A vernal pool is a pond that appears ephemerally, often in the spring after heavy rains. The pools are a unique habitat for plants, insect, and amphibians.
S.N.A.G. is an acronym for Sensitive New Age Guy. Snags like to talk about their feelings and may do interpretive dance. They usually have a deep, soulful gaze.
Cold Modulation refers to the practice of changing keys in a musical piece by applying an immediate key change with no preparatory harmonic progression.
The Fender Telecaster is a first choice for country, blues and classic rock electric guitarists. It has two single coil pickups giving the guitar a twangy tone.
BatchGeo is an elegant solution generates a Google map with location markers from just about any data set of locations. It is really handy for adding maps.
Throwing pots is the art of molding ceramic clay with your hands on a spinning wheel. The potter either kicks a kick-wheel or controls an electric foot pedal.
Justine Lemos is a talented dancer, inspirational educator, and highly effective yoga instructor. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology from UC Riverside.
CakePHP is a robust open-source MVC framework for web developers. It provides solid database, file, and directory naming patterns and code generation tools.
Tetris was created by the Russian scientist Alexey Pajitnov in 1984. The game involves a square playing field in which blocks composed of 4 joints fall down.