I can now add to my previous posts about Monty Python and other great British TV shows on Netflix Watch Instantly (streaming video to your PC or Mac) two eminent figures in British entertainment: Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor. Lots of old "Doctor Who" episodes have long been available on Watch Instantly, but now they've... Continue Reading →
First photo of liquid on another world
Sunlight reflects off a methane lake on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Holy wow. The lake is called Kraken Mare, and it's in Titan's northern hemisphere, which began to come back into daylight in August after 15 years of night. (This pic was taken July 8 by the Cassini spacecraft.) All this according to NASA's release... Continue Reading →
Mahogany gameboard is a winner
As I'm wrapping up my Christmas shopping for this year, I wanted to share a photo of a gift I made last year: an Othello game board for my Dad. Isn't this a pretty piece of African mahogany? (It cost $8!) Dad taught me to play Othello when I was a little girl and I... Continue Reading →
Snowstorm ’09 – Ice terror grips city!
Yesterday had been widely touted as an opportunity for some snow, a rarity in our area. Journalists, of course, keep a wary eye on the weather, because the worse it gets, the more important it is that people know what the eff is going on. People come in early, stay late and all hands are... Continue Reading →
Innately helpful humans? It’s to our advantage
Yesterday's NYT had a very interesting story about biologists discovering evidence that humans are naturally helpful to each other -- very young humans, before our parents presumably whap it into us. Of course if we didn't cooperate to some degree we'd have croaked long ago... and if we weren't kind of warlike, we wouldn't have... Continue Reading →
A bracelet worthy of a beautiful fall day
It's been a lovely Thanksgiving Day here, and to celebrate, here's a little tribute to a beautiful bracelet design by Shanna Steele of Auntie's Beads in Southlake. It uses Czech pressed-glass beads shaped like leaves, with rich colors and coppery highlights. Following her great instructions, which include a video on the weaving technique, I made... Continue Reading →
Python on Netflix, thoughts on Python
Below are some ramblings wherein I wonder: Did being smart just simply never go out of fashion in Britain? But first: There's even more Python than I mentioned before that you can "Watch Instantly" on your computer via Netflix: Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) - Choose from a veritable buffet, skit by skit. And Now For... Continue Reading →
Make beadboard in dollhouse scale
I picked up a cute little hutch for a dollar at a craft store, and kept picturing it done up with milk paint and beadboard. But wooden dollhouse-scale beadboard or siding -- adorable though it is -- comes in big expensive sheets (plastic is cheaper), and is thick enough that it would really reduce the... Continue Reading →
Pretty, printable, positive booklet
Since starting this blog for myself, I've been surprised by how powerful it is simply to have a place where I save pretty photos, link to things I like or pat myself on the back for projects I've done well. Add the benefits of focusing on positive news to the power of actually writing something... Continue Reading →
Mini-Colosseum found at Roman palace
Private games were held, probably for emperors, at a personal Colosseum found inside a "gigantic imperial palace" near the present-day Fiumicino airport, which serves Rome. The London Times has pictures. Accounts say it's lavishly built with luxury materials and seats 2,000. Clearly, the forerunner of the modern home theater. Who needs plasma when you can... Continue Reading →
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