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Dec. 8th, 2006 03:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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ginmar: just in time for Christmas stocking stuffers for the knitters you know - row counter jewelry. Basically memory wire and beads, used to keep count of rows abacus-style. Very pretty, customizable, and easier to hang onto/less likely to have parts lost than the plastic-board-and-pegs I inherited from my aunt. She's taking special orders for beads & colors and guaranteeing delivery by Christmas if orders are in by 12/15. Details at the link.
I could (and someday may well) do a whole post blasting the concept of "boy science" vs. "girl science." The chemical properties are the same if you're working with peanut brittle or rocket fuel (and all hail Alton Brown for treating food science *as* science and explaining the processes!) Right now, I will simply point to the blogosphere scorn currently heaped on Discovery Channel, who gender-separates their toys and has the cool stuff for the boys and makeup crap for the girls. Shakespeare's Sister has plenty to say and links on the subject; do read the comments, which include this priceless bit from "Kim W:" Where's the girls' Easy-Bake Autoclave? And the Goodbye Kitty Dissection Kit? Or even the Patricia Cornwall My First Forensic Lab?
ginmar: just in time for Christmas stocking stuffers for the knitters you know - row counter jewelry. Basically memory wire and beads, used to keep count of rows abacus-style. Very pretty, customizable, and easier to hang onto/less likely to have parts lost than the plastic-board-and-pegs I inherited from my aunt. She's taking special orders for beads & colors and guaranteeing delivery by Christmas if orders are in by 12/15. Details at the link.I could (and someday may well) do a whole post blasting the concept of "boy science" vs. "girl science." The chemical properties are the same if you're working with peanut brittle or rocket fuel (and all hail Alton Brown for treating food science *as* science and explaining the processes!) Right now, I will simply point to the blogosphere scorn currently heaped on Discovery Channel, who gender-separates their toys and has the cool stuff for the boys and makeup crap for the girls. Shakespeare's Sister has plenty to say and links on the subject; do read the comments, which include this priceless bit from "Kim W:" Where's the girls' Easy-Bake Autoclave? And the Goodbye Kitty Dissection Kit? Or even the Patricia Cornwall My First Forensic Lab?
