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What is tattoo Tuesday about?

August 16, 2016

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“DuoSkin interactive gold-leaf jewelry, is a stylish on-skin user interfaces.

DuoSkin is a fabrication process that enables anyone to create customized functional devices, attached directly on their skin.

Using gold metal leaf, a material that is cheap, skin-friendly, and robust for everyday wear, scientists created three types of on-skin interfaces. The sensing touch input, displaying output, and wireless communication.

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The design inspired from the aesthetics found in metallic jewelry-like temporary tattoos.

The devices enable users to control their mobile devices, display information, and store information on their skin.”

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What makes me say, “it has a good beat?”

August 15, 2016

You can dance to it!

Via Vimeo from Colossal

How did they DO that?

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What am I celebrating today?

August 12, 2016

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Happy Middle Child Day – sigh

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What am I sappy elephant blogging?

August 12, 2016
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Why am I looking up?

August 10, 2016

A-rare-5-planets-alignment-1“Watch all the 5 bright planets in a rare alignment, just after sunset.”

I walked outside last night to view this phenomenon and was greeted by a thunderstorm…much rain which was appreciated…and a power outage that is still going on (not so much appreciated.)

If your skies are clear, read on:

“Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn, all the 5 planets will be visible just after sunset, during the first few weeks of August.

Venus and Mercury, aren’t so easy see. They are to close to the Western horizon.

This month, there will be conjunctions between the moon and Venus on August 3, the moon and Mercury on August 4, and the moon and Jupiter on August 5. Jupiter and Mercury come closest together for the month on August 19, and then Venus and Jupiter stage a very close conjunction on August 27.

Alan Duffy, an astronomer at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, explains:

“The fainter planets that lie closer to the Sun, such as Mercury and Venus, will be difficult to see so it is best to wait until after sunset for the twilight to fully fade, but before the planets set.

The planets stretch across the sky, anchored to the horizon following the setting Sun.

This is because the entire Solar System is flat like an old vinyl record with the planets moving along these grooves of the record. Looking out from the Earth we will see this as a straight line, known as the ecliptic plane, tracing across the sky.”

from WordlessTech

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What do I think is pretty cool?

August 10, 2016

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Katie Ledecky gets Michael Phelps’ autograph – 10 years ago.

from Daily Timewaster

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What am I celebrating?

August 9, 2016

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It’s summertime!  I am celebrating frozen custard – originated by the Kohr family in 1919.  They added egg yolks to ice cream creating a creamier texture with greater stability – and deliciousness.

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Frozen custard from my youth was Frozen Whip at Euclid Beach. (I know, you are too young to remember.) The custard ooched out of the freezer and was paddled onto cones with special scoops.  Nothing else tastes like it.

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This is a frozen desert decoder from the people at FK custard in the Bay area.

Kohr’s is from New Jersey, but Milwaukee has more frozen custard stands per capita than any other city in the world – weird, huh.

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What am I Sappy Cat Blogging?

August 5, 2016

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What am I celebrating today?

August 4, 2016

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Today is St. Sithney’s Day – he’s the one on the left with the doggies.  As the Breton legend goes, Sithney was asked by the Creator to be the patron saint of young girls seeking husbands.  Sithney is reported to have demurred, saying he would get no rest taking on a job like that and that he would rather be the patron saint of mad dogs.  And he is.

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What is tattoo Tuesday about?

August 2, 2016

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“Inspired by the botanical specimens she finds while walking through parks and gardens on her frequent travels, tattoo artist Pis Saro creates elegant plant portraits on the legs, arms, and spines of her international clients. Designed directly from nature, Saro’s works are nearly indistinguishable from the plants she sketches, often holding each side-by-side in the beautifully composed images she shares frequently on Instagram.”

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all photos by Pis Saro

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