61 - What is Knitting?
Good morning, this is Alex Landefeld with episode 61 of the Minute Tech podcast -
coming to you for Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
On this tech podcast about the broader meanings of technology, we'll mention:
- Axiotron Releases the Modbook Tablet Mac;
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Knitting?"
- and, My Single New Year's Resolution.
---------------
Minute Tech podcast is brought to you by:
Learn tai chi and qi gong with Pittsburgh-native Larry Tolbert. Having studied with Chen, Yang and Wu masters himself, sifu Larry Moves with the motion of the planet - 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.
Tech News:
Not since the time that Gene Roddenberry showed us Jean Luc Picard brandishing a small tablet computing device in his Captain's Ready Room onboard the Starship Enterprise has a tablet device been so eagerly awaited and sought after. Aside from Apple's purported (or reported) movie download service, which is expected to be announced at MacWorld 2008 in a few weeks, fans are eagerly seeking either the expected Mac tablet and/or the expected Flash-RAM based Macbook computer. Either would be an excellent addition to Apple's lineup...and the two may be combined in one product.
Leading up to this, however, website MyiTablet.com reports that manufacturer Axiotron is planning on demoing their "Modbook", which is a rebuilt Macbook Pro with a Wacomscreen digitizer to create a workable tablet. At $2290, this platform is design for the graphics professional who will work on his or her artwork directly onscreen. The Modbook was released for purchased as of December 31st, 2007 within the US and Canadian markets. Interestingly, the Modbook adds a built-in GPS device to the standard Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro platform.
MyiTablet.com's story
Tech Question: What is Knitting?
Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows, on "What is Knitting?" , 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:
For the new year I will be embarking upon a wonderful journey of learning and self-discovery as I take on more fully the world of web-design and social media. Follow me as I try to sip from the fire-hose of information provided by web peers such as Justin Kownacki, Anna Farmery, Jeremiah Owyang, Dawn Papuga, Chris Brogan, Christopher S. Penn, Karen O'Brien, Laura Athavale, a.k.a., Pistachio, my wife Jenn, Abu Noaman and so many more. My sole New Year's Resolution is simply to produce 300+ more podcasts.
Can I do this? Can I keep up the pace? Can I learn to streamline the workflow? Can I work with you and others to continually learn, continually improve, and continually seek to be humble in the face of the infinite? Stick around and see. :-)
That's 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"
- Axiotron Releases the Modbook Tablet Mac;
- Minute Tech guest Carol Burrows on "What is Knitting?"
- and, My Single New Year's Resolution.
Go to the Minute Tech iWeb page to subscribe or listen to this podcast: Minute Tech.
Interstitial music by Apple & Bre Pettis
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
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.
---------------
Minute Tech podcast is brought to you by these three advertisements:
Learn tai chi and qi gong with Pittsburgh-native Larry Tolbert. Having studied with Chen, Yang and Wu masters himself, sifu Larry Moves with the motion of the planet - 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.
"If you've been running out of storage space for all those photo's and videos on your home or work computer, here's a last-minute shopping tip, consider getting a Drobo USB storage system. With the ability to use 4 drives for up to 3.6 TB's of storage this system works well as a network-attached device when hooked up to a wireless hub like an Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS). The Drobo is the perfect companion to your constantly expanding PC files. Go to http://drobo.com/drobolator/ to see how much disk storage you can get from any arrangement of drives.
There are still a few days left to get a $25 discount at Drobostore.com. Through December 31 just use the code REFJENL for your instant rebate of $25 off the manufacturer's price."
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.
Go to the Minute Tech iWeb page to subscribe or listen to this podcast: Minute Tech.
Interstitial music by Apple & Bre Pettis
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.
---------------
Minute Tech podcast is brought to you by these three advertisements:
Learn tai chi and qi gong with Pittsburgh-native Larry Tolbert. Having studied with Chen, Yang and Wu masters himself, sifu Larry Moves with the motion of the planet - 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.
"If you've been running out of storage space for all those photo's and videos on your home or work computer, here's a last-minute shopping tip, consider getting a Drobo USB storage system. With the ability to use 4 drives for up to 3.6 TB's of storage this system works well as a network-attached device when hooked up to a wireless hub like an Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS). The Drobo is the perfect companion to your constantly expanding PC files. Go to http://drobo.com/drobolator/ to see how much disk storage you can get from any arrangement of drives.
There are still a few days left to get a $25 discount at Drobostore.com. Through December 31 just use the code REFJENL for your instant rebate of $25 off the manufacturer's price."
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.
Go to the Minute Tech iWeb page to subscribe or listen to this podcast: Minute Tech.
Interstitial music by Apple & Bre Pettis
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
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".
---------------
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.
"If you've been running out of storage space for all those photo's and videos on your home or work computer, here's a last-minute shopping tip, consider getting a Drobo USB storage system. With the ability to use 4 drives for up to 3.6 TB's of storage this system works well as a network-attached device when hooked up to a wireless hub like an Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS). The Drobo is the perfect companion to your constantly expanding PC files. Go to http://drobo.com/drobolator/ to see how much disk storage you can get from any arrangement of drives.
There are still a few days left to get a $25 discount at Drobostore.com. Through December 31 just use the code REFJENL for your instant rebate of $25 off the manufacturer's price."
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".
Go to the Minute Tech iWeb page to subscribe or listen to this podcast: Minute Tech.
Interstitial music by Apple & Bre Pettis
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".
---------------
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.
"If you've been running out of storage space for all those photo's and videos on your home or work computer, here's a last-minute shopping tip, consider getting a Drobo USB storage system. With the ability to use 4 drives for up to 3.6 TB's of storage this system works well as a network-attached device when hooked up to a wireless hub like an Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS). The Drobo is the perfect companion to your constantly expanding PC files. Go to http://drobo.com/drobolator/ to see how much disk storage you can get from any arrangement of drives.
There are still a few days left to get a $25 discount at Drobostore.com. Through December 31 just use the code REFJENL for your instant rebate of $25 off the manufacturer's price."
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".
Go to the Minute Tech iWeb page to subscribe or listen to this podcast: Minute Tech.
Interstitial music by Apple & Bre Pettis
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