Archive for October, 2005

Geodesic AiroLITE Boats – ultra lightweight canoes and boats

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Geodesic AiroLITE Boats – ultra lightweight SOF canoes and boats; plans, projects and tutorials
Looks like a cool project for next spring. They have a couple larger boats that would be good for fishing around here.

Pictured below, the remarkable 8-pound SweetPea, can carry a 150 pound person.

How To Keep An Idiot Busy

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

How To Keep An Idiot Busy
Well worth the wait.

HOW TO KEEP AN IDIOT BUSY FOR A WHILE.

Halloween Costumes Gone Wrong

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Halloween Costumes Gone Wrong
Some horribly wrong ideas for a costume.

Halloween Costumes Gone Wrong

PICAXE – Inexpensive Embedded Controller

Monday, October 24th, 2005

PICAXE
I’ve been looking for a low cost robotics kit for my son, and this might very well be it. Their online store appears to be getting hammered now, but the pdf price list indicates 18.61 pounds for the 28A Starter Pack and 35 pounds ($65) for a nice compact line following robot kit.

PICAXE microcontrollers [...]

Business Opportunities Weblog | How Much Is My Blog Worth

Monday, October 24th, 2005

My blog is worth $22,017.06.How much is your blog worth?

Business Opportunities Weblog | How Much Is My Blog Worth
Interesting measure of a blog’s worth.

I’ve created this little applet using Technorati’s API which computes and displays your blog’s worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal.

Dumbledore Is Not Dead

Sunday, October 23rd, 2005

Dumbledore Is Not Dead
Very interesting site. I find the arguments convincing, and at least a few of them had occured to me as I read the last chapter the second time.

This is Dumbledore Is Not Dead .com, a site created to help Harry Potter fans cope with the shocking revelations in Harry Potter and [...]

About Us

Friday, October 21st, 2005

About us
Wow, this blows Yahoo’s Web Messenger and AIM Express out of the water.

We’re three folks working to bring IM to Web 2.0. Hopefully this lets you get all of your IMing done in one place and makes it easier too.

BrickJournal – the magazine for Adult Fans of LEGO

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

BrickJournal – the magazine for Adult Fans of LEGO
Yay! I’m very glad to see they produced a second issue. The first was brilliant and I’m expecting this one to be even better.

BrickJournal Issue 2 is now available for download!
This issue is themed toward Mecha with interviews with:
* Bryce McGlone, [...]

Ananova – David Copperfield to ‘magic’ girl pregnant

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Ananova – David Copperfield to ‘magic’ girl pregnant
Is this real, how will he prove it happened?

David Copperfield says he plans to impregnate a girl on stage – without even touching her.
Speaking to German magazine Galore, the illusionist rejected the theory that there were only seven different kinds of magic tricks.

Altoids Survival Kit

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Altoids Survival Kit

This kit is designed to be a 72-hour kit. It is designed to be small and portable, but also to be effective in providing for the Survival “Rule of Threes.”
The basic kit is enclosed in an Altoids tin, wrapped with 10 feet of 550 parachute cord. Note the 3/32″ diameter hole drilled in [...]