Day: June 5, 2006

The May 2006 Web Design Meetup was fun, but a few folks mentioned that having a bit more focus might be nice, so I’ve volunteered to talk about Microformats at the meeting on June 8th, 2006.

If you’re not familiar with Microformats, I’ll try to cover the basics. Here’s a simple definition from microformats.org:

Designed for humans first and machines second, microformats are a set of simple, open data formats built upon existing and widely adopted standards.

Basically, Microformats allow you to markup pages so people and computers can easily get information from them. Come with questions and I’ll try to supply answers.

Last summer I wanted to start a worm farm, thinking it would be a fun project for the kids, and a way to have worms available for fishing, but we never actually got around to building the farm. Well this year, we have…

We are now worm farmers.

I had a few pages I bookmarked on how to build a worm farm, though most of them focused on the composting/recycling aspect rather than “worms for fishing” which is the kind my Dad and I built when I was a kid. Anyway, I sort of did things my own way, based on what I read, and the farm is now operational.

I took my old van box, cut it into two pieces that were stackable, drilled holes, added a screen, wet newspaper, egg shells, asparagus, dirt, and worms… and it’s now in the basement. We added about two dozen redworms and probably 20 to 30 “regular” worms from the garden out back. As this is our first attempt, it’s pretty experimental, so all we can do is hope for the best. Expect an update soon…