Million Dollar Idea

This guy had a great Idea
Wish that I would have thought of it.

Airliner of the month

My favorite Airplane the Boeing 747

I don't know for sure, but I think that it has some serious competition by the new Airbus A380.

One thing I just found out is that the Airbus 380 has Aluminum wiring.
I know that it's all for weight savings, but I wonder just how safe that is?

Lake of the Month

Lake Baikal
Worlds Largest freshwater Lake
All of the Great lakes could fill it.
The water is so pure that you can drink it without any filtering.
It has Freshwater seals too called Nerpas.

If it's 85° outside, it must be Christmas.

I'ts Beautiful out today.
You can see a long way although the pictures don't do it justice.
Me and the boys walked to the park.
Forgot the camera again.

Those peaks are around 26 miles away.

Great Do it yourself projects

This Cue stick allignment laser is sold commercially, but could probably be hacked pretty easily.
Makezine.com has a whole bunch of cool projects.
They seem to be preoccupied with Ipods though.

Corona Airport

Here is a photo of the Corona Airport near my house.
It got flooded out last Winter when we got some heavy rains.
Well it is in a flood basin.
There is a cool video of it on this page.

Hooray Arnold

Last week our famous governer had to make a decision on whether or not to grant clemency to a convicted murderer in California.
Well some city councilmen from his home town in Austria didn't agree with his decision, and made a big stink and demanded that his name be removed from the local sports stadium.

I like what he did next. He turned the tables on them and demanded that they discontinue using his name on the stadium.
He also insisted that they not use his name or likeness for any other reason in promoting their city.
I like the fact that the governor of my home state doesn't let any group (especially one from outside of the country) influence his decissions.

Newport Bay

Angela had to wrap some presents, so I took the boys down to Newport for the day. We took the Balboa Island Ferry over to the strand. We rented a Duffy for an hour and cruised the harbor.
It was awesome out there.
I forgot the camera dagnabbit.
The wintertime is definitely when it would be nice to live down by the ocean.
It's a madhouse in Summer, but today it was just gorgeous and nobody was there.

Airplane Pictures

Airliners.net Has some very cool pictures.
One of my favorites is the Airliner coming in over the beach.

Optical Illusions

You have to Click on the Photo to get the effect.
This Website has lots of 'em.

Space Stuff

Lots of Cool stuff on the StarDate.org website.
I like the Moon Phase Calendar.

Picassa

Have you tried Picassa?


It's pretty cool for images.

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

I like Free things.
Especially if it's related to Google.

Crank It Up

This Cool and innovative bicycle crank made in Spain eliminates the "Dead Zone" when pedaling.

I wonder if it will be the new standard, or go the way of the oval shaped sprocket?

Surf's Up Dude

Royal Caribean has a new Ship coming out next year that is going to have the coolest thing.
The Ship is called the Freedom of the Seas.
The ride is called Flowrider, and it is a wave machine mounted right on the ship.

Why 11:00 P.M. isn't so dreaded in the UK anymore.

So now you now don't have to tip 'em back at 11:00 in your local pub.
I guess they are selling 24 hour licenses in some pubs in the England and Wales.
According to the article the 11:00 curfew has been in effect since WWI.
Around here, the bars close at 2:00 a.m. Seems late enough for me?

Chinese Motorcycles

On my recent trip to southern China, I was astounded by the amount of Chinese motorcycles on the road
They seemed to mostly be Japanese knockoffs, with quite a few genuine Honda, and Suzukis.










I also saw alot like this.
I didn't see too many Yamahas.
I didn't see anything but 125cc.
This guy went to Bejing, and I guess he saw some higher displacement engines.

Gateway Arch

I haven't been in the Arch in years, but it is something that you always remember.

It's actually called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial

The tram way up to the top has cars that rotate similar to that of a ferris wheel gondola.

The Oracle of Bacon

You know the Six degrees of separation theory that anyone on earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries.
Well The University of Virginia has created an Oracle Database that is pretty cool.

It's called the Oracle of Bacon.
You can find an Actors Bacon number here.

PLCS.NET Blog: China

PLCS.NET Blog: China

NES Hack

Update!
Heres another Controller made into an MP3 player.











I keep finding stories like this.
I like to read about how the people building the project achieved their success.