Stuff we’ve seen:
What zit Look Like?
OK, Star Wars Nerds, An Arduino Micro on a breadboard, and maybe some home-made gliders
Archive for March, 2015
Techno Mix
Sunday, March 22nd, 2015Bike Parking
Thursday, March 12th, 2015We’ve seen ’em in Copenhagen:
A covered bike rack
Not much rain around here, but why not take good care of your bike and store it under a roof just in case? …and a lot of NoCo’s have bikes that cost more than their cars so having that extra protection is worth it.
And Double-decker racks no less
I guess that works, but this area ain’t all that urban. Big cities have them to save space but I wonder if these were cheaper than building a larger enclosure? Note that the upper racks lift down for loading. There is a spring-loaded hook to keep the front wheel stable and rails for cable locks. I’ll check these out on rainy mornings to see how often they get used.
Bones
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015Stuff happens on the front range…
Racoon, Rabbit, maybe something else?
And a collection of Silphidae adults and a mess of Enchytraeidae in the dirt. This reminds me of the time we went to Boris’ lecture on Forensic Entomology back in 2009 (Click HERE to see it) No blow-fly larvae found. 🙁
Art Projects?
Thursday, March 5th, 2015At the Carnegie:
A Swarm
It’s a work by Laura Grossett (MFA in printmaking, CSU 2012) . Her website says it is called ‘Ascending Swarm’ but the name given to the work at the Carnegie was ‘Rising Swarm’. There are slips of paper near each bee on which is printed tales of labor exploitation submitted by community members. I can’t remember the last time I was exploited at work, but:
GEC Labor Exploitation
Entomology students and professors are gathered together on this day to make biologically themed art items for possible sale at the next GEC gathering. It seems people pay good money for insect related items. Who knew?
Copper Electro-Formed things
Not bugs this time but a polished stone, a flower and two dried plants. As I write this I am thinking of other things to electroplate. Look out!