Sunday

[magid]

It was a full day after the disaster drill.

Seeing

• the sun reflecting at just the right angle off the signs at the new exit from Porter Square (legal left onto Mass Ave.! W00t!) to turn the sign into rainbows.
  
• the tops of frog heads in lily-padded ponds.
  
• many trees with boughs already dressed in autumn flamery.
  
• globes of red or gold amongst the green leaves.
  
• a turkey hawk soaring high above.
  
• a confident chicken pecking around the yard.

Hearing

• the happiness when books have arrived at their correct place.
  
• the excited laughter of a four-year-old turned upside down, then into a wheelbarrow.
  
• the stories already accumulated in a one-year-old's life.

Touching

• apples on the tree, slowly moving them to see if they were ready for arboreal liberation.
  
• the fuzziness of peaches, contrasting with the extreme squishiness of those already fallen off the tree.
  
• handfuls of grass pulled out of a garden.

Smelling

• the scent of sun-golden peaches, slowly eveloping me in sweetness.
  
• the salt in the air by the sea.
  
• the herb-y steam released when separating the layers of savory many-grains-free muffins.

Tasting

• a peach seconds after picking, all golden ambrosia.
  
• a very wheaty beer that could be the base of lovely bread.
  
• a perfectly balanced green salad with dill, avocado, and smoked salmon.

Ponder: Is it more efficient to pack a bag with less wasted space by choosing smaller fruits, or does one end up with more usable matter by choosing large fruits, so there is less core/pit compared to fruit, even though there's more wasted space?

Comments

[xuth.livejournal.com]

Ponder: Is it more efficient to pack a bag with less wasted space by choosing smaller fruits, or does one end up with more usable matter by choosing large fruits, so there is less core/pit compared to fruit, even though there's more wasted space?
You should note that small and large spheres pack to the same density. The only appreciable difference in this scenario is that you have a finite size volume to pack the spheres in so that the amount of volume that is edge space is increased with the larger spheres.

[magid.livejournal.com]

You should note that small and large spheres pack to the same density.
D'oh. I plead tiredness; I should know this.

Of course, given irregularly-sized not-exactly-spheres, it was interesting to see how many I can pack in a not-rigid-sided bag, with the related challenge of carrying said bag once I'd crammed in as many sphere-approximates as I could.

[ruthling.livejournal.com]

IIRC, packing density increases when the items are not the same size, so pick a mix!

[magid.livejournal.com]

I did, of course. I didn't want to take the time to find perfectly matched apples in different varieties :-)

I was just thinking about maximizing. I mean, it's much easier to deal with fewer large apples in the kitchen, but if there's benefit to getting more smaller ones, perhaps the time/work would be worth it.