Microship Daily Updates

We're deep into the cycle of winter boat projects, writing, system design, and tonnage reduction. There is a walkthrough of the boat (with photos) that I wrote to provide some context for the redesigned Nomadness website, and I posted one of the early chapters from my new book about the systems aboard the ship (an easy one - the GPS Datalogger).

I just added a fiendish shirt to my Cafe Press store, inspired by a recent experience with incompetent doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. I replaced a couple of molecular bonds with dollar signs, juxtaposed two popular neurotoxins with the caduceus, and added the the Primum non nocere directive that seems to have been forgotten. Perfect couture for your next doctor's appointment!

The most current project updates are over at the Nomadness blog (most recently on January 5), though this page will continue to carry fleeting bits of news like eBay sales, current books, and random notes of possible interest.

The Microship General Store (RSS Feed) has lots of goodies, some of which you surely need, and I also have a small bookstore on Amazon.

Artifacts that have found new homes in the past 30 days (most recent first):

56 ohm SMD resistors, KOA, nearly full 5000-pc reel - $10.00 to Limerick, Maine
Advantech PCM-7210-3200CE SBC, Xscale PXA250, Win CE - $49.00 to Madrid, Spain
Two Green Pressed Glass Flower Petal Bowls, 7" across - $12.00 to Bedford, Massachusetts
4 President - Election Vinyl LP: JFK, Reagan, Paulsen - $6.00 to Dallas, Texas
Vintage 70's Blue Glass Genie Bottle Italian Decanter - $23.00 to Dallas, Texas
55 Handmade Christmas Ornaments (1950s) - free to Camano Island, Washington
4 Classic Metalwork Art and Jewelry books 1920s-1940s - $17.07 to North Hollywood, California
Antique Raised Pillar Brass Fishing Reel, 60 yard - $31.00 to Bilbao, Spain
Alfred Philippe, Trifari Blue Fruit Salad Necklace 1957 - $63.02 to Deerfield Beach, Florida
Revere whistling teakettle and baking dishes - free to Olympia, Washington
Heisey Elegant Glass Creamer & Sugar w/ Silver Overlay - $17.00 to Miami Beach, Florida
Four 40's Lenox Wheat Fruit Dessert Bowls 5.5" R-442 - $36.00 to Long Valey, New Jersey
Huge Vintage Designer Purse Tote Handbag by Kadin - $9.99 to Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
Shelley Fine Bone China Tea Cup, Saucer, Ovington 13216 - $20.50 to Wilmington, North Carolina
Victoria C&E Bone China Tea Cup & Saucer, pre-1926 - $9.99 to Cloverport, Kentucky
2 envelopes, UC29 Mint Entire 6c + 1c (UC-29 Die 2c) - $40.0 to Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
2 Pins: Naval Ordnance Development Award + E Production - $36.00 to Katy, Texas
Union Station, Chicago - 1940s Men's Room Season's Pass - $7.00 to Los Angeles, California
Women's Blue Wool Felt Hat, Merrimac, 1930's Vintage - $33.00 to Libertyville, Illinois
Smoky Elegant Glass Ashtray or Coaster Set - "R" - $8.00 to San Antonio, Texas
Batch of 5 Vintage Brass Bells from India - Christmas - $21.00 to Batesburg, South Carolina
Hand Crafted Monkey Pod Wood Tray, Philippines, ~1960s - $9.50 to Newport, North Carolina
2 Schumann Bavaria Demi Tea Cups Saucers, Dresden ~1920 - $22.00 to Lombard, Illinois
Antique Rosenthal Tea Cup Hand Painted Versailles ~1900 - $9.99 to Pleasant Plain, Ohio

And here's a sampling of the current eBay inventory, which I am working to convert into boat parts:

The front door of this web site is the place to start, and the Nomadness site (including a dedicated blog) carries the most focused current info about the boat project. There's also a page of Amazon goodies that I can recommend, though I haven't been keeping it current with recent purchases.

The Edirol M-16DX console mixer is ready to install in the ship's zone of geekery, along with the Icom HF rig and other shiny blinking things.

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