Archive for March, 2008
Fully automated Lego Rubik’s cube solver
Ah, sweet Lego. Is there nothing you can’t do?
Robotic Quadraped Amazes
I saw this amazing video yesterday from Boston Dynamics. Its a robotic packbot quadreped that can carry 340 pounds. Amazing stuff. Its incredibly stable and at times, eerily real. What do you think? Could you use one on the back 40?
Crushed Velvet Eyeball; Egyptian Splendor.
I paid 75 American for this B.C. Rich “Bronze” Mockingbird style guitar. The guy who sold it to me said it had been his nephews and he had probably played it once or twice, if that. And it was a real challenge to straighten it out but with the help of my daughter we stripped [...]
The Competition Rules
Music Video: Phil Western, Tim Hill and Omar H.
Phil and Tim have been friends for years. Their music works well in this video.
T.E.D Talks - Blogging can cause “local” warming
In this video - Israeli entrepreneur and venture capitalist - Yossi Vardi - gives a humorous 6 minute presentation at T.E.D about the phenomenon of local warming. He is an interesting person who focuses on the human side of investment, and clearly has a conscience. He can certainly afford to, his company, ICQ - was [...]
Donuts as Art: Voodoo Donuts - Portland, Oregon, USA
Unlike many fellow Canadians and various American friends to the south, I do not eat many donuts. This is not by choice of course, because donuts are quite tasty. Its a health thing, as a proverbial west coaster I grow strong and healthy from organic food; locally grown produce, artisanal food and tasty fruit. I [...]
Poetry - By Michael Radford
The Door……..
And so, this is the way of it.
You there in the hallway, me crouching in my room.
Suffer you not dismay, entrance into my room is forbidden to all.
Consideration for mutual saftey is the weight that bars the door.
Your ideas, hanging as coats in a closet there in the great hallway
while mine rest just behind [...]
Desktop Factories - Rapid Prototyping / 3D Printing
3D Printing
The rapidly expanding market of 3D Printing is something I have been following for a while now. Products range from open source / DIY kits and range from $5000 to $50,000 and all the way into the millions. They are used for prototypes, concepts, product creation, and more. People use them to create [...]
Fake People Versus Real People; to the Pain!
I was talking to a friend the other day and he happened to mention a man he knows who has recently returned to Denver from the Los Angeles area. Apparently the guy really hated Century City in particular and California in general and I — being a California man — couldn’t resist hearing exactly why [...]
