Monthly Archives: July 2005

If you want to buy me a book

Choose this one: NIV/LXX/Hebrew Triglot OT ($145, £50, $90)

Frederic William

Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, better known as Sir William Herschel, is best known for discovering Uranus; however, he went to England to further his career as a musician.
His son, John Frederick William Herschel was even more famous as a scientist.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel was a great astronomer and mathematician. He was the first to demonstrate the [...]

Polage, Time

Some things I thought of that others thought of first and have done properly:
This lady does “paintings” in polarization of cellulose. (Yet another use for a laser etcher: draw the stuff in Adobe Illustrator and cut the cellulose with the etcher.)
http://www.austine.com/
I wrote a note on making a polarimeter out of blue sky and water, [...]

Time

http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/sxaginta/movement/

Star Wars toys that never were

http://www.cincitoymuseum.com/conceptualmodel.html
Be sure to check out the rest of the museum, too.

A better solution than taping an upside-down milkjug to the back of the bike

http://mnt.is-a-geek.org/tron/For more biking fun: http://dclxvi.org/chunk/operations/chunk/image/hires/joust150.jpgBut if you’re really serious, you’re gonna need one of these: http://www.dodge.com/tomahawk/flash.html

More about seerstones

http://incider.byu.edu/vwb/symbol/all%20seeing%20eye.htm

Time

Reveal watch and pin clock

Fun stuff to get you maimed

http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/