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Tag: macaroni

The smell of macaroni [part 3]

August 22, 2014 Martin Gardiner

“While vision did play an important role in the understanding of both the macaroni as a phenomenon and the pleasure garden as a space, to focus on vision, to the exclusion of other senses and embodiment, is to miss an important means of understanding both macaronis and pleasure gardens. We must understand the pleasure gardens […]

Arts and Sciencefashion, macaroni, odor, odour, smell

The smell of macaroni [part 2]

August 20, 2014 Martin Gardiner

Q. How do Macaroni penguins smell? A. Pretty bad. For example, Lindeboom [1984] estimated that 220 kg NH3-N was volatilized daily from a rookery on Subantarctic Marion Island occupied by 350000 macaroni penguins, and reported that the odor was apparent up to 10 km from the source. More details can be found here. Previous article: […]

Arts and Sciencemacaroni, odor, odour, penguin, smell

The smell of macaroni [part 1: snakes]

August 18, 2014 Martin Gardiner

Q. Are garter snakes attracted to the smell of macaroni? A. Probably not, in general – though things can change dramatically if it’s coated in frog skin mucus. The picture shows a checkered garter snake (Thamnophis marcianus) enthusiastically attacking a macarono which has a light coating of frog skin mucus sauce. See:Identification and Characterization of […]

Arts and Sciencemacaroni, odor, odour, smell, snake

Heidegger meets Macaroni in New York State

November 28, 2012 Martin Gardiner

• Which came first, the hole or the macaroni? • And what would Heidegger have had to say about it? These questions have been examined in some detail by professor Gregg Lambert of Syracuse University, New York state. As readers may know (via his personal website) “Professor Lambert is internationally renowned for his scholarly writings…” […]

Arts and ScienceHeidegger, holes, macaroni, pasta, philosophy
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