Archive for September, 2007

Chinese desert problems and unique hay solutions

In recent years, China has increasingly had issues with desertification of what was once profitable land. Everything from overgrazing, to Global Warming has been blamed. But once a certain area has begun the desertification process, it is hard to stop. Especially in semi arid sections of the country. Overgrazing, combined with drought and poor land [ READ MORE ]

A beehive in a jar

A beekeeper, has convinced a colony of bees to build a portion of their hive in a glass jar. He has an entire slide show of the hive as it is being built. Check out the slide show here: Bell jar bees and his blog here: Propolis: Bell jar bees complete the task Via That’s how [ READ MORE ]

Generate color palettes from photos

The Palette Generator automatically creates a harmonious color palette from any photograph you upload. So if you are working on a design project, or are decorating a room, you can easily find colors that will match your photo. It even gives you the hex codes for those colors. That way you won’t have any trouble [ READ MORE ]

Andy McKee’s Amazing Guitar work

Andy Mckee is what is known as a fingerstyle guitarist. If you don’t know what that means, don’t be embarrassed. I didn’t either. Thankfully, Wikipedia had a definition I could understand. “Fingerpicking, or playing fingerstyle, is a technique for playing the guitar, or some other stringed instrument using the fingertips and/or fingernails, rather than with [ READ MORE ]

ThornCrown Chapel – Environmental design and architecture

Thorncrown chapel was originally conceived by Jim Reed, a retired schoolteacher. Jim originally bought the land to build his retirement home. But he was so overwhelmed by the natural beauty of the location, that he decided to build a chapel there instead.So he consulted an architect, E. Fay Jones and commissioned him to design [ READ MORE ]

Doctor Fish heal skin conditions

Doctor fish is the name given for two species of fish, Gara Rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus. They are also known by other names such as, nibble fish and kangal fish. The fish live and breed in outdoor pools of many Turkish Spas. Able to live in hot water, the fish also nibble the dead skin of [ READ MORE ]

Thought Controlled Wheelchair

NewScientist has an article about a new wheelchair that is controlled via a person’s thoughts. It works by intercepting signals sent from their brain to the larynx. No sound actually needs to be produced. So as long as the user thinks the word and sub vocalizes it, he/she can control the machine. Watch the [ READ MORE ]

Fire Poi Dancing photos

There is an interesting photoset on Flicker of Fire dancers. Fire dancing, also known as fire spinning, involves twirling or spinning an object that is on fire in time to music or in elaborate patterns. The practice is common in many cultures throughout the world. Fire dancers us many different objects in their performances. Staves, [ READ MORE ]

The 50 worst cars ever produced

Time magazine has a list of the 50 worst cars ever produced. Some of the cars are real lemons. Making you wonder why anyone ever bought them in the first place.The following quote is from the entry for the 1956 Renault Dauphine pictured above. “It took the drivers at Road and Track 32 seconds to reach [ READ MORE ]

Metal Star Wars replica statues

The sculpture of Yoda above was created by YumiModal, a small business located in Bangkok Thailand. They specialize in metal movie sculptures. Specifically in sculptures from the Terminator, Alien, Predator, and Star Wars movies. But they also do Stargate, RoboCop and various other SciFi and fantasy sculptures. They will ship their art anywhere in the world, [ READ MORE ]