January 2012
New Product: MicW iPhone/iPad Microphones
MicW Professional Microphones
I had 2 separate friends mention these iPhone/iPad compatible microphones in the last several days. Both saw them at the manufacturers display at the MacWorld Expo that was held in San Francisco this week.
Portable devices are now capable of recording high quality audio, but sometimes you want a better mic, or more suitable microphone when out recording in the...
Food: Nutella Ice Cream
I have been on a bit of an ice cream kick lately since I picked up the ice cream freezer attachment for my KitchenAid Mixer. This is essentially a big bowl that you freeze overnight and then attach it to the mixer which agitates the ice cream mix and helps it freezer in very small, […]
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New Product: MicW iPhone/iPad Microphones
MicW Professional Microphones I had 2 separate friends mention these iPhone/iPad compatible microphones in the last several days. Both saw them at the manufacturers display at the MacWorld Expo that was held in San Francisco this week. Portable devices are now capable of recording high quality audio, but sometimes you want a better mic, or […]
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DIY: PVC Pipe Strawberry Planter
Vertical growing, whether upside down (tomatoes) or right side up (the strawberries below) has been a big trend of late. The fact is though, vertical growing has long been a way to make the most of small space. Espalier is a way of pruning fruit trees to have them grow in a flat plane i.e. […]
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Cool Friend: Brian McCarthy – Brian McCarthy...
Waaaaaaay back in the 1996 we were looking for a contractor to do some small work on the house we had just bought. Being a tech guy, I headed over to the Internet to see what I could find. Brian had an AOL web page that came up in a search, we contacted him and […]
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Drink: Maple Syrup Toddy
I am a sucker for a cocktail, especially a nice warm cocktail for the cool Winter nights. Add to that my love for all things maple and this cocktail jumped out at me when I first saw the recipe. Blame my love for maple syrup on my Ohio childhood. We had a few folks who […]
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Subscribe To A Newsapaper, Get An E-reader Free
It’s starting to happen. I was talking to someone just the other night about how such deals would greatly benefit mainstream media outlets. The price of the readers is falling very rapidly while their capabilities just keep growing. Subscribe To A Newsapaper, Get An E-reader Free Well, this was bound to happen. Barnes & Noble […]
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Trickle - Live Twitter display board for iPhone...
Yesterday I posted about a web page that allows you to passively monitor your Twitter stream on your PC. Today is an iPhone/iPad app that does the same thing.
Launch Trickle, log into your Twitter account, and your device becomes a Twitter wall displaying your timeline. Great for monitoring Twitter while doing something else.
Trickle works in either portrait or landscape mode.
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A Gardener’s Notebook Facebook page reaches 100...
Today, Becka was the 100th person to “like” our page on Facebook. I maintain that page for those people whom use Facebook more than any other service. The more readers, the merrier, no matter where they might be. It is also another space for use to share pictures and talk gardening. If you know someone […]
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DEXTR - Live Twitter display board for your...
When I am working during the day, I often don’t have time to closely monitor my Twitter stream. I still want to keep in touch with what is happening in the world, though, so when I found this web site, Dextr, I started using it almost every day.
DEXTR - Display Enhancing & eXpanding Twitter Reader
DEXTR is a Twitter client for your second screen. It’s not complicated - it shows...
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Elsewhere: Recycled Garden Tool Organization
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Here a recycled rake head is used as a hand tool holder in the garden. Garden frugality at its best. Source: diyideas.com via Kathleen on Pinterest Elsewhere: Recycled Garden Tool Organization is a post from: A Gardener’s Notebook Subscribe to A Gardener’s Notebook using RSS | Follow @gardenersnotebk […]
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Education: Writing creatively: plays
Here is another educational opportunity that has nothing do with computer science at all. (LAUGH) This show some of the depth of the curriculum available on iTunes U. Writing creatively: playsby The Open University Course Description For those interested in English language or literature, or with ambitions to write plays, the creative activities throughout this […]
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Education: Southwest Yard and Garden Series –...
There is a host of great information available from universities and organizations around the world via iTunes U. Over the next several weeks, I will be highlighting some of the more interesting shows and classes that I find there. You can check out the entire catalog at the iTunes U information page ordirectly in iTunes. Southwest Yard […]
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Education: iPad and iPhone App Development class...
I started watching the class on iPad and iPhone App Development via iTunes U. iTunes U provides lots of great educational opportunities in a wide variety of areas including computer science, history, humanities, language, literature and business. You can check out the entire catalog at the iTunes U information page or directly in iTunes.
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I Like This - Elasty iPhone Bumper by designer...
A cool iPhone bumper that allows for some added functionality. It would due interesting to try one out to see how functional it is. I know that there are times, like when I am out walking, where begin able to stash some cash or a card would be very useful in case I wanted to pick up a coffee on my walk.
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Education: iPad and iPhone App Development class...
I started watching the class on iPad and iPhone App Development via iTunes U. iTunes U provides lots of great educational opportunities in a wide variety of areas including computer science, history, humanities, language, literature and business. You can check out the entire catalog at the iTunes U information page or directly in iTunes. I’ll be […]
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I Like This for January 23, 2012
A few interesting items I shared over the last two weeks… Pallet trellis…perfect for squash http://t.co/SpJepbsN What I’m Reading…Fermentation is your friend http://t.co/v6ZHNUNN DIY Shapeable Ice Pack. Interesting to try next time I need one. http://t.co/aZmj3wW5 Hollywood Film Editor Gives Detailed Explanation For Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Support SOPA/PIPA http://t.co/LjYRVE8l Google+ Gets Video...
NEWS: Bonsai stamps released in the US
Despite the problems facing the US Post Office, it is nice to see them still producing some pretty nice stamps. Here are some of the most recent examples, dedicated to bonsai. Click through to the article for larger images. Bonsai With these five stamps, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the beauty of bonsai. The word […]
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Pack-Away Collapsible Bucket →
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Museum photos: Mummified Ice-Age bison →
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Project: One Board Birdhouse
I made a few of these with my son and they are a great project to do with kids or with any group. You could even make a fundraiser out of this where the kids build and then paint/augment the design. Due to its design you don’t really need any power tools at all, although […]
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Career Opportunities Office Hour – Are you in?
I am thinking about a regularly scheduled G+ Hangout office hour to discuss career issues, questions and trends.Would you be interested in such a thing? I am trying to gauge the interest before blocking out the time each week.I am thinking of scheduling them for 6pm PST Tuesday, as this is a time I am […]
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Uber-fantastic Coffee Butter →
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News: UCLA’s plans to sell Japenese garden stirs...
I would hope that some arrangement could be developed, but the property is worth so much money that it is difficult to see how it can be maintained in its current state. A great loss after so many years brought on by the governmental stalemate but state wide and nationally. UCLA’s plans to sell Japenese […]
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Photos: Today in the neighborhood
Whenever we take our usual walk through the neighborhood I the my camera with me, just in case we see something interesting. Today turned up the fruit and plants below including grapefruit, figs, and a couple of neat looking trees. Are you a big user of Google+ or Facebook. You can join the Gardener’s Notebook […]
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Food: Vanilla extract after one day
This is my homemade vanilla extract after just 1 day of steeping. Wow! This is going to be sooooooooo good! Food: Vanilla extract after one day is a post from My Word with Douglas E. Welch Subscribe to My Word using RSS | Follow @douglaswelch on Twitter Related posts: Food: Vanilla Extract Beginnings Food: Pancakes! […]
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I Like This in New Media for January 22, 2012
Interesting New Media items I found and shared over the last 2 weeks… Hollywood Film Editor Gives Detailed Explanation For Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Support SOPA/PIPA http://t.co/LjYRVE8l Google+ Gets Video Status Updates http://t.co/bD25eoAr What I’m Reading…Presentation Zen http://t.co/vNtHJRbs YouTube video http://t.co/WZt53Caj Homemade Synthesizer – KITCHEN MUSIC by Stephen J Anderson...
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I Like This - Pretty gadget charging station
I found this recently on Pinterest.com. Anything that neatens the mess of chargers and wires we have to deal with is a big benefit in my mind. You could theme this in any way you wish to match your decor, too.
Source: allyou.com via Samantha on Pinterest http://dlvr.it/16VY40
I LIke This in Gardening for January 21, 2012
Interesting gardening items I found in the last 2 weeks… Pallet trellis…perfect for squash http://t.co/SpJepbsN What I’m Reading…Fermentation is your friend http://t.co/v6ZHNUNN Compost fence http://t.co/4C56YQlr Wine Crate Gardening http://t.co/R5ng4atX DIY shade finder tool takes the tedium out of solar surveys http://t.co/84ljJU4O HOW TO PROPAGATE LAVENDER FROM CUTTINGS – Works with rosemary...
Food: Vanilla Extract Beginnings
I had purchased some vanilla beans from Amazon.com in preparation for making vanilla extract, but darned if I had \ever gotten around to actually making it. One issue was finding a suitable jar to steep the beans and alcohol, but recently a jar of peaches presented the perfect container. It is wide mouthed enough to […]
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What I’m Reading…Fermentation is your friend
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz Description from Amazon.com… “Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day. For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild...
Our representatives MUST be better informed on...
I hope the SOPA/PIPA battle will help to hasten an end to those who are willfully and stubbornly ignorant about technology. Technology effects every part of our lives and I find it repugnant that anyone charged with governing would gladly brag about how little they know about it.Could technology knowledge be a defining factor in […]
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Photo: Snowbells
Following close after the paperwhites each year are the snowbells. These grow in small clumps all over the garden and were planted by the previous owners. I am thinking that I might augment these bulbs with some new ones for the coming year. I love the little green dots at the ends of the white […]
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A Year of Action – Live presentation at Tuesdays...
Douglas speaks the local Tuesday’s with Transitioners meeting on the topic of “A Year of Action!”. Action — any action — can help us to get our careers and lives moving forward. Douglas presents a few “action items” you might want to explore or use as jumpstart points for your own ideas. Learn how action benefits […]
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What I’m Reading…Fermentation is your friend
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods by Sandor Ellix Katz Description from Amazon.com… “Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day. For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild...
Photos: Daffodils Arising
My labor a few months ago of planting 75 new daffodil bulbs is starting to bear fruit. As I walked out the front door the other day I noticed the daffodil bulbs throwing up nice strong leaves from among the leaf litter in the beds. It looks like these new bulbs are going to bloom […]
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[Tip] A “Want To Do” List!
[Tip] Remember, your ToDo list needs to include “Want To Do” items as well as “Have To Do” items. Balance them out to make each day better. [Tip] A “Want To Do” List! is a post from Career Opportunities Subscribe to Career Opportunities via RSS | Follow @careertips on Twitter | Like Career-Op on Facebook […]
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Hollywood Film Editor Gives Detailed Explanation... →
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Google+ Gets Video Status Updates →
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Video: Singing House demo
I have had thoughts about such things in the past. Good to see someone making it a reality. http://dlvr.it/15wHkd
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Video: Sensors tune the Singing House →
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Re-Inventing the Lamington 2012 Day Two: Chocolate... →
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After SOPA/PIPA?
There is a host of information regarding SOPA/PIPA on the web today, during this “blackout” You can find more information on Wikipedia or Google. This post is my take on what needs to happen next. — Douglas What truly needs to happen next is direct action against the sources of funding for the MPAA/RIAA. Without […]
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After SOPA/PIPA?
_There is a host of information regarding SOPA/PIPA on the web today, during this “blackout” You can find more information on Wikipedia or Google. This post is my take on what needs to happen next. — Douglas_
What truly needs to happen next is direct action against the sources of funding for the MPAA/RIAA. Without their funding they cannot be effect lobbyists for bills such...
CareerCampSFV – Save the Date! – Saturday, October...
SAVE THE DATE! CareerCampSFV 2012 Saturday, October 13, 2012 9a-3p Congregational Church of Northridge9659 Balboa Blvd, Northridge, CA CareerCampSFV – Save the Date! – Saturday, October 13, 2012 is a post from Career Opportunities Subscribe to Career Opportunities via RSS | Follow @careertips on Twitter | Like Career-Op on Facebook Related posts: CareerCampSFV […]
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What I’m Reading…Presentation Zen
Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds Description from Amazon.com… Best-selling author and popular speaker Garr Reynolds is back in this newly revised edition of his classic, best-selling book, Presentation Zen, in which he showed readers there is a better way to reach the audience through simplicity and storytelling, and gave them the tools to confidently design […]
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