phyllostachys 72: Minute Tech 57 Show Transcript

57 - What is Needle-craft?

Good morning, this is Alex Landefeld with episode 57 of the Minute Tech podcast -

coming to you for Monday thru Wednesday, December 24th thru 26th, 2007

On this tech podcast about the broader meanings of technology, we'll mention:

- Moon & Mars Dance While the Ursids Shower;
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Needle-craft?"
- Facebook, Tabloids and Baboons - "Baboon Metaphysics".

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Minute Tech podcast is brought to you in part by:

Larry Tolbert's Sunday Morning Taiji - learning tai chi and qi gong 9:30 am every Sunday morning at the Dunamis Baptist Church, in Wilkinsburg, PA. "Move with the motion of the planet - move with Taiji" - e-mail leonardtolbert-[at]-hotmail-[dot]-com for more info.

And:

Ravelings by Carol. Pittsburgh-region classes in needle-craft - encompassing crochet, embroidery, knitting, & tatting, as well as an associated lace collection. For more information, contact Carol at carolb207-[at]-alltel-[dot]-net.

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Tech News:

The Times of India reports that the moon, you know, the moon...that bright nightime companion to the Earth? Yes that's the one...the moon will be riding higher in it's wobbly orbit of the Earth, or higher above the Earth's equator, than it has in 16 years...or will for another 16 years. This means that the moon, street-lamp-like, will be riding nearly overhead, for those of us looking up in the Northern hemisphere, though perhaps at its lowest point in the northern sky for those in the Southern Hemisphere. Oh! and look. It has it's own companion. Mars is riding alongside the moon, and is in it's position of opposition, meaning that it's nearly directly in line with the moon, the Earth and our beloved Sun.

Yubanet.com reprints an article from Spaceweather.com, which notes how close Earth moon was to Mars on the night of December 23rd. At moonrise, the two were less than two degrees apart...very close, and this closeness made the moon in it's fullness very spectacular. Riding high with the moon and mars, though nearly totally obscured by the bright companions, were the twins and the great hunter, Gemini and Orion, respectively. On Christmas Eve, however, the two were separately by a quarter of the night sky.

Also in the heavens the last few nights was the ending of the Ursid meteor shower. Named for Ursa Minor, the "Little Dipper", the constellation out of which the meteors appear to come, this particular meteor show runs from December 17th through the 25th, with peak showers on the 22nd and 23rd. This meteor show prepares us for the appearance of comet 8P/Tuttle, which should be visible January 1st and 2nd.

http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/ursids.html

Tech Question: What is Needle-craft?

Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows, on "What is Needle-craft?" , takes us on a tour of a world she's infinitely familiar with. Do you have a world you're infinitely familiar with? drop me a line at minutetech@gmail.com.

Podcasting - Blogging News:

Anna Farmery interviews Andrew Kaplan on show number 132; Andrew discusses using Facebook for connecting, marketing, advertising; discusses Beacon as an opt-in rather than opt-out service; difference between groups and pages. Andrew blogs via "Facebookenthusiast.blogspot.com".

CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks' Bob Macdonald speaks with Dr. Dorothy Cheney about the book by her and her husband, Robert Seyforth, "Baboon Metaphysics". Have you wondered about the interest of humans on those tabloid magazines in grocery store check-out aisles? Humans come by that interest in the lives of others...well...naturally. Check out www.cbc.ca/quirks for more info about this podcast/radio show.

Thats all for today on Minute Tech podcast.
you can reach me at minutetech@gmail.com -
and my blog is at minutetech.blogspot.com

"Move with the motion of the planet - move with Taiji"

- Moon & Mars Dance While the Ursids Shower;
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Needle-craft?"
- Facebook, Tabloids and Baboons - "Baboon Metaphysics".

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