The Disneyland Railroad Telegraph. . .
Is finally fixed! Before I got into computers I was a ham radio operator and I've always had a feeling that there was something not quite right about the telegraph loop in New Orleans Square. BoingBoing confirms:
"A keen-eared ham operator (not me) who heard the message realized that something was awry and resolved to decode it himself. He taped it, played the recording back at half speed, and determined that the message had become garbled through a remastering process. Working with Disney Imagineers, he helped have the message restored. "
"TO ALL WHO COME TO DISNEYLAND, WELCOME. HERE AGE RELIVES FOND MEMORIES OF THE PAST, AND HERE YOUTH MAY SAVOR THE CHALLENGE AND PROMISE OF THE FUTURE." in Morse code is: - --- / .- .-.. .-.. / .-- .... --- / -.-. --- -- . / - --- / -.. .. ... -. . -.-- .-.. .- -. -.. --..-- / .-- . .-.. -.-. --- -- . .-.-.- / .... . .-. . / .- --. . / .-. . .-.. .. ...- . ... / ..-. --- -. -.. / -- . -- --- .-. .. . ... / --- ..-. / - .... . / .--. .- ... - --..-- / .- -. -.. / .... . .-. . / -.-- --- ..- - .... / -- .- -.-- / ... .- ...- --- .-. / - .... . / -.-. .... .- .-.. .-.. . -. --. . / .- -. -.. / .--. .-. --- -- .. ... . / --- ..-. / - .... . / ..-. ..- - ..- .-. . .-.-.-
Pasted from <http://www.boingboing.net/>
The death of the light bulb. . .
Is now predicted because of a fortunate laboratory accident. . .
Michael Bowers, a graduate student at Vanderbilt University, was just trying to make really small quantum dots,
When you shine a light on quantum dots or apply electricity to them, they react by producing their own light, normally a bright, vibrant color.
But when Bowers shined a laser on his batch of dots, something unexpected happened. "I was surprised when a white glow covered the table," Bowers said. "The quantum dots were supposed to emit blue light, but instead they were giving off a beautiful white glow."
Pasted from <http://www.livescience.com/technology/051021_nano_light.html>
Podcast of the day . . .
The ADD Reality Show
I'm a firm believer in the power of podcasting to enable ordinary people to express a unique point of view.
http://addrealitycheck.blogspot.com/
ADD Reality is a podcast by Jerry Seiden, is an adult with ADD, and the father of two children with ADD.
He says, "I've ghostwritten several books on ADD. I met, and learned from the leading experts on ADD. I came to understand ADD in depth. In the books that I wrote for others, I had to say what they wanted. But this podcast is very different—the words are mine!"
Manic Minute Recommendation: Get it straight from the source
And that's your Manic Minute for October 23rd, 2005
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