We’re working on a new music puzzle game and we’re trying to build a high-score server, but need your help. If you donate 20 dollars, we’ll add your name to the game credits – and we’ll use that money to finish the game! (no companies or causes please).
Recordmonsters.com takes vinyl records (45s and 33s) and uses a laser to cut them into a puzzle. Assemble the pieces and you have an ant, dinosaur or whatever happens to be a good idea at the time. You can see a short video if you go to their kickstarter page (link is on their site). Since they are starting-up, you have the ability to help fund their project from the beginning. Give 25 bucks and you’ll get a puzzle in the mail.
Watch a very short video here
On the back of a business card, someone wrote “Who Says”. It sat on my desk for a couple of days until someone special asked me to search for “who says”, on youtube. This is the result.
Who Says -Youtube Link (here)
I went to the beach this summer, and in the back of a store there was an old bookcase with used books for sale. I found a 300 page paperback full of robot stories for 50 cents. In the introduction I read this….
Ironically, considering Asimov’s famous first law of Robotic’s. “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm” — The most technically sophisticated robots developed to date are designed specifically for the task of killing people. Cruise missiles, smart bombs and (unmanned drones – my addition, ed.)
Download Watchbirds MP3 (here)
M R D U C K S
M R N O T D U C K S
O S A R
C M W A N G S
L I B M R D U C K S
M R F A R M E R S
M R N O T
O S A R
C M M T P O C K E T S?
L I B
M R F A R M E R S
C M S N A K S?
I C N O S N A K S
C M B D I S?
L I B
M R S N A K S
M R M I C E!
M R N O T
S A R C M
E D B D F E E T?
Y U P
U R R I T E M
R M I C E
C D B?
I C N O B
E R D B S A BZ BZ BZ?
Y U P I T
T I Z A B
A B I Z E B I Z E B
O U R A Q T
I A M A Q T?
S U R A Q T
C D P U P E Z
M R N O T P U P E Z
O S A R 2 C M P N?
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Legitimate artists and animation professionals will really appreciate the time and effort that went into creating this wonderful stop-motion animation.
Even if you aren’t an artist, the doodles and weird creatures that are created out of thin air are inspiring.
It’s hard to explain in a single snapshot of what is actually transpiring here. You have to watch the video to understand.
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Youtube video (here)
Recently, the U.S. Navy comissioned a new ship, the USS Makin Island . Her official commissioning ceremony took place on 24 October 2009 at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado near San Diego. My grandfather was present, being one of 6 USMC vetrans who attended.
He was also given the honor of passing the spy-glass to the new vessel.
“We’re like a big hybrid car,” Kopas, who lives in San Diego, said as the ship neared the coastline. “I love it.”
The Navy predicts it will save $250 million in fuel costs over the life of the ship. Some analysts foresee the Makin Island heralding a shift to a fuel-efficient, all-electric fleet.
“It’s a watershed for the Navy,” said Scott Truver, an independent naval analyst based in Washington, D.C. “It’s a generational change.”
Makin Island is the first Navy vessel to combine gas turbines with auxiliary motors that run off the ship’s electrical grid. Source (here)
In 2009 Peugeot commissioned Bond to record Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” to advertise the 308CC. Bond has been described as the best selling string quartet of all time, selling over 4 million records.
If someone you know is grumpy or sad send them this video. Seriously.
Bond Girls Victory Live – Youtube video (here)
[update] Cars dropping from the sky in this promotion.
Bond Girls Live In London – Youtube Video (here)
A couple of weeks ago, someone told me that if a hummingbird stops flying, it will die. Then, this weekend in East Texas, I got a chance to see a bunch of hummingbirds at a friend’s house. They were flying around different feeders and the occasional squirrel would attempt to steal the hanging nectar dispensers.
Hummingbird – Original Picture (here)
From Noël Zia Lee’s photostream (here)
Since I wasn’t sure what would happen if a hummingbird stopped flying, I looked up some hummingbird facts and found an informative video clip from the BBC.
Hummingbirds do not spend all day flying, as the energy cost would be prohibitive; the majority of their activity consists simply of sitting or perching. Hummingbirds feed in many small meals, consuming many small invertebrates and up to five times their own body weight in nectar each day. They spend an average of 10-15% of their time feeding and 75-80% sitting and digesting.
Hummingbirds feed on the nectar of plants and are important pollinators, especially of deep-throated, tubular flowers. Like bees, they are able to assess the amount of sugar in the nectar they eat; they reject flower types that produce nectar which is less than 10% sugar and prefer those whose sugar content is stronger. Nectar is a poor source of nutrients, so hummingbirds meet their needs for protein, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, etc. by preying on insects and spiders, especially when feeding young. Source – Wikipedia
BBC Hummingbird Video (1:30) – Youtube Video (Here)
If you feed the hummingbirds, they will continue to visit.
