Mike Barkley

This post will clarify a point or muddy the waters. Probably both. It is intentionally vague but more specific details will be added later. It's a bit of a deep geeky rabbit hole but we need to go down it a little to understand why I think this is such a cool picture. In the words of young Frankenstein ... it's abynormal.

In a roundabout but important way light is involved. A primary something comes out of the dark hole in the center of the bottom picture. Which generates secondary somethings that are collected by a device inside the screen. When the secondary somethings hit the device they generate photons (light). That light is extremely faint though. Not visible to human eyes & light never enters the chamber. The curved part attached to the screen device is one big fiber optic strand about as thick as your thumb which transmits the faint light outside the vacuum chamber. It is then strengthened enough to barely be visible.

Theresa, that is getting close. No heat involved but it is a chamber. A vacuum chamber to be precise. So for all practical purposes there is zero gas. It's almost outer space level vacuum.

I was asked to give a sense of scale. The pix are more or less life size. Nothing huge, nothing tiny.

I'm not asking specifically what the wire cage is. I'm looking for what the entire scene is about. The total of everything seen in the pix.

Maybe Jay's thing is a holder for a filter to be used as a paint strainer.

In a way you're lukewarm but no. This is done in complete darkness.

In the words of Monty Python ... and now for something completely different. Any guesses what this is?

Haven't owned or watched tv in about 20 years. Maybe more. Don't miss it one bit. Not even a little.

As Anne was saying ...

I highly recommend Kate's book featured in today's dailyish. It is very informative & loaded with many excellent recipes.

The first part of this video is basically a tomatillo based salsa. But why stop there? Go for the gold. You won't regret it!!!

Great view. I don't really need external electric hookups but it's nice to have. Right next to a giant hugelkultur. Usually much cooler than TX in summer.  What's not to like? My bags are 1/2 way packed.