Link roundup.
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ewtNot sure where I got most of these, so apologies for the distinct lack of credits.
Lumalive textile garments from Philips. Okay, so they're just a flexible array of LEDs embedded into fabric. But I'm thinking light-up wallpaper, light-up curtains, safety gear for cyclists at night... not necessarily with a logo. And LEDs are pretty lower-power devices, so you could do this without breaking the energy bank.
Which brings me to a different idea; you knwo when you were a kid and you got those packs of glow-in-the-dark star stickers and there would be a star charge for you to set them out on the ceiling, with correct magnitudes and everything? When I grow up I want to have a room with a ceiling like that, only in LEDs - yes, with some sort of magnitude wossname. And an electroluminescent panel moon, that waxes and wanes. It would be easy to do. I think maybe in a conservatory or something it could be quite neat.
Hurricane Florence could cause trouble for Newfoundland. Yes, that's right folks, storms off the coast of Newfoundland in the autumn. Apparently also bears are known to defecate in heavily-wooded areas, but I've lost the link.
I think it's good to have reporting about weather, actually, especially when weather is likely to be dangerous. There's still quite a lot of fishing goes on in Newfoundland, and it's important to know wtf is going on out there before you get on your boat. So I'm not sure why I'm so frustrated by that article.
Virtually untreatable tuberculosis is kindof scary shit, though. Antibiotics are nearing the end of their usefulness. We have penicillin-resistant gonorrhea, have for decades. And azithromycin-resistant syphilis. Keep yourselves healthy, folks; you personally don't have to have been an idiot about antibiotics to have problems with antibiotic resistance.
On a happier note, this woman in Cornwall makes some really lovely re-used/re-cycled jewellery from beach litter. Good stuff! I love the plastic jewellery, I love the toys from re-claimed textiles.
Gazing into the middle distance improves your concentration.
environmentjob.co.uk - does what it says on the tin.
I think living in a one of these would be a bit cramped, myself, although I could see having several of them and converting some into dedicated kitchen space and so on. But... treehouses++, and they do look magical and beautiful. And they are from Canadia. And according to Gizmag there are licensing talks under way in the UK. Now all I need is an old-growth forest...
That "outer circle line" could be complete sooner than we thought. I'm just waiting for Shoreditch High Street to open, my Bethnal Green student is a right pain to get to without Shoreditch station.
Lumalive textile garments from Philips. Okay, so they're just a flexible array of LEDs embedded into fabric. But I'm thinking light-up wallpaper, light-up curtains, safety gear for cyclists at night... not necessarily with a logo. And LEDs are pretty lower-power devices, so you could do this without breaking the energy bank.
Which brings me to a different idea; you knwo when you were a kid and you got those packs of glow-in-the-dark star stickers and there would be a star charge for you to set them out on the ceiling, with correct magnitudes and everything? When I grow up I want to have a room with a ceiling like that, only in LEDs - yes, with some sort of magnitude wossname. And an electroluminescent panel moon, that waxes and wanes. It would be easy to do. I think maybe in a conservatory or something it could be quite neat.
Hurricane Florence could cause trouble for Newfoundland. Yes, that's right folks, storms off the coast of Newfoundland in the autumn. Apparently also bears are known to defecate in heavily-wooded areas, but I've lost the link.
I think it's good to have reporting about weather, actually, especially when weather is likely to be dangerous. There's still quite a lot of fishing goes on in Newfoundland, and it's important to know wtf is going on out there before you get on your boat. So I'm not sure why I'm so frustrated by that article.
Virtually untreatable tuberculosis is kindof scary shit, though. Antibiotics are nearing the end of their usefulness. We have penicillin-resistant gonorrhea, have for decades. And azithromycin-resistant syphilis. Keep yourselves healthy, folks; you personally don't have to have been an idiot about antibiotics to have problems with antibiotic resistance.
On a happier note, this woman in Cornwall makes some really lovely re-used/re-cycled jewellery from beach litter. Good stuff! I love the plastic jewellery, I love the toys from re-claimed textiles.
Gazing into the middle distance improves your concentration.
environmentjob.co.uk - does what it says on the tin.
I think living in a one of these would be a bit cramped, myself, although I could see having several of them and converting some into dedicated kitchen space and so on. But... treehouses++, and they do look magical and beautiful. And they are from Canadia. And according to Gizmag there are licensing talks under way in the UK. Now all I need is an old-growth forest...
That "outer circle line" could be complete sooner than we thought. I'm just waiting for Shoreditch High Street to open, my Bethnal Green student is a right pain to get to without Shoreditch station.
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Date: 2006-09-07 09:38 am (UTC)*coughs tea out of her nose* :D
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Date: 2006-09-07 09:52 am (UTC)I suppose they should actually refer to it as the "outer outer circle" too as there used to be an "outer circle" which wasn't so far out (though did use some of the same bits of line).
/me nr Gospel Oak
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Date: 2006-09-07 10:06 am (UTC)Hmm, easier said than done.
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Date: 2006-09-07 01:45 pm (UTC)Also, an LED-driven constellation on the ceiling would be very awesome (I want to make one now), though for extra bonus geek points, try making it seasonally accurate...
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Date: 2006-09-07 01:59 pm (UTC)Although might have to do weird stuff to make it also be time-of-night accurate. And planets might need a separate track of their own, which in mechanical terms is going to be easiest with a long string of LEDs right next to each other than making some of the LEDs move about.
Doing these things by projection is probably way easier in many senses.
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Date: 2006-09-07 05:46 pm (UTC)I want them to make their minds up about quite what they are doing with the North London line. Last I heard they were thinking about better links with south London (for good trains at least) AND making a double length shuttle service every few minutes (so a number of "tricky" platform extentions and stuff) AND people pushing to have part of the east London line go on it. It all sounded a bit much to me, but all could have changed *shrug* Let them improve safety and security on the thing ASAP though! (and give the oyster option, and make it more reliable and...)
Those sphere things look way cool :D
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Date: 2006-09-07 05:52 pm (UTC)...and $150,000 USD. He does sell parts for the do-it-yourselfer, but that's what he's asking for the finished swinging eyeball.
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Date: 2006-09-07 05:59 pm (UTC)Anyway both of those are way cheaper than housing in London.
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Date: 2006-09-07 09:35 pm (UTC)I keep telling myself that nearly every recent disease that people have predicted will become an epidemic has not exploded in our faces. And then I think of the theory that the world is long overdue for a pandemic. I am Not Happy about this recent development.
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Date: 2006-09-07 09:46 pm (UTC)To be fair, the article does seem to be focusing on third-world poverty-stricken areas where only a few (cheaper, and available as generic rather than brand-name) antibiotics are available. In North America there will be some greater availability of better drugs, drugs that the TB hasn't been exposed to so much.
That doesn't mean anyone is 100% safe, but since your husband (presumably) already gets medical attention regularly for his lungs he's probably going to be treated quite promptly if he does get anything nasty.
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Date: 2006-09-07 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-07 10:24 pm (UTC)