{"@context":{"rdf":"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#","rdfs":"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#","owl":"http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#","foaf":"http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/","dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/","dct":"http://purl.org/dc/terms/","sioc":"http://rdfs.org/sioc/types#","blog":"http://vocab.amy.so/blog#","as":"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#","mf2":"http://microformats.org/profile/","ldp":"http://www.w3.org/ns/ldp#","solid":"http://www.w3.org/ns/solid#","view":"https://terms.rhiaro.co.uk/view#","asext":"https://terms.rhiaro.co.uk/as#","dbp":"http://dbpedia.org/property/","geo":"http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#","doap":"http://usefulinc.com/ns/doap#","time":"http://www.w3.org/2006/time#"},"@graph":[{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/2010/03/project-parrotdj","@type":"as:Article","blog:tmpcontent":"# Project ParrotDJ\r\n\r\n## Undergraduate Research Opportunities Scheme grant, University of Lincoln\r\n\r\nSet up an RFID sensor on the outside of a parrot cage, and some patterned, disc-shaped RFID tags inside, and a small Java programme to play a different genre of music depending on the tag placed by the sensor. And tried to train a parrot to use it. The first part worked pretty well, the last part not so much.","as:actor":{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/about#me"},"as:content":"
Set up an RFID sensor on the outside of a parrot cage, and some patterned, disc-shaped RFID tags inside, and a small Java programme to play a different genre of music depending on the tag placed by the sensor. And tried to train a parrot to use it. The first part worked pretty well, the last part not so much.
","as:endTime":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2010-07-01T00:00:00+0100"},"as:name":"Project ParrotDJ","as:published":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2010-03-01T00:00:00+0000"},"as:startTime":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2010-03-01T00:00:00+0000"},"as:tag":[{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/cv"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/java"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/parrot+behaviour"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/parrot"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/parrotdj"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/research"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/resume"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/rfid"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/student+as+producer"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/tigo"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/undergraduate"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/university+of+lincoln"}]},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/2010/12/bought-tigo-new","@type":"as:Article","blog:bloggerid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18505529.post-921161478683483423","as:actor":{"@id":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12227954801080178130"},"as:content":"He's terrified of it.
\r\nGreat.
\r\nIt's a brightly coloured\r\nboing. I\r\nthink he thinks it's a snake.
","as:name":"I bought Tigo a new toy today.","as:published":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2010-12-28T16:45:00.002Z"},"as:tag":[{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/doing"},{"@id":"blog:Doing"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/bird+boing"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/conure"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/parrot+toy"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/parrot"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/retard+parrot"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/Tigo"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/unfounded+fear"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/tigo"}],"as:updated":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2010-12-29T02:32:39.778Z"}},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/2010/12/moorhen-died-arms","@type":"as:Article","blog:bloggerid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18505529.post-6325435303124924192","as:actor":{"@id":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12227954801080178130"},"as:content":"It was sad indeed. Plus the hoard of ducklings is now down to seven. (There\r\nwere nine, last time I was in, and they started at ten). Apparently they can\r\ndie from being too wet. Who knew.
\r\nI also encountered this morning: a pigeon who held his head upside down and\r\nwalked in circles. He had issues. And a flightless canary, who seems healthy\r\nin all other aspects. Maybe he’s just awkward. But because of this, it\r\ndoesn’t look like he’s fit for the outside aviary. If I didn’t think Tigo\r\nwould eat him, I’d adopt him in a second.
\r\nSpeaking of Tigo, he seems to be exhibiting nesting behaviour:
\r\n[images]
\r\nI think he might be hormonal. It would certainly explain the sudden increase\r\nin biting.
PS. Yesterday’s prophecy came true. Quelle surprise.
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\r\nI started with a chain the length of the width (shortest side) of my Nexus 7,\r\nand single crocheted in each stitch down both sides, and carried on round; so\r\nI did the very bottom first and worked my way up in a flat rectangular spiral.\r\nI dunno if that makes sense, but it immediately begins to take shape.
\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen I got to the right height, I carried on across the back, then just\r\nchained across the front, and continued as before, to make the opening.
\r\n\r\nThough it may look deliberate that the 'tail' sticks out a bit at each side, I\r\nactually made it too wide. So I had to decide whether to carry on making it\r\ntoo big and pad it on the inside, or tuck the ends in and make it tighter with\r\nthe green. I chose the latter and it worked far better than I anticipated.
\r\n\r\nMost of it is just double crochet for no particular reason, but his fuzzy lil'\r\nchest is a pattern of alternating front-post triple crochet and back-post\r\ntriple crochet (triple to compensate so it stays level with the 'normal'\r\ndouble crochet around the triangle, as front- and back-post double crochet are\r\nslightly shorter than regular double crochet).
\r\n\r\nHis feet and wings are just chains; his eyes made just the way you'd make\r\nsmall circles, but skewed a bit to be ovals (I can't remember, I probably\r\nchained three, then [sc, hdc, hdc, tc, hdc, hdc, sc]x2, then sc in each stich\r\naround. Don't hold me to that though). The black centres are literally just\r\nthreaded through and through until they looked right, and the loose ends used\r\nto attach. I shaped the beak by periodically crocheting two together. I'm\r\nsurprised it's as remotely symmetrical as it is, because I didn't count\r\nanything.
\r\n\r\n\r\nThe resemblance is uncanny!
","as:name":"Tigo tablet cover (crochet)","as:published":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2013-03-08T20:12:00.000Z"},"as:tag":[{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/tigo"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/done"},{"@id":"blog:Done"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/crochet"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/mbaking"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/nexus+7+case"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/parrot"},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/tags/Tigo"}],"as:updated":{"@type":"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#datetime","@value":"2013-04-13T20:35:09.647Z"}},{"@id":"https://rhiaro.co.uk/2013/06/day-twenty-two-sydney","@type":"as:Article","blog:bloggerid":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18505529.post-8756464199868704073","as:actor":{"@id":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/12227954801080178130"},"as:content":"Slept chez Rosh.
To Stephen's. Food (breakfast). Slept. Wandered. Veggie restaurant.
Making parrot toys out of cardboard, twine, and... mostly parts of old, dismantled parrot toys.
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