Monthly Archives: January 2012

Glass harp

Posted on 31 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

It’s been a while since I posted something musical. As a child I drove my parents nuts by rubbing a wet finger around the rim of wine glasses. Stupidly, I taught my stepson this same technique (and then had to … Continue reading →

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Wallpaper Monday: Blue Marble

Posted on 30 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

This has been all over the astronomy/geek blogs since NASA released it last Thursday. It shows the potential of NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite, the Suomi NPP, which photographed sections of the Earth on 4 January. The high resolution sections were … Continue reading →

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Saturday picture show

Posted on 28 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

The Atlantic’s In Focus (edited by Alan Taylor, formerly of The Big Picture) has two features on the wreck of the Costa Concordia. The first is of the wreck itself, as it happened and shortly afterward. There are some spectacular … Continue reading →

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Dichotomy

Posted on 27 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

I saw a Jesus fish decal on the bumper of a car this morning. It caught my eye because that was the second Jesus fish I have seen in five years of living here. In the US, these decals are … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Portugal, USA | 5 Comments

SOPA means…

Posted on 25 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

After the global hullabaloo caused by the so-called “Stop Online Piracy Act,” which didn’t do much to stop online piracy but did a whole lot to protect the interests of certain large corporations with expensive teams of lawyers and lobbyists, … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, language | 7 Comments

Laranja ouro

Posted on 24 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

Today I learned a Portuguese proverb: Laranja de manhã é ouro, à tarde prata, e à noite mata. Which translates to: “Orange in the morning is gold; in the afternoon, silver; and at night it kills.” The Portuguese love their … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, language, Portugal | 8 Comments

Wallpaper Monday

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

The Algarve has been a little too sunny lately, and I’m starting to crave a good rainstorm and the resulting temporary streams and waterfalls. As a substitute, here’s a lush scene from Mpumalanga, South Africa: Mac-Mac Falls, dropping the Mac-Mac … Continue reading →

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iBooks Author and the freakout

Posted on 22 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

Tech bloggers and columnists are having a freakout over Apple’s newly introduced iBooks Author, a program that allows authors to format e-books using interactive images, music, videos, and spoken recordings. It was designed largely for the textbook industry, and offers … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, tech | 9 Comments

Saturday picture show

Posted on 21 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

Here’s a little something to brighten up your monitor…an HD time lapse in Yosemite National Park. The glimpses of fall colors are marvelous. (via Bad Astronomy)

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A new canada-cy

Posted on 20 January 2012 by Fletcher DeLancey

In the “so insane you couldn’t make this shit up” reality show that is the Republican primaries, this week alone has seen Perry abandon ship (shortly after saying he was a fighter who would never give up because America needed … Continue reading →

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