5 Things

[xaandria]

5 Things, Monday April 28th Edition:

(1) Saw Jonathan Coulton and Paul and Storm on Saturday. Paul and Storm are definitely 300% funnier in real life, the way they play off the crowd and each other. I'm starting to consider them less of an opening band and more of a co-billing with Jonathan Coulton, especially since they come out during the show

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[darthparadox]

Aw. We didn't get rickrolled on Sunday. Now I feel unloved. I got Sora a Dejected Arr shirt, though!

On the other hand, when we were at a dementia concert at Penguicon, one of the artists - I think it might have been Worm Quartet - rickrolled the sound guy (who was cueing the backing tracks off of CDs the artists had given him). So that was fun.

[iris_of_ether]

Yay, tea! I like unexpected free stuff. :D

On the tea front, I'm finding myself really liking genmai cha lately. It's got a really nice rounded-out flavor, in my opinion. I'll then supplement with plain green tea if I'm feeling like something more subtle.

My next 2 things are very off-topic, though:

1) What is the best way to get ahold of shardavarius? His friend bought some board games from us (paying him, just to make things easier), so I'm trying to figure out the best way to disperse of this bag-o-game. :P

2) You mentioned a long time back, at a party, that you wished there was a terrarium system that would automatically regulate its own temperature. What heat/cooling system are you currently using?

There's no guarantees, but if my current crafting/designing kick lasts long enough, I may be able to hack you up a circuit.

[xaandria]

(1) You can try emailing him. jmbort at the gmail goodness. Otherwise, I'll let him know next time I talk to him that you're trying to track him down.

(2) Currently, I've got a heat lamp going full-time and I'm randomly using a watering can to make it "rain" to bring up the humidity. It is a less-than-optimal setup. The temperature is dandy and steady, it's the humidity that's random--and there are no automatic humidifiers on the market that keep a tank at a steady relative humidity. Apparently it's difficult to make one, because that seems like something that should be a staple for reptile owners, greenhouse aficionados, etc.

[iris_of_ether]

Thankie for the email! I'll get on that sometime tonight, I think (if I don't forget).

Ah. Yeah, I can see that. I'm guessing that humidity sensors are not the easiest things to work with and/or may be fairly pricy. Just a quick search alone has yielded an article on how to pick what type of humidity sensor to use. :P So I'd bet that's what's holding people back.

[xaandria]

From what I can glean from that article, it looks like those are for use in very large spaces--I can't think of an application for an industrial or residential 55-gallon tank. There ARE gadgets for regulating humidity in a building-sized environment, just not a small tank. Which is what irritates me. One would think that if one is made, the other would be simple to make.