2008.06.13

SchizoJornale è stato fuso a CalenDiario, il tutto viene editato utilizzando MuseMode+Planner ed è consultabile all'indirizzo http://www.inventati.org/noviglob/calendar/index.html

Per quanto riguarda il feed, essendo ora in grado di generarne diversi a seconda di una selezione per parole chiave, devo vedere come impostare una sorta di filtro a quello generale http://www.inventati.org/noviglob/calendar/feed.rss (dove compare ogni notizia pubblicata, anche d'interesse particolarmente personale) in modo tale da avere uno come quello precedente dove venivano selezionate solo notizie di interesse generale.

Le notizie precedentemente pubblicate, ora, sono qui

JornaLugo è ora editato utilizzando MuseMode+Planner come tutte le altre pagine di CalenDiario ed è consultabile all'indirizzo http://www.inventati.org/noviglob/calendar/JornaLugo.html, mentre il feed generato è http://www.inventati.org/noviglob/calendar/jornalugo.rss

Le notizie precedentemente pubblicate sono già state trasferite

CicloJornale è stato fuso a CalenDiario, il tutto viene editato utilizzando MuseMode+Planner ed è consultabile all'indirizzo http://www.inventati.org/noviglob/calendar/PianetaCiclico.html, una pagina (PianetaCiclico) più generalista rispetto a CicloJornale.

Per quanto riguarda il feed, essendo ora in grado di generarne diversi a seconda di una selezione per parole chiave, devo vedere come impostare una sorta di filtro a quello generale http://www.inventati.org/noviglob/calendar/pianetaciclico.rss (dove compare ogni notizia pubblicata, anche d'interesse particolarmente personale) in modo tale da avere uno come quello precedente dove venivano selezionate solo notizie di interesse massiccio.

Le notizie precedentemente pubblicate sono già state trasferite

In questo momento vengono prodotti i seguenti file:

• [feed.rss] - dove vengono inserite tutte le note
• [jornalugo.rss] - il nuovo feed con notizie riguardanti l'area lughese
• [pianetaciclico.rss] - annotazioni a carattere ciclico
• [pianetaverde.rss] - note a margine del pianeta verde

di Romano Conficoni

Introduzione, foto (1° maggio 2006, S. Pietro in Vincoli) ed elaborazioni grafiche di Claudio Tedaldi

Carriola dopo carriola, il paesaggio cambiava nel corso dei secoli. Il mondo si muoveva con tempi lunghi e distanze immense...

Improvvisamente arrivò la rivoluzione tecnologica con un'invenzione destinata ad accorciare drasticamente i tempi e le distanze: la bicicletta.

Non si trattava solo del modo di muoversi: l'organizzazione del lavoro mutò velocemente, creando nuovi mestieri mentre molti di quelli antichi si modificavano adattandosi alle nuove tecnologie.

L'Emilia-Romagna, per lo più pianeggiante, fu un teatro privilegiato di questi cambiamenti.

La capiente carriola trova ancora oggi i suoi spazi, ma le due ruote offrirono subito nuove possibilità, come vediamo in questi esempi, a partire dal piccolo rimorchio del lattoniere che presentiamo in questa pagina, realizzata grazie alla ricerca di Romano Conficoni (333-7251185)...

(continua)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aspergillus is a genus of around 200 molds found throughout much of nature worldwide. Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli. Viewing the fungi under a microscope, Micheli was reminded of the shape of an aspergillum (holy water sprinkler), and named the genus accordingly.

Contents

1. Growth and distribution
2. Commercial importance
3. Research
4. Pathogens
5. Aspergillosis
6. References
7. See also
8. External links

Growth and distribution

Aspergillus species are highly aerobic and are found in almost all oxygen-rich environments, where they commonly grow as molds on the surface of a substrate, as a result of the high oxygen tension. Mites are common associate with mold as they occur in nature. Mites are in size commonly just about at the limit of visibility by the unaided eye. "In recent studies, increased levels of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) were shown to be correlated with increased levels of aflatoxin biosynthesis in aspergillus parasiticus."(3) Commonly, fungi grow on carbon-rich substrates such as monosaccharides (such as glucose) and polysaccharides (such as amylose). Aspergillus species are common contaminants of starchy foods (such as bread and potatoes), and grow in or on many plants and trees.

In addition to growth on carbon sources, many species of Aspergillus demonstrate oligotrophy where they are capable of growing in nutrient-depleted environments, or environments in which there is a complete lack of key nutrients. A. niger is a prime example of this; it can be found growing on damp walls, as a major component of mildew.

Commercial importance

Species of Aspergillus are important medically and commercially. Some species can cause infection in humans and other animals. Some infections found in animals have been studied for years. Some species found in animals have been described as new and specific to the investigated disease and others have been known as names already in use for organisms such as saprophytes." More than 60 names of species of Aspergillus are encountered in the literature of pathology"(4) For humans cases a whole range of affections such as affection to the external ear,skin lesions, and ulcers classed as mycetomas. Others are important in commercial microbial fermentations...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus

Gardeners have been warned about a mould, called Aspergillus, that grows on compost and decaying wood

[Vik's Big Dummy]

Why go Xtra?

Photo: Fast Boy @ Flickr

My fascination with the Xtracycle began quite a few years ago when I accidentally came across one online. It caught my imagination as an elegant, versatile and practical design. The fact you could attach it to any bike made it accessible to everyone and the variety of loads people were hauling never ceased to amaze me. My cycling interests have gone from performance [road & mtn] to touring and now even more so towards utility cycling. Interestingly my desire and need to drive a car has diminished during the same period.

So didn't I buy an Xtracycle if I thought they were so great? Well there were a number of factors that contributed to this:

• at first my interest in performance biking kept most of my bike purchases focused on faster and cooler things.
• I didn't have a donor bike I wanted to Xtra-fy so I would have had to buy one as well as an Xtracycle SUB. That made the purchase cost fairly significant.
• I have moved a lot and often lived in apartments which did not seem Xtra-friendly.
• one thing that would have really helped pull the trigger on an Xtracycle never happened - I have never run into one during my travels. I think if I had seen one and been able to try it out I would have seen the light and ordered one.

  So what's changed?:

• my desire to drive my truck is at an all time low.
• I care far less about how fast my bikes go than how useful they are.
• I want to tour with my friends who don't have touring setups and who are not as strong cyclists as I am. With an Xtra-fied bike I'll be able to carry all of our gear and they can ride a light bike. Hopefully that will even things out nicely.
• Surly came out with the Big Dummy!

http://viksbigdummy.blogspot.com/2008/04/test.html

Why the Big Dummy?

When Surly announced that the Big Dummy was going to be hitting the streets in early 2008. I could feel a rush of excitement building that I haven't felt for a bike in a long time. My long standing interest in the Xtracycle concept had finally met the perfect bike at a time in my life when keeping my truck parked as much as possible was a priority.

The Big Dummy caught my eye because the purpose built design looked uber bomber and would mean a bike optimized for use with all the Xtracycle components. In particular I thought the added stiffness would be really important for controlling heavy loads and for traveling over rough terrain. Although many people are happily using Xtracycle Free Radicals on other bikes I could see that having an integrated system that was designed with heavy cargo hauling would be an improvement. That was the Xtra-incentive I needed to jump on the long tail band wagon.

So what are my plans for the Big Dummy? Well first off I'll use it for all the standard cargo missions - groceries, office supplies, hauling bikes, etc... Then I figure I can get a bunch of lifestyle missions accomplished - giving friends a lift, picking up someone on the way to dinner, coffee, etc... Finally I'm really stoked to see how the Big Dummy works for touring. Both on road and off road.

http://viksbigdummy.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-big-dummy.html

[MAKE Magazine]

Imvain2 writes in with a massive collection of solar ovens and tips for sun cooking -

After watching "Living with Ed" on the Green Channel and seeing Ed's sun oven, I was looking online for them. I found this website that links to tutorials for building your own sun oven. I figured the folks at Make could find one of these sun oven tutorials of use.

Related:

Make a pizza box solar oven.

Make a solar kitchen.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/06/solar_ovens_and_solar_coo.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890