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For the kiddies - these babies were double-sided, double or high density disks and held 1.2MB. The little notch on the right hand side indicates that the disk may be written to. The black stickers are write-protect tabs which may be stuck (yes, physical, gluey stuff!) over the notch to write-protect the disk.
Overhauled my faithful steed to fulfill a fantasy I had of a burly fixie with a front disk brake. Modifications include:
* Tires are now 32c cyclocross tires, and the front is studded
* Rebuilt the front wheel with a new surly disk hub
* Avid BB7 disk brake with new cabling and lever
* New cyclocross fork with disk mounts, etc.
It's a beast now. Rides beautifully, has awesome stopping power for those big loads, and won't be stopped by snow or ice. Love it. Super fun to do too - my first full wheel build among other things. Yee.
I used floppy disks as late as my undergrad days. In case I accidentally left this in the computer lab, I wrote my name, dorm phone number, and email address on the disk.
Frame :*SURLY* disc trucker BLUE LUG CUSTOM PAINT by COOK PAINT WORKS
Headset :*CHRIS KING* steelset 1 1/8"
Stem :*NITTO* nj-89 stem
Wheels :* VELOCITY* atlas rim × *SHIMANO* xt
Tire :*WTB* horizon
Shifter :*SHIMANO*
RD :*SHIMANO* xt
Crankset :*SUGINO* road crankset BL special
Handle :*FAIRWEATHER* mod174 all road bar
Brake lever:*CANE CREEK* drop-V
Brake :*AVID* bb5
Saddle :*BROOKS* cambium C17
Seat Post :*BL SELECT* slit seatpost
Bar tape:*SOMA*
Front Rack :*SURLY* nice rack
Rack bag:*SWIFT INDUSTRIES* ozette rando bag
Head light:*BUSCH+MULLER*
The Phaistos Disk refers to the goddess of love who glows and grows dim According to linguist Gareth Owens.
The Phaistos Disc is a disk of fired clay from the Minoan palace of Phaistos on the island of Crete, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age. The disk is about 15 cm in diameter and covered on both sides with a spiral of stamped symbols.
Material: Clay
Discovered: July 3, 1908; Phaistos, Crete
Discovered by: Luigi Pernier
Present location: Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Created: 2nd millennium BC
“Side Α of the disk speaks of the pregnant goddess who glows and side B contains a sentence in two lines in Minoan alliteration which refers to the goddess who grows dim; The fading of Astarte/Aphrodite/Aphaia. With your help, I should like us one day in the future to translate these lines on the goddess of love and learn more”.
With these words, linguist Dr Gareth Owens, a specialist in Minoan script, concluded his interesting talk entitled “The Voice of the Phaistos Disk” given on Wednesday at the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), in collaboration with the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Crete.
“It has 61 words on the two sides and 18 lines in the form of a rhyming sonnet. Six words speak about the light and six words speak of the light’s fading. Three words speak about the pregnant goddess and another 10 about the goddess with different adjectives”, said Dr Owens in fluent Greek, addressing a large audience in the amphitheatre of the NHRF, who had come to hear his experimental interpretation of more than half the words on the Disk, based on many years of scientific research.
“Words and a whole sentence from the Phaistos Disk were also found in other Minoan religious syllabic inscriptions, both in the cave of Arkalochori and on the Yuchtas Mountain next to Archanes and Knossos. These religious inscriptions were found along with votive offerings, so the Minoan words together with the Minoan votive offerings are related both with religion and health.
“Consequently it can be seen in a logical context, i.e. the Phaistos Disk is a Minoan religious syllabic inscription read in epigraphic continuity and related with almost parallel texts that are associated with holy sites and votive offerings , i.e. with wishes, prayers and above all with health,” Dr Owens noted.
The disk is made up of 242 icons with 42 distinct signs.
They represent everything from bows and arrows to slaves, with others still posing a mystery.
Some icons are accompanied by oblique strokes, with their importance remaining unknown.
www.express.co.uk/news/weird/1025437/phaistos-disk-meanin...
www.recyclart.org/2012/06/floppy-disk-bracelet/
Bracelet made with the pin of the floppy disk and the handles of the bags of paper.
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This single from Ella Fitzgerald is what I call two classics for the price of one. This single is backed with 'Manhattan'. Now what more could you want?
This sort of image takes a while to perfect the right timing of releasing the drops and firing the flash. A lot of my shots have nothing in them, but every once in a while, I get lucky and something special happens!
Timing is everything with this subject. I must have released two drops very close together. The first one impacted the water surface and the second one slammed into the rebound column being formed just as it was starting to rise up and it was slightly off to the back side and that's why its at an angle.
Shot using a Tokina AT-X 90mm f2.5 Macro lens.