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Rough Science: LIFE at the Melbourne Fringe Festival
Here at Ice Moon Prison, we like a good laugh. So we ventured out last night, using the tiny-but-cute Flagstaff Railway Station to see Sean M. Elliott‘s one-hour stand-up routine Rough Science: LIFE.
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Limitless LED teardown
Here at Ice Moon Prison we are conscious of how much energy our facility uses, hence we are early adopters when it comes to LED technology. Sometimes too early. A couple of years ago Limitless LED released these inexpensive warm/cool white bulbs in the familiar B22 form factor. They ended up being relegated to the…
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Speak the weather
Here at Ice Moon Prison, going outside with insufficient clothing can be fatal. Hence we find ourselves checking the Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast often, even before we get up in the morning. Fumbling for a smartphone while still in bed is out of the question—LCD screens are off-limits in sleeping quarters—so we are experimenting with…
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Let it Snow Globe
“Let it Snow Globe” Designed by Cherie Marie Leck, 2001 40-count silk gauze; Kreinik Silk Mori; Kreinik Blending Filament. Stitched by Tina Canton
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Frankie
“Frankie” Designed by Michael Boren, 2010 18 count mono canvas; Finca #12 pearl cotton; Kreinik #8 braid, Sundance size 11 beads. “Monet” colour set. Stitched by Tina Canton
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The Robertson screw
Here at Ice Moon Prison we are always looking for new instruments of torture. The subtler and more inadvertent the better. We recently came into an inheritance that included a complete set of Robertson Drive screwdrivers. These innocent drivers have the potential in their new home to be a source of great frustration to our…
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Map of Mordant from Stephen Donaldson’s “Mordant’s Need”
Here at Ice Moon Prison we have strong opinions about what constitutes a fantasy novel. One aspect that is non-negotiable is that it has to have a map. So we were disappointed while rereading Stephen Donaldson’s Mordant’s Need that it does not ship with a map. This omission is peculiar, because clearly the author had…
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Tracking ADSL modem statistics with Nagios
Here at Ice Moon Prison, we are blessed with an ADSL2+ lifeline to the Internet. At the same time, we are cursed with degrading copper and have seen a gradual decline in our sync speeds over the last two years. To monitor the situation, and to provide ammunition to use when technicians doubt our sincerity,…
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Join the NTP Pool on IPv6
Here at Ice Moon Prison we bill by the second. Hence it is important that we always have the exact time. To this end, we are longtime users of the NTP Pool Project, a distributed network of Network Time Protocol-enabled servers around the world. As firm believers in paying one’s debt to society, Ice Moon…
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Recipe: Butter chicken
Here at Ice Moon Prison, we like a good curry, especially that most British of curries, butter chicken. Home recipes for butter chicken tend to be awful, and usually end up being given to the Ice Moon Prison Hound. When we came across a recipe from MasterChef’s Jimmy Seervai, we were sceptical. But it proved…
