phyllostachys 74: Minute Tech 59 Show Transcript

59 - What is Embroidery?

Good morning, this is Alex Landefeld with episode 59 of the Minute Tech podcast -

coming to you for Monday, December 31st, 2007

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

- The 40-year Mortgage and Will Smith's Quote Malfunction
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Embroidery?"
- Embroidery Books for Suggested Further Reading.

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Tech News:

Selena Maranjian, reporting in the Home Buying column for Fool.com, tells us that bank/mortgage companies such as Countrywide, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo and Bank of America have been offering 40-year mortgages lately, as a way to provide lower payments to purchasers of America's higher-priced homes. While these loans seem great for home-buyers, and may really help to spread the risk for mortgage CDO holders, Ms. Maranjian warns that due to the higher interest rates, the savings aren't really greater for the home buyer due to more years of paying interest instead of principle - a better way to go might be to re-finance with another ARM...just beware of those stiff conversion/refinance penalty fees!
http://www.fool.com/personal-finance/home/2007/12/28/40-years-is-a-bad-way-to-spell-relief.aspx

The Scotland on Sunday column on news.scotsman.com yesterday profiles Will Smith's awesome attitude toward work and life. Although he had a recent quote malfunction relating to a certain megalo-maniacal former dictator, his moderately austere upbringing has molded him into a working machine who still has time for his kids (involves them in the film-making process) and spouse. His most interesting quote actually relates to the whole world, and could bring us all paradoxically closer - at a certain level in Hollywood, everyone is the same color: green.
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/Prince-of-all-he-surveys.3628215.jp


Tech Question: What is Embroidery?

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

Well, okay, this is the second instance that this segment is "book news"...but books were the original form of podcasting and blogging. The books related to embroidery, which Carol spend so much time on, are "Florentine Embroidery", by Barbara Snook, (c) 1967, "The Art of Oriental Embroidery-History, Aesthetics, and Techniques", by Young Y. Chung, (c) 1979, and "Art of the Embroiderer", by Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, translated and annotated by Nikki Scheuer. You should be able to find these books if you scour your local collection of used book stores - I love used - or "previously ownded"- book stores - they're great places to be, to browse, to support, to satiate your book addiction. :-)

Happy December 31st, 2007...and we'll talk to you next year!

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"

- The 40-year Mortgage and Will Smith's Quote Malfunction
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Embroidery?"
- Embroidery Books for Suggested Further Reading.

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