Archive for June, 2007

On Vacation

I’ll be on vacation next week. So posts may be a little less regular. In fact, I may not have much in the way of Internet access. But I’ll be back on the 9th. So TTYL [ READ MORE ]

Instructables: Do it yourself website

Some of you may have already found the instructables website, but for those who haven’t, I thought I would point it out. Instructables is a website devoted to documenting detailed instructions on how to “do it yourself.” it’s a community oriented website, where all of the instructions are written by the users. The idea is [ READ MORE ]

Kinetic Sculpture

The guy in the video above is named Theo Jansen and he works in Holland. Uses the crank shaft model to translate pedal movement into the circular motion of a wheel, thus maintaining his “animals” level with the ground on impact. All of his “animals” are powered by wind and nothing more. Even though he [ READ MORE ]

Religious Meme map

The above map shows the spread of religious Memes throughout the world. It also highlights the major wars that were directly a result of clashes between religions. I’m not sure about some of the dates for the foundings, but otherwise it’s pretty good.For more maps, go to www.MapsOfWar.comVia VirusHead: Major Religious Memes in 90 seconds [ READ MORE ]

Crustaceans eroding an island into the sea

An island off the coast of Hiroshima is being eaten away by crustaceans. The photo on the left is what the island looked like back in 1955. As you can see, the island had two peaks. One with a few trees growing on it. The photo on the right, shows the island as it is [ READ MORE ]

Jaw arthritis could keep US in lead

Earlier this month I posted about how the US had reclaimed the hot dog eating world record from Japan. Thanks to Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, we were able to reclaim the title from Takeru Kobayashi. At the time, Takeru said he was training hard for the upcoming 4th of July hot dog eating contest on Coney [ READ MORE ]

Homemade guns from Chechnya

Found this very interesting photo blog with a bunch of weapons that have been confiscated from rebels in Chechnya. Most of the weapons are hand made from materials not originally meant to be weapons. Chechnya rebelled against the Russian Federation shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. While the rebellion was ultimately a failure, [ READ MORE ]

Giant Penguins in Peru

It seems that penguins haven’t always been as small as they are currently. Most modern penguin species top out at around 2 feet, but scientists in Peru have found penguin fossils that were much larger. 4.5 feet tall to be exact. That makes them almost human sized. Pretty amazing, considering that up until this find, [ READ MORE ]

Gaining weight while staying healthy

For most people, gaining weight isn’t a problem. The problem they have is losing weight. But for some of us who have abnormally high metabolisms, gaining weight is a real challenge. I’ve always been skinny, no matter what I do. You would think, based on my lifestyle, that I wouldn’t have a problem gaining weight. [ READ MORE ]

Square Watermelons for sale in Japan

If you live in Japan, you can now buy square watermelons instead of the traditional rounded oval shaped melons. These melons are grown in a square shaped glass jar. Pretty cool looking, but I don’t think I would like the price. They are going to set you back a little over a hundred dollars. So [ READ MORE ]