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March NH Media Makers

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The weather today leaves a lot to be desired – cold, windy, pouring rain – as a result, attendance this morning was a lighter than the SRO+ that has been the rule at recent HMM meet-ups. No matter – lots of cool projects…

Angela’s drawdio jellyfish puppet:

Update – Angela has posted more drawdiofish info.

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Dan Freund had a rig for his phone that he used to record his pitch which was then uploaded to/streamed from his site:

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I was not the only person taking pictures of someone videostreaming themselves (you can see Roger Goun’s lens on the right side of the shot), but I think I was the only one snapping away with my cell phone, thus completing the cell phone media takeover.

Our meeting spot – Crackskull’s in Newmarket – is both a coffee shop and a bookstore. I went browsing and found this bit of awesomeness – a wunderkammer cookbook!

Betta brooding

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Not all bettas are bubble-nest builders (in fact, not all bettas are the long finned fish you see in little tiny bowls at the pet store). I have a trio of Betta macrostoma; they are, like many stream-dwelling bettas, mouthbrooders. Yesterday the female went from having a rounded belly to being quite slim – at the same time, the dominant male’s throat expanded. Keep your fingers crossed – this is attempt #2 for them and I wouldn’t be surprised if it took a couple more attempts for the male to get it right.

Apologies for the poor picture quality. I was trying to just snap a couple quickly; I didn’t want to raise too much of a ruckus.

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