{"id":98,"date":"2007-11-30T22:55:41","date_gmt":"2007-12-01T05:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/?p=98"},"modified":"2007-11-30T22:55:41","modified_gmt":"2007-12-01T05:55:41","slug":"tis-the-season-to-be-greedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/?p=98","title":{"rendered":"&#8217;tis the season to be greedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of my immediate family <span class=\"moreinfo\" title=\"Well, okay, they actually started over a month ago, but I've been busy...\" onclick=\"alert(this.title);\">start asking<\/span> around this time of year about what kinds of things I&#8217;d like for <span class=\"moreinfo\" title=\"'Merry Non-Denomination General Purpose Winter Solstice Celebration And Secular Shopping Holiday For People Of All Races, Creeds, Colors, Genders, Proclivities, and Preferences, Everyone!'  Take THAT, 'War-on-Christmas' freaks!\" onclick=\"alert(this.title);\">Christmas<\/span> presents this year.<\/p>\n<p>This strikes me as a good way to break the week-long bout of blogstipation I&#8217;ve been having.  Here, then, is what I want for Christmas, Xmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cephalopodmas.org\/\" title=\"Cepahlopodmas.org\">Cephalopodmas<\/a>, or whatever gift-giving winter holiday you prefer (each category is sorted roughly in order of desire at the moment):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ridiculously Expensive Stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Which I only list on the off-chance that someone wins the lottery or happens to find an amazing bargain on &#8220;e-bay?&#8221; or something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A good bacteriological microscope.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cookingbuddies.com\/osc\/product_info.php?products_id=407&amp;osCsid=442a0cb73bd4e83954e32affea648ec2\" title=\"Rotaval\">A Rotary Evaporator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cookingbuddies.com\/osc\/product_info.php?cPath=32_57&amp;products_id=160&amp;osCsid=442a0cb73bd4e83954e32affea648ec2\" title=\"Gastrovac!\">A Gastrovac<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Book:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bioprocess-Engineering-Bjorn-K-Lydersen\/dp\/0471035440\/ref=pd_sim_b_title_3\" title=\"Bioprocess Engineering\">Bioprocess Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<span class=\"moreinfo\" title=\"Okay, not really, but it's the traditional unreasonable request...\" onclick=\"alert(this.title);\">And a pony<\/span>&#8230;<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sc.tri-bit.com\/Image:pony.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sc.tri-bit.com\/images\/2\/23\/pony.jpg\" title=\"No you can't have a pony.  Not yours.\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOkay, maybe not.<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Relatively Expensive Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Book:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wine-Microbiology-Practical-Applications-Procedures\/dp\/038733341X\/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1196478797&amp;sr=11-1\" title=\"Wine Microbiology: Practical Applications and Procedures\">Wine Microbiology: Practical Applications and Procedures<\/a> (and similarly hardcore food microbiology books)<\/li>\n<li>Book:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/wp-admin\/%3Cbr%3E%3C\/a%3Ehttp:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0750645016\/ref=pd_cp_b_1?pf_rd_p=317711001&amp;pf_rd_s=center-41&amp;pf_rd_t=201&amp;pf_rd_i=1555811280&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_r=1KGV88B7BETYWRGAPP1X\" title=\"Principles of Fermentation Technology\">Principles of Fermentation Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bordersstores.com\/search\/title_detail.jsp?id=54475703&amp;srchTerms=1555812678&amp;mediaType=1&amp;srchType=ISBN\" title=\"Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting\">Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Industrial-Microbiology-Introduction-Michael-Waites\/dp\/0632053070\/ref=pd_sim_b_title_4\" title=\"Industrial Microbiology, An Introduction\">Industrial Microbiology, An Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Book:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Manual-Industrial-Microbiology-Biotechnology\/dp\/1555811280\/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1196479171&amp;sr=1-14\" title=\"Manual of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology\">Manual of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other kinda-expensive-but-maybe-you-can-find-it-at-reasonable-price stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vibramfivefingers.com\/products\/products_sprint.cfm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vibramfivefingers.com\/products\/images\/products\/xsell_thumbs\/xsell_ff_sprint.jpg\" title=\"Vibram Fivefingers Sprint\" \/>A pair of &#8220;barefoot shoes&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scientificsonline.com\/product.asp_Q_pn_E_3071533\" title=\"Dry Ice Maker\">A Dry-Ice maker<\/a> (other companies make similar devices, too)<\/li>\n<li>A small-scale water distiller\/deionizer of some kind<\/li>\n<li>One or more live specimens of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hop_%28plant%29\" title=\"For beer, of course\"><em>Humulus lupulus<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A live <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guarana\" title=\"1,3,7-trimethylxanthine is our FRIEND!\">Guarana<\/a> bush.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Relatively Cheap Stuff<\/strong> (but still spiffy)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T-Shirt: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goats.com\/store\/item\/tshirt_science-aa-1.html\" title=\"Science is SATAN spelled backwards!\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goats.com\/store\/images\/shirt_sciencesatan.png\" \/>Science is SATAN spelled backwards<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T-Shirt: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xkcd.com\/store\/\" title=\"Stand back, I'm going to try SCIENCE\">Stand Back, I&#8217;m going to try SCIENCE<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xkcd.com\/store\/try_science_shirt_300.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n(The &#8220;Actual Size&#8221; stickers are pretty funny, too&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fishersci.com\/wps\/portal\/PRODUCTDETAIL?productId=679908&amp;catalogId=29103&amp;brCategoryId=null&amp;fromCat=yes&amp;fromSearch=Y\" title=\"Graphite powder\">A pound of powdered Graphite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.octodog.net\" title=\"Octodog!\">An Octodog Maker<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.octodog.net\/images\/nav\/so_whats_an_octodog_off.gif\" title=\"So, What's an Octodog?\" \/><\/a> (The &#8220;dealers&#8221; list includes the Monterey Bay Aquarium, apparently&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cookingbuddies.com\/osc\/product_info.php?products_id=229&amp;osCsid=442a0cb73bd4e83954e32affea648ec2\">Gellan Gum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cookingbuddies.com\/osc\/product_info.php?cPath=34_37&amp;products_id=214&amp;osCsid=442a0cb73bd4e83954e32affea648ec2\" title=\"Carboxymethylcellulose!\">Carboxymethylcellulose gum<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cookingbuddies.com\/osc\/index.php?cPath=34_37&amp;osCsid=442a0cb73bd4e83954e32affea648ec2\" title=\"Molecular Gastronomy supplies\">And various other food-chemicals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know there was more, but my brain seems to have gone on break right now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of my immediate family start asking around this time of year about what kinds of things I&#8217;d like for Christmas presents this year. This strikes me as a good way to break the week-long bout of blogstipation I&#8217;ve been having. Here, then, is what I want for Christmas, Xmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Cephalopodmas, or whatever &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/?p=98\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8217;tis the season to be greedy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,22,14,18,13,6,10,5,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feedback-solicitation","category-food-science","category-freakish-eukaryotes","category-grossly-oversimplified-science","category-hillbilly-biotech","category-me-me-me","category-microbiology","category-nerd-culture","category-nerdity","category-play-with-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigroom.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}