http://www.astrofiammante.net “I have spent a reasonable percentage of my life in libraries – I like the hush.” Robin Ince Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:55:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.astrofiammante.net/found-object-a-night-at-the-opera-post3440/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/found-object-a-night-at-the-opera-post3440/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:22:06 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=3440 http://www.astrofiammante.net/found-object-a-night-at-the-opera-post3440/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-22102011-post3039/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-22102011-post3039/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:50:44 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=3039 Suffrage (n): The right to have political representation and to vote in elections.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-22102011-post3039/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-30082011-post2694/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-30082011-post2694/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:07:05 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2694 Chronophage (n): The locust-like creature atop Cambridge's Corpus Clock, acting as its escapement mechanism.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-30082011-post2694/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-23082011-post2668/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-23082011-post2668/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:14:00 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2668 Improvised (adj): Spontaneous, impromptu, created from whatever comes to hand.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-23082011-post2668/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-24072011-post2508/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-24072011-post2508/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:47:21 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2508 Quilt (n): A bed covering made of two layers of material, stuffed with varying densities of filling or padding depending on how much warmth is required by the user, and often decoratively stitched.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-24072011-post2508/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-19072011-post2476/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-19072011-post2476/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:16:27 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2476 Nineteen (n): A number in the range 10-20; a natural number; also a prime number. It is the atomic number for potassium.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-19072011-post2476/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/national-rails-poem-of-the-day-post2265/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/national-rails-poem-of-the-day-post2265/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:50:10 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2265 http://www.astrofiammante.net/national-rails-poem-of-the-day-post2265/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-11062011-post2256/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-11062011-post2256/#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:34:46 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2256 Dūcan (verb, Old English): To dive, from which we get our modern word for the duck.]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/daily-photo-11062011-post2256/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/from-virtual-to-real-post2226/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/from-virtual-to-real-post2226/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:42:38 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=2226 http://www.astrofiammante.net/from-virtual-to-real-post2226/feed/ 0 http://www.astrofiammante.net/a-virtual-worlds-dilemma-post1347/ http://www.astrofiammante.net/a-virtual-worlds-dilemma-post1347/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:00:02 +0000 Astrofiammante http://www.astrofiammante.net/?p=1347 a certain Mr Random Merryman and myself were happy residents of the virtual world Second Life where we spent a large part of our time as part of the the neo-Victorian roleplaying community of Caledon. ]]> http://www.astrofiammante.net/a-virtual-worlds-dilemma-post1347/feed/ 0