James R MacLean
My blogs
| 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.