I know I had a dry spell on nomadicnation.com, with no new articles for a couple weeks. There were a couple bugs in the design code I wanted to get taken care of. It’s now working a little cleaner, and should show up correctly in most browsers (though there’s still some annoying quirks in IE 6. Curse you M$!) So I finally posted my newest article, on Famous Relics of Ancient Civilizations. I know it’s nothing earth-shattering in there. One step at a time. But there are some interesting facts. Such as the fact that the Mayans used very little cement or adhesive in their buildings, and most of their constructions that are still up today are because of how precisely they cut and placed the stones–without metal tools or pulleys! Stay tuned though, there’s lots of more interesting stuff coming up on Nomadic Nation in the next week or so.
Monthly Archives: June 2007
I just wanted to let everyone, those who may read this anyway, know, that I am selling some camera equipment. I have a Nikon D100 digital SLR for sale on ebay. It’s in great working condition, gets good battery life, and has been a very good and reliable camera.
So if you get a chance, check out my camera listing and put a bid in.
Don Herbert, known to kids of all ages around the world as Mr. Wizard, died yesterday from bone cancer, just a month shy of his 90th birthday. His character first showed up to teach kids about science in 1951 and continued to help make learning science fun in various incarnations of his shows. I remember watching the last incarnation of his show, Mr. Wizard’s World, on Nickelodeon. Mr. Wizard, Rest in Peace.
The other day as I stepped outside on my lunch break, I was met with a sudden warm wind that for a moment felt exactly like the Santa Anas. The Santa Anas are a phenomenon of southern California and they have a tingly, energized feeling, as if the air is simply tired of standing still and wants to get up and move around – I feel the same way when I’ve been sitting at my desk all day. No rain coming, no storm. The air is just restless and tired of nothing happening. Jack Black has a line about it in The Holiday, and it really is something that feels mystical, as if the air is alive.
As I stood outside the other day, and the wind swept over me, I wondered what the Santa Ana winds were doing so far from Orange County. I guess the air in California isn’t the only air that gets restless.
