We took the new cool bird ears out for a test drive. They were wonderful. I don’t recognize the sound of each bird now, because the sounds are all a lower pitch, but I can tell when birds are around and I can tell which way to look. When Becky came out to visit a few weeks ago, we went to Anzalduas Park, down on the Rio Grande. While we were out walking around, Becky commented on how loud the bugs were; that it was almost painful. Neither Judy nor I heard a sound. But now out on a walk, switch the device off, it’s a silent forest, switch it back on and the air is suddenly filled with insects, frogs, and the occasional bird sound. There are headphones on my head and a small controller in my shirt pocket. There are tiny microphones on each earpiece of the headset, so this setup is wonderfully directional. I can’t tell exactly how high a bird is, but I can sure zero in on the direction. These headphones will be my constant birding companion from now on.
Got it
Problem solved. We had one of these around the house when the kids were little. I remembered that I had figured it out, but I couldn’t remember how. It took me a while to figure it out again, but now I’ve got it. I see three different keys (steps) to the solution; none of them being “…this is very easy, try to understand…”. Now for the next one, which I’m sure I never figured out.
I’m hoping the keys I figured out above will put me on the right track. Or this might be the last time these colors are all each on their own face of the cube. I’ll report back. It’s not a Rubik’s Cube
It’s a 3D triangle; a pyramid.
Or in technical terms, it’s a Shengshou Triangular Puramid-Shaped Cube; that’s what it said on the box anyway. Less sides; it shouldn’t be as hard to solve as a cube, right? Not only that, it comes with directions! I quote: 1 Rotate cube, make the 3 blocks of red face in a plane;2 Make the red edge block in the plane, this is very easy, try to understand;3 Cube from another direction, to turn without the red base block into the next diagram;4 General at this time there are three edge blocks direction or the wrong place, sometimes two, Then you can swap any red-faced edge blocks as the switching point, and dislocation edge blocks, perhaps to swap a few times, you can restore. you can restore. Hey, what could be easier than that; especially step 2? I’ll report back. Help
The presidential campaign is everywhere. It’s an evil seductress and I try to ignore it, but in spite of my best efforts, and I’m not proud of this, every once in a while it triggers thoughts. Thoughts such as: Leading in the polls does not necessarily mean you’re a leader. The will of the people is not always a good thing. “Majority Rules” may not always be a good way to play. An angry crowd left unchecked can head off in dark directions. Sometimes people need a leader to redirect their energy in a more honorable and sustainable way. Slavery and segregation come to mind; popular in their time, but not much to brag about in retrospect. They were each well supported by large segments of the population though. Internment of the Japanese during World War II; didn’t need that either. Fanning fears and appealing to the basest and most self-serving human emotions is not a good measure of a leader; those seem more like the actions of someone who will follow wherever the crowd leads.
Sometimes you just need a princess pillow
Even if you’re Henry.
Or sometimes a box on the floor will do.
