JPOW: January 14
Created By: boatsie
Last Modified: 01/13/06
Summary: The best paks of the week, reflecting such diverse topics as snow conditions for outdoor sports enthusiasts to ruminations on the exotic communication patterns of rainforest animals .... just what do we know about Sound?
Jetpak: Growing an apricot tree from a seed
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e21cd610-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: I'm trying to find out how to plant and grow an apricot seed, after I eat the fruit, and get to that hard little nutlike center...
- Snow: Information on cold weather sports
- Why do cats paint?
- The secret of the apricot: from seed to fruit
- Lolita exposed
- Animal Communication: Low frequency
- Sound, a primer: from classroom lessons to fluid mechanics
- The Violin: mini-ice age root of Stradavirius' incomparable sound
Jetpak: Lolita (Kubrick)
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e21cf2d0-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: "How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?" A middle-aged novelist falls in love with a twelve year-old girl.
Jetpak: The Violin
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e226a438-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: Another violin-napping! As 2005 draws to a close, another priceless fiddle stolen from a vehicle in San Francisco. Just what is it about the violin?
Jetpak: Why Cats Paint
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e219c790-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: Why do cats paint?
Jetpak: Let it Snow
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e2166334-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: All things snow-sports.
Jetpak: Animals: Patterns of Communication
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e2162752-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: We’ve known for some time that animals can hear sounds that are inaudible to humans. From that, it’s not difficult to extrapolate that they can see patterns and colors that are not visible to our eyes.
Jetpak: The World of Sound
http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/e218e032-3b33-1029-86c1-00304880af2fSummary: A primer on sound; from classroom materials through fluid mechanics.
