phyllostachys 73: Minute Tech 58 Show Transcript

58 - What is Crochet?

Good morning, this is Alex Landefeld with episode 58 of the Minute Tech podcast -

coming to you for Thursday, December 27th, 2007

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

- On-Star Down, Egypt's Intellectual Property, and Mars Flows;
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Crochet?"
- Books about Ancient and Modern People.

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Tech News:

On-Star's analog communications network will no longer function after February 18th, 2008. For some On-Star equipped cars produced as recently as 2005 the On-Star digital network is neither available nor can be upgraded to. Please make a resolution to check with your automobile dealer about this, if you have continued to subscribe to On-Star services.

On Earth, if you're planning on building a Sphinx at the end of your driveway or a Pyramid on your family's funerary plot, you may need to pass that decision by the Egyptian government. Egypt's Supreme Council of the Antiquities is copyrighting the images of the Sphinx and the great Pyramids at Giza, enabling Egypt to collect royalties (so to speak) from anyone copying any of it's museum pieces or historic monuments. This stems in part from an Egyptian newspaper in Luxor suggesting that Las Vegas' Luxor hotel pay part of it's proceeds to the central Egyptian city of Luxor, which maintains the Valley of the Kings. I wonder which country invented the wheel?

And finally, on Mars it appears that ice in the form of glaciers is forming or has formed in several areas of the polar regions. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft has imaged several regions which appear to show flowing, rippling glacial ice, with white peaks of ice. Of course, you know what speculation this'll lead to? Where there's ice, there may be residual microbial life, and where there's microbial life...well, I suppose the Earth becomes even less the center of the universe. :-)

Tech Question: What is Crochet?

Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows, on "What is Crochet?" , 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:

Have you picked up any good books this holiday season? If you cannot find any around your house or apartment/flat, here are two books to look for at your local used or new bookstore for a good read.

The first is something of an antique, having first been published in 1915 with reprints in 1933 and 1943: "Countryman's Edition of Morey's Ancient Peoples", by William C. Morey and Irving N. Countryman. This interesting exploration of humanities past is full of inaccuracies in light of all the new scientific discoveries of the past 50 years....but also full of very good information and insights - it is a pleasure to read through and see some of the old pictures. The book covers pre-historic peoples up through the fall of the Roman empire. My favorite references are to translation aides, such as the Rosetta Stone, which gave a path to translating Egyptian hieroglyphics, and the Behistun Rock, which gave a first peek into translations of ancient Babylonian cuneiform inscriptions.

The second is William J. O'Neil's "24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success." Published in 2000 by the founder of business newspaper Investor's Business Daily (IBD), "24" is a great step-by-step guide to investing in a stock market. Although geared toward the American stock market, the ideas in this book can be applied to any stock market. And, although intended as a guide to be use along with the IBD daily, the book stands very well on it's own. From "What every investor should know going in"to "Sell rules every investor should master", O'Neil covers the gamut of important ideas that anyone considering or intending to make his or her money earn more than just a passbook savings account should learn and breath...

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"

- On-Star Down, Egypt's Intellectual Property, and Mars Flows;
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Crochet?"
- Books about Ancient and Modern People.

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