Research Club

Our friend Robert Fortner has interesting things to say about a new plane.

http://crosscut.com/2009/11/16/boeing/19359/?pagejump=1

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http://www.diskursdisko.de/2009/05/interview-ron-van-der-ende/

via neatorama

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"03. The caffeinist is always working on something, but is in no
hurry. There are books to read, and to write. Correspondence to catch
up on, plots to hatch. But there is also time for people watching, the
newspaper, or idly smoking a cigarette. There is no real difference
between these activities."

and

"08. A notebook is acceptable, but a laptop makes one look like an
idiot or an aspiring screen writer, which is in any case much the same
thing. "

http://www.icols.org/pages/McKWark/McKWarkCaf.html

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I don't usually get genuinely excited over product design, but this is amazing.
http://www.constanceguisset.com/?page_id=35

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Hi. One thing we've learned here at Research Club is that if you quickly draw your own brain and label the sections, it is almost always a) hilarious and b) shockingly accurate.

In furtherance of this edifying phenomena, I have started a brain-drawing blog:

http://drawyourbrain.posterous.com/

anyone should be able to post by emailing post@drawyourbrain.posterous.com

enjoy.

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From the high-octane minds of The Morning News.

http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opinions/a_common_nomenclature_for_lego_families.php

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I am happy to say that those words mean exactly what they seem to mean, and here is the scientific paper to prove it:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007595

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"You don't really have to hug a tree, but won't you please save some
for me?" - Madeline Age 6

Photo by Lory Duralia

A Bosky Dell Natives / Friends of Field's Creek Special Event - A
Celebration of Trees

Working in partnership with SOLV, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
(OWEB) and Clackamas Co. Department of Transportation and Development
and Volunteers

When:

Friday November 6 - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

- Tour Fields Creek
- Coffee & hors duerves in the garage
- Art & plant sale specials all day

Saturday November 7 - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

- SPECIAL GUEST: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM - SOLV working with Bosky Dell
Natives to remove non-native vegetation along Fields Creek, and plant
natives along Fields Creek.
- SPECIAL GUEST: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Medicinal Herbalist and Educator,
Judy BlueHorse Skelton. Walk and talk along the creek with Judy.
Presentation: “Gifts of Our Native Trees for Food, Shelter, and
Medicine.”
- Coffee & hors duerves in the garage
- Art & plant sale specials all day

Sunday November 8 - 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

- Tour Fields Creek
- Coffee & hors duerves in the garage
- Art & plant sale specials all day

Where:

On-Site and in the Field's Creek garage at Bosky Dell Natives Nursery located at
23311 SW Bosky Dell Lane
West Linn OR, 97068

Directions here: http://www.boskydellnatives.com/driving.htm

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Some fellow Dill Picklers managed to get a rare tour of the amazing US Bakery -- better known as the Franz Bread bakery with the giant rotating loaf of bread and the window that lets you watch all the breads! I was lucky enough to get invited along. Thanks Melissa!

Things we learned:

Joseph Franz was born in the same building they still use on 11th.
The "bun highway" has a capacity of 16,000 buns!
The high-pressure flour transport shoots 165 pounds of flour per second under the street from the storehouse
That individual bakery supplies buns to all McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Burgervilles in Oregon and Washington.
That's 1 million buns a day.
An industrial dough mixer opening at the final moments of mixing a batch of dough the size of a horse is ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS YOU WILL EVER SEE.
Photos were not allowed.
Franz makes tiny mini loafs for the childrens.

   

Click here to download:

Impromptu_field_trip_to_the_Fr.zip (181 KB)

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