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The tin can Stirling engine
I came across simple plans for a tin can Stirling Engine on the interweb, I think I’m going to build one. I’ve had some thoughts on how to pair one up with a solar chimney that might actually work. I’ll keep everyone posted.
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Sunday photography
I wound up taking some shots for a friend of mine’s site and wound up with a lot of good shots. My brother took the one of me (the first one) and I took the one of Steve Coffey (of the band the Rockin’ Pontoons) (the second one). Galleries on the way soon.
Taken at my brother’s house
Taken off of North Highland
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Reason #93,843 for private schools
This is quite weird
Teachers Stage Fake Gun Attack on Kids
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the weeklong trip to a state park, said Scales Elementary School Assistant Principal Don Bartch, who led the trip.
“We got together and discussed what we would have done in a real situation,” he said.
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Today’s quote of the day goes to…
Cokie Roberts who characterized Barack Obama as “the candidate from Whole Foods”.
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The Sniper
I finally finished watching The Sniper, a good film noir from 1952. It’s a good tense drama about a compulsive sex killer (who uses an M1 carbine, heh). One funny moment comes after the protagonist burns himself on a stove and goes to the emergency room. In addition to the memorable scenes of doctors smoking in hospitals, it has the line
E.R doc: A man’s got no business messing around with stoves, it’s strictly a woman’s business.
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Blogger is back!
It’s been hanging on posts for the past few days. Now it’s working again for some reason.
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An excellent flick
I just finished Knock on Any Door and was quite impressed. It’s quite similar Dead Man Walking in that it explains a path to crime and it’s resolution in the death house.
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Quote of the evening
From the movie Knock on Any Door
Female Lead: If I were as cynical as you I’d hang myself.
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Manhattan project for energy independence
Some ideas never go away; to wit, in what way does the statement, said by many “we need a Manhattan project for energy independence differ from Soviet industrial policy? It’s quite different from the original Manhattan project in that it’s quite wide in scope and chases an ill defined goal, whereas the original Manhattan project was quite specific in both method and destination.
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An interesting interview