James R MacLean
My blogs
Gender | Male |
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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.