~The Catch-All Drawer~

Saturday, December 31, 2005

We need the government
Yahoo! News reports that there are a lot of new laws in all 50 states kicking in on the new year. This article gives a smattering of health care, tax cuts and other new state laws, but ends with the most interesting of them all. Government works long hours for us on tough issues!
Illinois approved a state amphibian, the Eastern tiger salamander, after it won 51 percent of Internet voters, beating the gray tree frog and the American toad. "The toad and the frog kind of split up the vote and allowed the salamander to slip in," Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said.
I learned in school way back when that the government should do the things that we can not do better on our own locally, and should be done collectively. Perfect example?

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Sunday, December 25, 2005

Buffalo Bob Smith
Google Videos are already too vast to browse or sample, since they are so long and hard to scan. I have found a few treasures here and there, though, including this 6 part interview with Buffalo Bob. Each of these segments is close to 30 minutes, so if you want to sample just one, I would start with #4.
(Born November 27, 1917; Died July 30, 1998.)

Part 1 of 6 Host "Buffalo" Bob Smith talks about his early years and influences.
Part 2 of 6 Early work in vaudeville, and working in commercials..
Part 3 of 6
Part 4 of 6
Part 5 of 6
Part 6 of 6

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Friday, December 23, 2005

INDUSTORIOUS CLOCK ||| MONO*CRAFTS
INDUSTORIOUS CLOCK ||| MONO*CRAFTS

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Sunday, December 18, 2005

Make-a-Flake
Paper cut-out creativity without the messy paper to sweep up: A snowflake maker.

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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

A mirror into your musical taste
On the long drive to and from Pennsylvania and a few of nights since then to finish, I listened to a "books on tape". It was one of the Harry Potter Books, and I did enjoy it a lot. Great story. The reason I thought of it right now is that there was a powerful mirror described in the adventure that was a strange one indeed. Each person who looked in it saw a different thing, based on his own mind, on his own fears and dreams.

Well, I found a music site that is like that mirror: Pandora.com. It is based on the Music Genome project whatever that is. It categorizes music "out there" by content elements, however subtle, and knows what is similar to your preference. It creates for you personalized musical "mirrors" automatically. Pandora asks you for an example of music you like, and it creates radio stations that play songs that match your listening style. It seems to work!

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We need the government
Buffalo Bob Smith
INDUSTORIOUS CLOCK ||| MONO*CRAFTS
Make-a-Flake
A mirror into your musical taste