[Kzyxtalk] All the flavors of malarkey. An annotated history.

[Marco McClean]

“Every society invents the failed utopia it deserves.” –John Tresch


The recording of last night's (2016-10-28) KNYO (and, three hours in, 
also KMEC) Memo of the Air: Good Night Radio show ready to download and 
enjoy, via http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com


Or get it this other way, which has the advantage of an 
instant-gratification play button: 
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/podcasts/memo-of-the-air/


It's my 969th weekly MOTA show, my 200th for KNYO, 54th for KMEC; it's 
pretty good, as usual, and the recording is flawless, being made where I 
sit and read aloud, even though the live on-air radio experience last 
night was riddled with jarring dropouts because of the ongoing 
aggravation of the rickety Sonic internet connection at Juanita's 
house-- the same problem as two weeks ago. Technicians are working on 
the issue, as they say, or they will be when I call them again, as soon 
as I send this. They're so nice and competent-sounding on the phone, and 
I'm such a sucker for that.


Anyway, at http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com you'll find literally 
thousands of links to not necessarily radio-useful but certainly 
worthwhile things to see and do and learn about, rainy day or shiny day, 
such as:


The last great spectacular flight in early aviation. 1933. Men flew two 
open-cockpit biplanes over Mount Everest (!), taking crystal-clear 
large-format photographs of each other's plane the whole time to prove 
it. One pilot’s oxygen mask hose fell apart and he noticed that he was 
starting to die so he plastered it back together with his own bloody 
vomit and a handkerchief and carried on. Can you imagine? (I glance at 
my handkerchief and the DSL modem... Hmm...)
http://mashable.com/2016/10/01/flying-over-everest/


Two ways to get rid of wasps and yellowjackets without using chemicals, 
sprays or poisons. "The ticking sounds are when a wasp flies into the 
spinning wire." Question: Why /do/ they fly into the wire? Answer: The 
smart ones don't. But they have no Borg adaptation skills to deal with 
the shop-vac-full-of-soapy-water method.
http://boingboing.net/2016/10/28/homemade-wasp-killing-machine.html


A little Wonder Woman goes a long way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WW5l67xBqM


And look at what they just found! Dozens of mysterious ancient ships 
from the Byzantine empire that have been in the dark at the bottom of 
the Black Sea all this time, perfectly preserved (except for the damage 
that caused them to be down there in the first place) because of the 
"lack of oxygen in the Black Sea below 150 metres". Dissolved oxygen, 
they mean. They know you know that water is made of hydrogen and oxygen 
and homeopathic memory.
http://tinyurl.com/hocorul


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Marco McClean
memo at mcn.org
http://MemoOfTheAir.wordpress.com