Sunday Times Articles St Curigs Church

http://www.stcurigschurch.com/sunday times.htm

Fascinating personal history of a B&B in North Wales. "Lady Alice Douglas was looking for a graveyard to bury her newborn son when she fell in love with a Welsh church. After four years of roughing it there, she is turning it into a home. "

nonbeard 2011-06-02 20:37:53

Opera Today : The Damnation of Faust, ENO

http://www.operatoday.com/content/2011/05/the_damnation_o.php

'Perhaps Gilliam is a comedian and is having a joke. But the indications are that he’s taking it all too portentously. “My struggle” says Mephistopheles (Christopher Purves) “Mein Kampf”. The audience obediently titters. '

nonbeard 2011-05-28 01:52:18

Berlioz Was Never Given a Chance: La Damnation de Faust by the ENO | Seen and Heard International

http://www.seenandheard-international.com/2011/05/07/berlioz-was-never-given-a-chancela-damnation-de-faust-by-eno/

"Bechtler’s sets are powerful indeed: if only they could have been used for another production, preferably of another work."

nonbeard 2011-05-28 01:47:14

Faust: damned if you do . . . | Music | The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/02/faust-curse-opera-terry-gilliam

Berlioz's Faust opera was a flop: "With debts of at least 5,000 francs, [Berlioz] left for a nutty-sounding winter sulk-tour of Russia to rebuild his shattered fortunes."

nonbeard 2011-05-28 01:43:00

Results from juice, yeast and sugar experiments - Home Brew Forums

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/results-juice-yeast-sugar-experiments-83060/

Stuff on brewing ciders. Interesting stuff includes: cold crash at sg 0.010 or just a little later; pasteurised juices brew faster but don't keep as long; flocculating yeast makes it easier to stop fermentation.

nonbeard 2011-05-22 15:44:10

Why the long necks? Probably not sexually selection « Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week

http://svpow.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/why-the-long-necks-probably-not-sexually-selection/

Fascinating!

nonbeard 2011-05-16 12:24:19

WorldTimeBuddy.com - Ridiculously easy world times and meetings across time zones!

http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/?lid=2643743,2147714,1850147&auto

I always get this wrong.

nonbeard 2011-05-16 08:09:01

Minecraft Charlotte Female Companion Mod

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=128291

"As long as you two can hold out in fights, the only thing you need to survive is each other." o_O (via f7u12)

nonbeard 2011-05-14 13:28:05

Spice up that rice with homemade furikake

http://justbento.com/handbook/johbisai/homemade-furikake-no-2-carrot-and-sesame
nonbeard 2011-05-11 23:55:46

Why the truth will out but doesn’t sink in « Mind Hacks

http://mindhacks.com/2011/05/04/why-the-truth-will-out-but-doesnt-sink-in/

"Bin Laden used a woman as a human shield and fired at the commando team sent to kill him – at least according to the first reports. These have just been corrected to say he was unarmed and standing alone, but the retractions follow a useful pattern – media friendly version first, accurate version later – because the updates make little impact on our beliefs."

nonbeard 2011-05-04 08:33:55

Vico Editor

http://www.vicoapp.com/
nonbeard 2011-05-01 23:06:15

CryoPID - A Process Freezer for Linux

http://cryopid.berlios.de/
nonbeard 2011-04-29 02:28:21

Hacker News | Flattr - I want to give you my money

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2487514
nonbeard 2011-04-27 00:58:21

8051 Single Board Computer

http://www.kmitl.ac.th/~kswichit/8051sbc/8051sbc.html

GAL example

nonbeard 2011-04-12 00:02:16

6502.org Tutorials: Investigating Interrupts

http://www.6502.org/tutorials/interrupts.html

6502's IRQs are level triggered. This is pretty annoying!

nonbeard 2011-04-11 01:06:33

6502.org :: Index

http://forum.6502.org/index.php

A forum devoted entirely to 6502-based computer creation, emulation, and nostalgia. It's active too. I love internet.

nonbeard 2011-04-06 03:18:18

Curried Red Lentil Mash Recipe by admin | ifood.tv

http://www.ifood.tv/recipe/curried-red-lentil-mash

Good easy curried lentils. Vege stock fine of course

nonbeard 2011-04-03 19:17:05

Michael Kohn - sid player

http://www.mikekohn.net/micro/sid_player.php

Basic SID player circuit

nonbeard 2011-04-02 23:01:31

My Little Chickadee (review of Le ton beau de marot)

http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/07/20/reviews/970720.20altert.html

Somewhat critical review expresses some of the disappointment I felt with this book. Hofstadter just isn't particularly skilled at writing poetry, and has in my opinion indefensible views about translation which he nonetheless dogmatically restates. The review here is marred by the fact that the reviewer obviously hadn't read the second part of the book.

nonbeard 2011-03-31 03:33:01

Mutatis mutandis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutatis_mutandis

Mutatis mutandis / what a wonderful phrase / it means "the necessary changes / having been made" ...

nonbeard 2011-03-19 21:15:29

Visa taking on PayPal in personal payments game

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/03/visa-going-up-against-paypal-and-others-in-personal-payments-game.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Die, Paypal!

nonbeard 2011-03-17 05:41:12

Extending a microcontroller's I/O

http://homepages.which.net/~paul.hills/Software/ShiftRegister/ShiftRegister.html

Using the 4094 shift register to effectively give a PIC more outputs (which is exactly what I'm doing), and using the 74HC165 shift register to effectively give a PIC more inputs (which is exactly what I'm doing).

nonbeard 2011-03-16 04:25:34

Index card - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_card

The index card, invented by Carl Linnaeus. Classified all the living things of the world and still had time left over to invent index cards. What a legend.

nonbeard 2011-03-13 06:36:28

Photographic Height/Weight Chart

http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/bodies/heightweight.html

Human heights and weights illustrated. And did you know that vegetables have protein?

nonbeard 2011-03-11 22:06:44

Why do i get a square wave output from lm311 comparator when i give sine input to it? - Yahoo! Answers

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090516202245AA45lEs

Useful explanations, in my Yahoo?

nonbeard 2011-03-11 04:10:32

Demystifying single-supply op-amp design

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ee476/ideas/singlesupply.pdf

Can probably get away with tying Vee to Gnd.

nonbeard 2011-03-11 03:57:02

Zero Crossing Detectors

http://sound.westhost.com/appnotes/an005.htm

xor-based zero crossing detector

nonbeard 2011-03-11 03:26:08

PIC FAQs

http://www.micro-examples.com/public/microex-navig/doc/205-faqs.html

Ignore MASTER CLEAR at your peril. :(

nonbeard 2011-03-10 22:50:19

ADB and Pulse Mini - Android @ MoDaCo

http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile-pulse-mini-pulsemini-modaco-com/308255/adb-and-pulse-mini/

Binary for fudged m860-eclipse-enabling adb

nonbeard 2011-03-08 17:55:10

Change I57a46e4c: Fix adb handling of devices with no serial number. See bug #4365. | review.source Code Review

https://review.source.android.com/#change,13552

Needed for m860 and eclipse

nonbeard 2011-03-08 17:54:33

The science and magic of cinder toffee | Andy Connelly | Science | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2010/sep/24/sugar-honeycomb-cinder-toffee

How to make toffee and avoid sugar crystals, via liedra

nonbeard 2011-03-06 18:35:51

Sue Perkins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Perkins

English comedienne (apparently people still say 'comedienne') who recently presented a very funny book show on the BBC. I was all set to stalk her so I could ask her out for coffee and Dostoyevsky, but have just learned that she is gay. Dostoyevsky is no fun if you can't have sex afterwards.

nonbeard 2011-03-05 21:40:10

Boredom Enthusiasts Discover the Pleasures of Understimulation - WSJ.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395904576025482554838642.html

Proceedings at the sell-out [boredom conference] were kicked off by Mr. Ward himself, who discussed his tie collection at great length, accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation. He noted that as of June 2010, he owned 55 ties, and 45.5% of them were of a single color. By December, his tie collection had jumped by 36%, although the share of single-color ties fell by 1.5%.

nonbeard 2011-03-03 02:38:26

opensourcepirate comments on I bought a lot of ginger the other day...

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/fvmhi/i_bought_a_lot_of_ginger_the_other_day/c1iymnq

How to make candied ginger.

nonbeard 2011-03-02 16:14:09

Pin - A Dynamic Binary Instrumentation Tool

http://pintool.org/
nonbeard 2011-02-25 05:20:18

Gellan gum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gellan_gum

Another gelatine alternative

nonbeard 2011-02-09 23:04:03

Clock divider - WorldWideWiki

http://bmearns.net/wwk/view/Clock_divider
nonbeard 2011-02-09 14:49:36

Ushanka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka

a Russian fur cap with ear flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the cap, or tied at the chin to protect the ears, jaw and lower chin from the cold.

nonbeard 2011-02-08 15:01:01

mashit.com: a place for fiends

http://www.mashit.com/

via /r/london

nonbeard 2011-02-07 15:03:22

Russian peasant multiplication@Everything2.com

http://everything2.com/title/Russian+peasant+multiplication

Interesting alternative way of multiplying which only involves multiplying by 2, dividing by 2, testing for divisibility by 2, and adding. Can be used to implement 16 bit maths on 8 bit systems (for example). Also see egyptian division

nonbeard 2011-02-07 12:19:28

Amazing Vegan Rice and Beans Recipe

http://www.reddit.com/r/VegRecipes/comments/fe7sj/amazing_vegan_rice_and_beans_recipe/
nonbeard 2011-02-04 02:25:03

Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue

http://spot.colorado.edu/~korevaar/chromatic.html

I discovered that I could cheat with this and play more with the left hand. Suddenly it becomes plausible. :)

nonbeard 2011-01-31 01:00:31

Postfix SMTP relay and access control

http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_ACCESS_README.html#danger

One misplaced clause order and BAM open relay

nonbeard 2011-01-29 16:27:05

Lucas Cranach the Elder - Olga's Gallery

http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cranach/cranach.html

My new favourite 539-year-old German.

nonbeard 2011-01-28 23:27:42

PCB Order | DorkbotPDX

http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/pcb_order

PCB fab in bulk for cheap.

nonbeard 2011-01-27 11:56:14

Re: Gould hasn't recorded the BWV903 Chromatic Fugue

http://glenngould.org/f_minor/msg06001.html

Harmony

http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Topics/Harmony.htm

Glenn Gould being a prat about Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue. "This is Bach for people who don't like Bach."

nonbeard 2011-01-27 02:44:06

What is there to drink that tastes as good as beer and wine? | The Reinvigorated Programmer

http://reprog.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/what-is-there-to-drink-that-tastes-as-good-as-beer-and-wine/

Suggestions in the comments include: Herbal tea with thyme, fennel, or rosemary; Gunpowder green tea; kukicha (tea); kombucha; neuer Wein; tasting vinegars; coffee; Lambic beers (cheating but delicious so included); hot chocolate w/ ginger, nutmeg, paprika.

nonbeard 2011-01-23 23:44:58

Commit in linux-msm-topaz in Linux on Qualcomm's MSM - Gitorious

http://gitorious.org/~mweirauch/linux-on-qualcomm-s-msm/linux-msm-topaz/commit/cb9a1e7

msm hw3d patches for eclair

nonbeard 2011-01-23 22:37:31

Journal of Universal Rejection

http://www.math.pacificu.edu/~emmons/JofUR/
nonbeard 2011-01-23 00:10:14