This fancy planet

The Russian satellite Elektro-L has been in the news lately for snapping some incredible 121-MP images of the earth. These images are unique in that they are single exposure images, not stitched-together and otherwise processed like the classic and still breathtaking blue-marble images captured by NASA.

May 15, 2012 – 4:03 pm | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Pi day

Consider tau. ?

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March 15, 2012 – 2:08 am | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Hans Rosling

On the convergence of world economies

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March 9, 2012 – 7:06 pm | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Grace Hopper

There isn’t much more to say.

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February 28, 2012 – 6:05 am | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

2011 and music thereof

The Goat Rodeo Sessions (yo-yo ma et. al) Betty Wright: The Movie (Betty Wright and the Roots) Twist Again (Bodies of Water) Metals (Feist) Audio, Video, Disco (Justice) The Girl with the dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) Undun (The Roots) Circuital (My Morning Jacket) The King of Limbs (Radiohead) Camp (Childish Gambino) My …

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January 24, 2012 – 12:16 am | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Ten kinds of rice

I recently proclaimed that I know at least ten different ways to make rice. Proof: 1. Steamed rice place 1 cup of rice with two cups of water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover. Wait 10-12 minutes. Rice is done when tender. 2. Toasted rice Put two cups …

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January 10, 2012 – 5:04 pm | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (2)

When the sun rises in Boston

P anorama composit via Olympus 720SW and hugin.

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December 19, 2011 – 12:05 am | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

It begins

Recording will happen soon, I think .

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December 19, 2011 – 12:01 am | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

The History of Corrosion Science since 1700AD

I’ve been working on this for a while, and it is far from complete. If you are interested in the history of corrosion science, or metallurgy in general, then you may wish to enjoy this timeline. I am planning on producing a 3d narrated version of this timeline once sufficient gaps in the narrative have …

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September 19, 2011 – 10:43 am | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Introduction to vinyl->digital cleanup

My dad started ripping his vinyl collection to digital using audacity and a macbook pro. He has a nice Sony turntable and his first effort turned out pretty well. I put together a short, quick, dirty (11:50) video describing how to fix pops, noise, eq and panning using a combination of audacity and garageband. I …

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September 19, 2011 – 10:26 am | By mtaylor | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)