group of human volunteers ingesting DDT for periods of from 12 to 18 months at 1,750 times the average amount for the U.S. population showed no […]
Brownie Reflex Synchro Model We went to Rutledge on Sunday: Brett & me and Joe. Joe got way cool retro glassware and some other cool vintage stuff, and I got another old camera, a Kodak Brownie Reflex Synchro Model (mfg. from 1942-1951). I’ve already ordered film for it (custom film, apparently, since Kodak no longer […]
Finally, the rest of the vacation pictures I promised last month! Dig our fun fun visit to Ron’s in Coal Creek, an exciting photo gallery featuring mountain vistas, Joy & Ella, knitting, dogs, and snow!
As you know, I read voraciously. I don’t restrict myself to ebooks, but an awful lot of my reading is in e-format. I started reading ebooks way back in the day – ten years ago, now – when I got my first palm-top computer. At that time, it was mostly Project Gutenberg stuff; books that […]
St. Helens is erupting again. Take a look: Mount St. Helens VolcanoCam, Special Conditions and Current Update. And then talk about it in the St. Helens’ thread on Rants!
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