Finally some finished objects. I finished the William Street Socks that I started. And I finally wove in the ends on the Conwy Socks I’d made from Nancy Bush’s Knitting on the Road. You can really see the difference between socks for keeping the toes warm without shoes in the house and those to be […]
As we approach Halloween, thoughts often turn to those things that go bump in the night. Well, maybe not you but I tend to think of such things and evidently so do many other people. Today there was an article in CIO online called Paranormal Investigations and Technology: Where Ghosts and Gadgets Meet. The reporter […]
Every now and then, in my daily search to avoid actual work, I come across something that I think is really and truly worthy of being spread far and wide. Today, I managed to bump into the results of a contest where people were asked to make a video explaining String Theory in two minutes […]
It started raining last night — in fits and starts. All day today there’d be misty rain followed by overcast skies and then maybe more rain. Maryland was in a drought — 34 days without rain, with temperatures most days in the mid-70s to high 80s. I’m enjoying the sound and the smell of rain. […]
I have a cell phone — well, in this day and age nearly everyone does but mine is a basic model — no camera, no Internet access, just your stripped down model. What it does seem to have is a very accurate Important Event Detector (IED). For those of you who haven’t realized that this […]
We recycle. We separate out the cans, plastic and glass to one bucket, newspapers in a stack, then cardboard and other paper in a third container. Since we live in the country we don’t have town/city trash pick up. So, we pay a local man to come and pick up the trash once a week. […]
Today after my dentist appointment, we decided a treat was in order and set out to check out the 2007 Solar Decathalon being held on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The Solar Decathalon has been held several times since we’ve lived in Maryland but this is the first time we’ve actually made it. Solar […]
While mulling over the advisability of continuing my Kauni Cardigan (After a short test of sizing — see yesterday’s comments, it looks like a go), I started socks. The pattern is William Street Socks by Lisa Shroyer published by Interweave Knits magazine. The pattern, with lots of cables looked like a nice cuddly sock for […]