James R MacLean

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Technology
Location Seattle, Washington, United States
Introduction Economist in the Pacific Northwest researching science, technology, and (let's face it) history
Interests electronics, semiconductors, space exploration, personal digital assistants (PDAs), 3G cell phones, digital audio, digital cameras, digital photo editing, economics
Favorite Movies A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Ashes of Time, Babel, Coup de Torchon, Farewell My Concubine, Hamlet (Branagh), M (Lang), Metropolis, Ordet, Prospero's Books, Queimada, The Limits of Control, The Manchurian Candidate, The Ruling Class, The Talented Mr Ripley, There Will Be Blood, Untergang, Winter Light, Vertical Ray of the Sun
Favorite Music Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jan Sibelius, Anaïs Mitchell, Chuck Prophet, Leonard Cohen, Vienna Teng, John Coltrane, Charlie Mingus
Favorite Books The Warmth of Other Suns (Wilkerson), Divina Comedia (Dante), Fire from Heaven (Mary Renault), Dragonseed (Butler), A Wizard of Earthsea (LeGuin), The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland (Valente)

If mud is dirt plus water, what is clay?

Clay is a particular mineral composition of soil, distinguished from loam or sand. Clay includes a large amount of decomposed plant and animal matter.