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08 August 2003

Wanderings

by Ralph J. Coppola
r_j_coppola@hotmail.com

For the next three weeks I will be conducting a study of the effects of propane on selected cuts of beef, pork and sea critters. 8-) In other words, I am going on vacation for a few weeks. Therefore this will be the last Wanderings until mid-September.

The Coffee Can Foundry … a fun, simple, and best of all, CHEAP introduction to aluminium casting.

NOAA's Acoustics Monitoring Program …. Monitoring the global ocean through underwater acoustics.

The Current Velocities of the Gulf Stream Page presents three maps of current velocities of the Gulf Stream in the vicinity of the East coast of North-America. These velocity maps are derived from near-real-time radar altimeter data.

Integrated Publishing has a collection of online e-books on various subjects.

Pacific Silicon Sensor is a designer and manufacturer of Silicon Based Light Sensors.

The Programmers Heaven is a collection of over 20K files, links and articles relating to the popular programming languages and applications.

Bill Beaty's Significantly Worthwhile Books contains short reviews of a collection of science related books.

The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. Try searches on www.sas.org.

For something a little off topic … A Portative Organ is a small pipe organ that is placed on the lap, pumped with one hand and played with the other. They first showed up about 1100 ad and flourished until about 1500 ad.

The Kids Room

Post a question at WonderQuest or browse through their past questions and answers.

"Operation Ruby Throat: The Hummingbird Project" is a cross-disciplinary international initiative in which people collaborate to study behaviour and distribution of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. This and other links can be found on the Science Man site.

The Virtual Courseware module for Earthquakes illustrates how seismic waves are used to determine the magnitude of an earthquake and to locate its epicentre.

The Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance focuses on supporting Maine teachers because we believe the quality of what they do with mathematics and science is what makes the difference for students' learning.

The SDSC Science Enrichment Program is an education project whose main goal is to encourage children of all socio-economic backgrounds to pursue a career in math or science.

A "small-is-beautiful" approach to upgrading a beginning geophysics course from the Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University

From The Far Side

High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) … An ionospheric research facility or a Mass Destructive Weapon.?

Colloidal silver, a suspension of submicroscopic metallic silver particles in a colloidal base, is often mentioned on weird science sites and in relation to dietary supplements. The Quackwatch site contains information regarding the dangers of using these products.