From subs at phatpad.com.au Thu Mar 4 06:19:44 2010 From: subs at phatpad.com.au (Nathen Street) Date: Thu Mar 4 06:19:55 2010 Subject: [eclectika] A LEGO Sequencer, Imaginary Electronic Antiques, and Other Yoshi Akai Creations Message-ID: ?Artist and design Yoshi Akai (no relation, as far as I know) treats analog electronics as an art form, a sculpture, an instrument, and an exercise in interaction design, all wrapped in the velour of vintage hardware design ... ?LEGO blocks form the playing pieces for a musical sequencer ... LEGO blocks are modular, they?re playful, they?re neatly color-coded, and because of their shape and interchangeable design, they easily represent blocks of sequenced time in music.? http://createdigitalmusic.com/2010/03/03/a-lego-sequencer-imaginary-electron ic-antiques-and-other-yoshi-akai-creations/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium =feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+createdigitalmusic+(createdigitalmusic.com) Nathen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://laika.gnusto.com/pipermail/eclectika/attachments/20100304/fcacc424/attachment.htm From subs at phatpad.com.au Thu Mar 4 14:35:55 2010 From: subs at phatpad.com.au (Nathen Street) Date: Thu Mar 4 14:36:06 2010 Subject: [eclectika] RSS reader Message-ID: For those who use google reader or another type of RSS reader, Feedly organises your RSS feeds into a magazine style layout giving you access to a bit of everything on the one page. It?s customisable and available as an extension for Chrome and Firefox. I like the weekend edition that somehow knows its the weekend and gives me a ?lite? feed for weekend reading. http://feedly.com Nathen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://laika.gnusto.com/pipermail/eclectika/attachments/20100305/88115d8d/attachment.htm From flippy at internode.on.net Thu Mar 4 23:45:51 2010 From: flippy at internode.on.net (Ben Dixon) Date: Thu Mar 4 23:45:58 2010 Subject: [eclectika] a car that runs on wood... Message-ID: <017a01cabc27$1debcea0$59c36be0$@on.net> http://www.vedbil.se/indexe.shtml "The car took us 5420 km in 20 days, using 7 square metres of wood." It uses a 'gasifier' to convert wood into wood-gas, which it then uses to run the engine through a modified carburetor. Video of it in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG8iR5DRLpw&feature=related there is another company that sell an 'experimenters kit' based on an open source gasifier design: http://www.gekgasifier.com/ From phillyidol at gmail.com Wed Mar 10 21:08:27 2010 From: phillyidol at gmail.com (Phil Stocks) Date: Wed Mar 10 21:08:48 2010 Subject: [eclectika] Fwd: The Yike bike References: Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > From: Stephen Sugden > Date: 11 March 2010 11:01:42 AM > To: all_it_academic_staff > Cc: Kim Younger > Subject: FW: The Yike bike > > > > > > > > > Check out this brilliant New Zealand invention - the Yike Bike. > > http://www.yikebike.com/site/gallery/video/yikebike-discovery-channel > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Phil Stocks wrote: > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Stephen Sugden > *Date: *11 March 2010 11:01:42 AM > *To: *all_it_academic_staff > *Cc: *Kim Younger > *Subject: **FW: The Yike bike* > > > > > > > > > Check out this brilliant New Zealand invention - the Yike Bike. > > http://www.yikebike.com/site/gallery/video/yikebike-discovery-channel > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > eclectika mailing list > eclectika@wudee.net > http://laika.gnusto.com/mailman/listinfo/eclectika > > -- Nick Morrison -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://laika.gnusto.com/pipermail/eclectika/attachments/20100311/3dfb7b96/attachment.htm From loch at pobox.com Thu Mar 11 21:31:35 2010 From: loch at pobox.com (Lochy) Date: Thu Mar 11 21:31:59 2010 Subject: [eclectika] Fwd: The Yike bike In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/hmk-561-electric-bike-concept-seats-you-on-the-battery-makes-yo/ looks nice also On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, Phil Stocks wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Stephen Sugden Date: 11 March 2010 11:01:42 AM To: all_it_academic_staff Cc: Kim Younger Subject: FW: The Yike bike Check out this brilliant New Zealand invention - the Yike Bike. http://www.yikebike.com/site/gallery/video/yikebike-discovery-channel ? From desi.achilleos at yahoo.com.au Thu Mar 11 21:37:06 2010 From: desi.achilleos at yahoo.com.au (desi achilleos) Date: Thu Mar 11 21:37:29 2010 Subject: [eclectika] RICE FIELDS OF JAPAN Message-ID: <720011.2413.qm@web110613.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> You just have to love artists sometimes hey. ? d x RICE ?FIELDS OF JAPAN - AMAZING Looks ?ordinary enough...... but watch as the rice ?grows!!!!!! ? ? ? ?? ???? ??? ? ? ?? ???? ??? ? ? ?? ???? ??? ? ? ?? ???? ??? ? ? ?? ???? ??? ? ? ?? ???? ??? ? ? ?? ???? ?Stunning ?crop art has sprung up across rice fields in Japan ?, but ?this is no alien creation. The ?designs have been cleverly PLANTED! Farmers creating ?the huge displays use no ink or ?dye. Instead, different ?colour rice plants have ?been precisely and strategically arranged and ?grown in the ?paddy fields. As summer ?progresses and the plants shoot up, the ?detailed artwork begins to ?emerge. ? ? ?? ???? ??? ? ? ?? ???? ??A ?Sengoku warrior on horseback has ?been created from hundreds of thousands of rice ?plants. The ?colours are created by using different varieties of rice ?plants, whose ?leaves grow in certain colours. This ?photo was taken in Inakadate , Japan ?.. ? ? ?? ???? ??Napoleon ?on horseback can be seen from the ?skies. This ?was created by precision planting and ?months of planning by villagers and ?farmers located ?in Inkadate , Japan . ? ? ?? ???? ??Fictional ?warrior Naoe Kanetsugu and his wife, ?Osen, whose ?lives are featured on the television series 'Tenchijin' appear ?in fields in the town of Yonezawa ?in the Yamagata prefecture of Japan ?.. ? ? ?? ???? This ?year, various ?artwork has popped up in other ?rice-farming ?areas ?of Japan , including ?designs of deer dancers. Smaller ?works of 'crop-art' can be seen in other rice-farming areas of ?Japan such ?as this image of Doraemon and deer ?dancers The farmers create the ?murals ??by ?planting little purple and yellow-leafed Kodaimai ?rice along ?with their local green-leafed Tsugaru, a Roman ?variety, to ?create the coloured patterns in ?the time between planting and harvesting in ?September. The murals in Inakadate cover 15,000 square ?meters of paddy ?fields. ? ? ?? ???? ? From ?ground level, the ?designs are invisible, and ?viewers have to climb the mock castle tower of the village ?office to ?get a glimpse of the ??work. ? ? ?? ???? ?Closer ?to the image, the ?careful placement of the thousands ?of ?rice plants in the paddy fields can ?be seen. Rice-paddy ?art was started there in 1993 as a ?local revitalization project, an ?idea that grew from meetings of the village ?committees. The ?different varieties of rice plants grow ?alongside each other to create the ?masterpieces. In ?the first nine years, the ?village office workers and local farmers grew ?a simple design of Mount Iwaki every ?year. But ?their ideas grew more complicated and attracted more ?attention. In ?2005, agreements ?between landowners ??allowed ?the creation of enormous rice paddy art. A year ?later, organizers ?used computers to ?precisely plot the planting of four differently colored ?rice varieties that ?bring the images to life! TRULY ?A WORK OF ART! ? ? ? _____________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential and privileged.? If received in error, please contact Thiess and delete all copies.? You may not rely on advice and documents received by email unless confirmed by a signed Thiess letter.? This restriction on reliance will not apply to the extent that the above email communication is between parties to a contract and is authorised under that contract. 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From andynehl at optusnet.com.au Tue Mar 16 08:03:48 2010 From: andynehl at optusnet.com.au (Andy Nehl) Date: Tue Mar 16 08:04:40 2010 Subject: [eclectika] Senate vote this Wednesday night on disenfranchising 1000s of people In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7183B4F8-5A6A-4D75-9D64-0E19F053E1BA@optusnet.com.au> This Wednesday night 17th March in the Senate, Steve Fielding has casting vote on whether 1000s of young people and others will be allowed to vote in the Federal Election or will be disenfranchised. There's still a day left for as many people as possible to lobby Steve Fielding, in a polite and respectful way, to help try and convince him to do the right thing for democracy. See: http://ow.ly/1mPcz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://laika.gnusto.com/pipermail/eclectika/attachments/20100317/2d33cada/attachment.htm From justien at gmail.com Tue Mar 16 09:41:10 2010 From: justien at gmail.com (jstn) Date: Tue Mar 16 09:43:09 2010 Subject: [eclectika] teal and orange explained Message-ID: I'd noticed how everyone was into ladies in orange bikinis coming out of azure oceans, lately. Blame it on the Coen Brothers: http://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html Cheers, Justine -- the connotation depends on the beacon, as usual From loch at pobox.com Sat Mar 27 03:52:52 2010 From: loch at pobox.com (Andrew Loch) Date: Sat Mar 27 03:57:26 2010 Subject: [eclectika] home brew turing machine Message-ID: beautiful http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/26/homebrew-turing-mach.html From loch at pobox.com Mon Mar 29 05:46:47 2010 From: loch at pobox.com (Lochy) Date: Mon Mar 29 05:46:56 2010 Subject: [eclectika] I want me an engelbart chorded keyboard Message-ID: they now look sexy http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/engelbarts-chorded-keyboard-reborn-as-stunning-red-jellyfish/ From loch at pobox.com Tue Mar 30 18:30:23 2010 From: loch at pobox.com (Lochy) Date: Tue Mar 30 18:30:33 2010 Subject: [eclectika] Happy Birthday Dr Martens Message-ID: doc martens boots [when your drunk they may be prone to goose step] Klaus M?rtens was a doctor in the German army during World War II. While on leave in 1945, he injured his ankle while skiing in the Bavarian Alps. He found that his standard-issue army boots were too uncomfortable on his injured foot. While recuperating, he designed improvements to the boots, with soft leather, and air-padded soles. When the war ended and some Germans looted valuables from their own cities, M?rtens took leather from a cobbler's shop. With that leather he made himself a pair of boots with air-cushioned soles. M?rtens didn't have much luck selling his shoes until he met up with an old university friend, Dr. Herbert Funck, in Munich in 1947. Funck was intrigued by the new shoe design, and the two went into business that year in Seeshaupt, Germany, using discarded rubber from Luftwaffe airfields. The comfortable and durable soles were a big hit with housewives, with 80% of sales in the first decade going to women over the age of 40. Sales had grown so much by 1952 that they opened a factory in Munich. In 1959, the company had grown large enough that M?rtens and Funck looked at marketing the footwear internationally. Almost immediately, British shoe manufacturer R. Griggs Group Ltd. bought patent rights to manufacture the shoes in the United Kingdom. Griggs anglicized the name, slightly re-shaped the heel to make them fit better, added the trademark yellow stitching, and trademarked the soles as AirWair. The first Dr. Martens boots in the United Kingdom came out on 1 April, 1960 (hence known as style 1460 and still in production today) with an eight-eyelet, cherry-red, Nappa leather design. Originally Dr. Martens were made by a number of shoe manufacturers in the Northamptonshire area, as long as they passed quality standards. They were popular among workers such as postmen, police officers and factory workers. By the late 1960s, skinheads started wearing Dr. Martens boots. By the late 1970s, Dr. Martens boots were popular among some British punk rock and New Wave musicians, and soon many punk fans were wearing them. The boots and shoes then became popular among other youth subcultures. Dr. Martens sponsored Rushden & Diamonds F.C. from 1998 to 2003. When a new main stand was built at Nene Park in 2001, the stand was named the 'Airwair Stand' in recognition of the sponsorship link. In the 2000s, Dr. Martens were sold exclusively under the AirWair name, and came in dozens of different styles, including conventional black shoes, sandals and steel-toed boots. On 1 April 2003, under pressure from declining sales, the Dr. Martens company ceased all production in the United Kingdom,[1] with production moved to China and Thailand. With this change also came the end of the company's vegan-friendly non-leather products, which were produced since January, 2000. In 2007, the company began producing footwear again in England, in the Cobbs Lane Factory in Wollaston. These products, the "Vintage" line which the company advertises as being made to the original specs, can be purchased at the Dr. Martens USA website or the Dr. Martens UK website. From stephen.viller at gmail.com Tue Mar 30 18:58:09 2010 From: stephen.viller at gmail.com (Stephen Viller) Date: Tue Mar 30 18:58:18 2010 Subject: [eclectika] Happy Birthday Dr Martens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6298D909-CFEB-4C76-B72C-B6BD3868A624@gmail.com> On 31/03/2010, at 9:30 AM, Lochy wrote: > doc martens boots [when your drunk they may be prone to goose step] > It's not class or ideology Colour, creed, or roots The only thing that unites us Is Dr Marten's boots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhg_QIyMxZw --S. > Klaus M?rtens was a doctor in the German army during World War II. While > on leave in 1945, > he injured his ankle while skiing in the Bavarian Alps. He found that his > standard-issue > army boots were too uncomfortable on his injured foot. While recuperating, > he designed > improvements to the boots, with soft leather, and air-padded soles. When > the war ended and > some Germans looted valuables from their own cities, M?rtens took leather > from a cobbler's > shop. With that leather he made himself a pair of boots with air-cushioned > soles. > > M?rtens didn't have much luck selling his shoes until he met up with an > old university > friend, Dr. Herbert Funck, in Munich in 1947. Funck was intrigued by the > new shoe design, > and the two went into business that year in Seeshaupt, Germany, using > discarded rubber from > Luftwaffe airfields. The comfortable and durable soles were a big hit with > housewives, with > 80% of sales in the first decade going to women over the age of 40. > > Sales had grown so much by 1952 that they opened a factory in Munich. In > 1959, the company > had grown large enough that M?rtens and Funck looked at marketing the > footwear > internationally. Almost immediately, British shoe manufacturer R. Griggs > Group Ltd. bought > patent rights to manufacture the shoes in the United Kingdom. Griggs > anglicized the name, > slightly re-shaped the heel to make them fit better, added the trademark > yellow stitching, > and trademarked the soles as AirWair. > > The first Dr. Martens boots in the United Kingdom came out on 1 April, > 1960 (hence known as > style 1460 and still in production today) with an eight-eyelet, > cherry-red, Nappa leather > design. Originally Dr. Martens were made by a number of shoe manufacturers > in the > Northamptonshire area, as long as they passed quality standards. They were > popular among > workers such as postmen, police officers and factory workers. By the late > 1960s, skinheads > started wearing Dr. Martens boots. By the late 1970s, Dr. Martens boots > were popular among > some British punk rock and New Wave musicians, and soon many punk fans > were wearing them. > The boots and shoes then became popular among other youth subcultures. > > Dr. Martens sponsored Rushden & Diamonds F.C. from 1998 to 2003. When a > new main stand was > built at Nene Park in 2001, the stand was named the 'Airwair Stand' in > recognition of the > sponsorship link. In the 2000s, Dr. Martens were sold exclusively under > the AirWair name, > and came in dozens of different styles, including conventional black > shoes, sandals and > steel-toed boots. > > On 1 April 2003, under pressure from declining sales, the Dr. Martens > company ceased all > production in the United Kingdom,[1] with production moved to China and > Thailand. With this > change also came the end of the company's vegan-friendly non-leather > products, which were > produced since January, 2000. In 2007, the company began producing > footwear again in > England, in the Cobbs Lane Factory in Wollaston. These products, the > "Vintage" line which > the company advertises as being made to the original specs, can be > purchased at the Dr. > Martens USA website or the Dr. Martens UK website. > _______________________________________________ > eclectika mailing list > eclectika@wudee.net > http://laika.gnusto.com/mailman/listinfo/eclectika From simon at rumble.net Tue Mar 30 19:43:58 2010 From: simon at rumble.net (Simon Rumble) Date: Tue Mar 30 19:44:02 2010 Subject: [eclectika] Happy Birthday Dr Martens In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1234ca4a1003301743k5f02458aoa7c4a78701c79006@mail.gmail.com> On 31 March 2010 10:30, Lochy wrote: > doc martens boots [when your drunk they may be prone to goose step] > I seem to recall most of the ones available in Australia in the early 90s were made in New Zealand. And the soles wore out really quickly. I always found that by the time a pair of Docs wore in and stopped giving you blisters, the soles wore out. And switched to trainers. -- Simon Rumble -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://laika.gnusto.com/pipermail/eclectika/attachments/20100331/9766048c/attachment.htm