tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post7712852739674459923..comments2024-02-07T22:52:15.919-07:00Comments on Partial Ellipsis of the Sun: A Blog for Scientists who like Words and Writers who like Science: Dendrochronology and Bristlecone Pines, POETS and PEOTSWord Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-6833631316634377722014-08-19T08:10:19.321-06:002014-08-19T08:10:19.321-06:00Tree ring furniture with wood and, for the Brits, ...Tree ring furniture with wood and, for the Brits, aluminium:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/08/15/amazing-modular-furniture-made-wood-molten-metal/" rel="nofollow">Wooden you know it?</a>Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-16398194694567629652014-08-19T08:02:51.818-06:002014-08-19T08:02:51.818-06:00@r, Roger that, Paul. An edit button on blogger wo...@r, Roger that, Paul. An edit button on blogger would help.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-67011564031132984152014-08-19T01:18:03.478-06:002014-08-19T01:18:03.478-06:00From various sources:
An eruption at the remote B...From various sources:<br /><br />An eruption at the remote Bardarbunga volcano doesn't immediately threaten any Iceland communities, as the surrounding area is uninhabitated, but an ash plume could shut down flights in Europe. The 2011 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano closed airports for six days, stranding passengers and costing airlines $1.7 billion in lost revenues.<br /><br />Happy to read about the surrounding area being uninhabit<b>at</b>ed. I seem to recall hearing that death by Barda<b>r</b>bunga can be particularly nasty.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-23497152248909102372014-08-18T14:38:09.037-06:002014-08-18T14:38:09.037-06:00I missed the whole bunga-bunga thing; did SB party...I missed the whole bunga-bunga thing; did SB party to a (in a?) new bunga-low?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-41805258006795885222014-08-18T14:33:46.458-06:002014-08-18T14:33:46.458-06:00Quartz and quartz, huh, jan? ;-)
I was preparing...Quartz and quartz, huh, jan? ;-)<br /><br /><br />I was preparing to post this about Bardabunga in Iceland:<br /><br />http://www.icenews.is/2014/08/18/intense-seismic-activity-in-icelands-bardarbunga-volcano/<br /><br /><br />and there you are already!Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-83535682522994580882014-08-18T14:05:38.398-06:002014-08-18T14:05:38.398-06:00You'd need quarts and quarts of that ametrine ...You'd need quarts and quarts of that ametrine to warn people away from a nuke waste site...<br /><br />Anyway, it looks like Bardabunga in Iceland may be getting ready to erupt, which would be a huge improvement over that completely unpronounceable 2010 volcano, despite sounding like a party at Silvio Berlusconi's place.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-69250601879845438262014-08-17T16:07:38.720-06:002014-08-17T16:07:38.720-06:00BackspacingBackspacingPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-50375233371337243302014-08-17T13:55:36.250-06:002014-08-17T13:55:36.250-06:00Instant replay and instant repay? That's all I...Instant replay and instant repay? That's all I got, Paul.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-8970087462449195412014-08-17T10:47:28.859-06:002014-08-17T10:47:28.859-06:00Type a two-word phrase describing something you mi...Type a two-word phrase describing something you might see at a football game during an extended time-out (like for a disputed call or an injury or something). Eliminate one character to get a word describing something you just did.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-51956920078555540692014-08-16T22:36:03.315-06:002014-08-16T22:36:03.315-06:00We were just about to send out the troops on a Leg...We were just about to send out the troops on a Lego Labamba search. Glad all is well. . .We did miss your Lego-ness this week.<br /><br />You didn't have the little Smith-Corona erase cartridge that you could insert to erase? My S-C did me proud at SC. . . Hmmmm, I wonder if S-C is the reason people out west would ask if SC was a typing school back east.<br /><br />Heading over to Puzzle-ria! now.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-33085877934773578612014-08-16T21:59:10.661-06:002014-08-16T21:59:10.661-06:00Word Woman,
Sorry I missed all the PEOTS fun: Type...Word Woman,<br />Sorry I missed all the PEOTS fun: Typewriters, marmots bon mots and twee doofi, Oh My!<br /><br />This twee doofus, when he was a college frosh writing English theme papers on "Heart of Darkness," and other Joseph Conrad angst, type with a gray portable typewriter in a plastic case (maybe a Smith-Corona?). When I typed an "o" a little o-shaped hole appeared in the paper, like a paper punch.<br /><br />I made so many mistakes and typos (I bought liquid paper by the gallon) that I ended up editing my "dazzling prose" by literally "cutting and pasting" sheets of typing paper together using scissors, scotch tape and baling wire (very Mcgiver-like).<br /><br />I have tardily and finally posted this week's <a href="http://puzzleria.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Puzzleria!</a> blog (only two puzzles this week).<br /><br />LegoLabambalegolambdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081014756741740081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-23909406704287326872014-08-16T17:22:50.272-06:002014-08-16T17:22:50.272-06:00Weren't we recently talking about muskrat, er,...Weren't we recently talking about muskrat, er, <a href="http://youtu.be/3O05nyS6hwQ" rel="nofollow">MARMOT LOVE IN 49 seconds</a>?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-88818124869819944632014-08-16T10:48:57.814-06:002014-08-16T10:48:57.814-06:00Becarefulwhatyouwishfor. Thespacebar onmyphone has...Becarefulwhatyouwishfor. Thespacebar onmyphone hasstartedtostick (howcanthatbe?) Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-19461315802266427852014-08-16T10:16:24.134-06:002014-08-16T10:16:24.134-06:00It's not the sam^e. . .It's not the sam^e. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-70099664993177537512014-08-16T09:25:04.943-06:002014-08-16T09:25:04.943-06:00YOu don't need a typewriter for that. GOt a f...YOu don't need a typewriter for that. GOt a friend who can never get his finger off the shift key fast enough, SO all of his sentences start with double-capitalized words. LIke this.<br /><br />I remember an "Our Gang" episode in which Alfalfa refers to his cowlick as his "personality".janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-17571484317421313572014-08-16T07:43:51.934-06:002014-08-16T07:43:51.934-06:00jan, you win the insufferably twee doofus award fo...jan, you win the insufferably twee doofus award for that double justified double column paper.<br /><br /> Enjoyed the <i>Dinosaur 13</i> clip and will check it out.<br /><br /> "The Typewriter"- piece with the symphony was great too.<br /><br /> What I miss is the way my old typewriter's "e" was just a little higher on the line than the other letters. It gave my writing a definite personality.Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-86686609738627946892014-08-15T23:29:54.352-06:002014-08-15T23:29:54.352-06:00Oops... Turn's out that's a different Kurt...Oops... Turn's out that's a different Kurt Anderson, not the radio host (who's an Anders<b>e</b>n.) (But it's the real Mike Nesmith.)janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-24997037649979584712014-08-15T23:18:46.280-06:002014-08-15T23:18:46.280-06:00But will Tom's app let you hit two keys at onc...But will Tom's app let you hit two keys at once to get the type bars to jam? What about the smell of the ribbon?<br /><br />Reminds me of the old joke about how you know a blonde's been using your PC? (It's the Wite-Out on the screen.) (Or Liquid Paper, invented by the mother of Monkee Mike Nesmith, I suppose.)<br /><br />And, speaking of typewriters and sons, I hadn't known that Studio 360's Kurt Anderson's father composed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXZVkF2pM8" rel="nofollow">this little ditty</a>.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-73361770311417566142014-08-15T22:38:06.947-06:002014-08-15T22:38:06.947-06:00Insufferably twee doofus here. In college, I onc...Insufferably twee doofus here. In college, I once produced a 2-column, double-justified report on a manual typewriter, just because I had learned how. (You first type it normally, keeping strict right-hand margins, then you count the number of blank spaces at the end of each line, figure out how many to add evenly to the existing spaces on each line, then retype the report with the added spaces.) Speaking of pests, it was for a parasitology class.<br /><br />We just saw <a href="http://www.dinosaur13movie.com/" rel="nofollow">Dinosaur 13</a> today. Interesting, quirky, not at all an unbiased documentary, but I think you'd like it.janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-5413407662216811952014-08-15T14:00:30.595-06:002014-08-15T14:00:30.595-06:00TYPEWRITER AP FOR YOUR IPAD IS INSUFFERABLY TWEE
...<a href="http://m.fastcodesign.com/3034408/tom-hanks-releases-a-typewriter-app-for-ipad-and-its-insufferably-twee" rel="nofollow">TYPEWRITER AP FOR YOUR IPAD IS INSUFFERABLY TWEE</a><br /><br />The "thwack thwack" was pretty cool. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-87518821741764250472014-08-14T08:58:49.868-06:002014-08-14T08:58:49.868-06:00LegoLAMBDA, they named a virus after you!
http://...LegoLAMBDA, they named a virus after you!<br /><br />http://news.brown.edu/articles/2014/08/lambda<br /><br />If that doesn't bring you back, I don't know what will! <br /><br />Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-46567320744839845412014-08-14T08:38:44.966-06:002014-08-14T08:38:44.966-06:00I echo jan's questions elsewhere~~ lego, where...I echo jan's questions elsewhere~~ lego, where are you?<br /><br />Maybe this will lure you back:<br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/08/14/339710632/stephen-hawking-s-ferocious-dazzling-life-becomes-a-movie-but-what-sort?Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-54774027100537877032014-08-13T13:39:28.888-06:002014-08-13T13:39:28.888-06:00Yeah, but that might be pithing them off.. . .
Oh...Yeah, but that might be pithing them off.. . .<br /><br />Oh, wait. . .Word Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-56265273150142404442014-08-13T13:36:05.921-06:002014-08-13T13:36:05.921-06:00"Poetree, version III":
Poetree
Arbor ..."Poetree, version III":<br /><br /><i>Poetree</i><br /><br />Arbor ardor. . .<br />Quoth the leaves nevermore:<br />"I think that I have never seen<br />a thing so pithy as a tree."<br /><br /><br />Word Woman, Branch ChiefWord Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15491300694641304112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915875085991225575.post-45227517027558997242014-08-13T13:30:44.356-06:002014-08-13T13:30:44.356-06:00...Or maybe just pithing?...Or maybe just pithing?janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.com