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Um…is that an accent I hear?
Ever come across a North American accent you couldn’t quite place? Â Well now, there’s an easy chart to figure it out. Â Someone has gone to the trouble of mapping it all out, using things like, do they pronounce “pin” and “pen” the same way… Â It includes audio samples to help better understand the accent descriptions.…
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Found memories…and a lost roll of film
Here’s a fun mystery to try and solve. For my (recent) birthday, my kids went down to Otto’s, the local “junk and curiosities” dealer and picked out for me the newest additions to my growing vintage camera collection. Â In addition, my youngest was excited to have found an original box for the Agfa Billy Compur…
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Build Your Own Plant Host Drone
I recently posted about drones and how they’re being used. Here’s a much more humble drone – one that simply moves plants around your house to take advantage of changing sunlight. For the cost of $10-$15 (and a bit of know-how, which is of course priceless) you too can own one of these. Find the…
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Got Drones?
Lately there has been increasing mention of the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for unexpected purposes. For example, both India and Namibia have been experimenting with the use of UAVs to control poaching, thanks to a $5 million grant given by Google to the WWF. Here’s a video showing how it works in Namibia (here’s…
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“Pooh” Creator AA Milne’s Secret Life in Propaganda
So it seems that childhood favorite author AA Milne, who created all of the wonderful “Winnie the Pooh” stories (along with some of my favorite childhood poems), also spent some time in World War I writing propaganda for a secret British military intelligence unit. Â And that this is only known to us because Milne broke…