wish list

Based on selections heard, or simply rumor, these are artists or collections I would like to get to know -- or know better -- in no particular order.

• Various Artists - Classic Appalachian Blues
• Dizzy Gillespie - on Verve
• Miike Snow - Downtown
• Various Artists - What is Hip? Remix Volume 1 Tnx X ****
• Voltaire Brothers - I Sing the Booty Electric
• Choral - Mountains Tnx MT ****
• The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Fruit Tnx MT
• Various Artists - War Child Heroes
• Rokia Traore, Tchamantche
• Ntjrosie, Atouba
• Jeremy J? On K?
• Ran Dass?
• Trentemoller - The Last Resort
• Murcof - Cosmos Tnx X

DEVOBAMA

Wouldn't it be great to be able to support the Summit County Democratic Party next Friday? Just not possible, I'm afraid.

At this writing, 50 Euros = 77.83 U.S. Dollars. That's the minimum donation to reserve a 10x10px space on the website for the promised successor to AO-10, AO-13, and AO-40: AMSAT-DL's P3E Satellite. I even went so far as to create a little box for display.

I'm just not sure I'm ready. After all, AMSAT-NA would also welcome my help, which seems a bit more natural. But international is the way of the amateur satellite world, so I'm open to join in for "GL & 73, Scott N1AIA"

I like that space diagonal to the e in battery.

Maine Bugs Cover?

Play-N-Squeak® Pals Firefly

Postscript: While we're at it, how about Gummi Lightning Bugs as a stocking stuffer?

Oh, but this one is the most realistic I've seen yet: Plush Wild Clingers Lightning Bug.

Postscript December 23

By way of explanation... At this year's Lobstercon, W1REX distributed the Maine Bugs kit, a nifty programmable device designed to mimic crickets and lightning bugs. Cricket chirps indicate an accurate temperature reading and the firefly flashes the callsign of the builder.

Mine was built, programmed, and modified this summer, but I wanted to find a clever way to package it. I hunted for an oversized tin insect to no avail. I followed other paths without luck.

One day last week, I moved something on the workbench and the kit hit the floor. "Alright," I grumbled, "time to button up this project." One last flurry of searches resulted in the cute toys mentioned above, but none looked like a solution. So I pulled out a Hershey's truffle tin (very much like an Altoids tin) and mounted my Maine Bug in that.

Caught "Sis Boom Bah" on KCRW's Morning Eclectic and made a note. Here's a smooth jazz release on the wanted list.

The Adel Nibbler. Now on my wish list.