WoodenSpoon http://woodenspoon.net Stirring the digital stew Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:11:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A steer who wishes to be outstanding in the field [caption id="attachment_182" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A pasture-fed steer standing in the field. His coat is shiny but he still has to develop muscle in the rear and across the back"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/20/183/ Buffalo flies converging on the eye of a steer [caption id="attachment_180" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Buffalo flies converging on the eye of a steer"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/20/buffalo-flies-converging-on-the-eye-of-a-steer/ And the rain fell down: 100 mm overnight - pix to follow [gallery] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/20/and-the-rain-fell-down-100-mm-overnight-pix-to-follow/ A reminder of the good old days, before deisel [caption id="attachment_174" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="A horse-drawn hay rake. Simple design, simple to operate: Strap your horse in at the front, sit on the seat, raise and lower the tines of the rake to make bale-sized windrows. Perhaps we'll see this machine in action one day?"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/19/a-reminder-of-the-good-old-days-before-deisel/ A denuded frame, listing badly [caption id="attachment_171" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Both wheels and the seat have been excisied from this listing frame. People hasten by, averting their gazes."][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/18/a-denuded-frame-listing-badly/ Inspecting the river [caption id="attachment_169" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Dad inspects the bank after recent heavy rains. The river is up but the trees are holding on."][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/18/inspecting-the-river/ A Cuisenaire’s dozen [caption id="attachment_166" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Ways to factor the number 12"][/caption] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/16/a-cuisenaires-dozen/ Photo booth treasures from 1985 [gallery] http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/10/photo-booth-treasures-from-1985/ Yes we have comments and yes the template is a bit busted Hi all, Just to let u know that: I've just upgraded Wordpress, so: The PHP 5 error that occured whenever anyone tried to look at any page except the frontpage is gone. I have finally cleared the spam backlog. I found 1 real comment in about a thousand. Akeismet did the ... http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/06/yes-we-have-comments-and-yes-the-template-is-a-bit-busted/ Lets end the ‘middle-endian’ bid for date hegemony The Americans are weird. We all know that, and some of them have moments of clarity from time to time. But we love them nonetheless. Everything is simple for them. You either win or you lose. You are either free or oppressed by a socialist state intent on foisting health ... http://woodenspoon.net/2008/11/04/lets-end-the-middle-endian-bid-for-date-hegemony/