Summer reminds me of the beach, which reminds me of the boardwalk, which reminds me of arcade games, which reminds me of the claw game. Well some enterprising individuals a few years back combined the claw game with the beach and came up with "The Love Maine Lobster Claw Game". Your prize a healthy, happy live lobster!
You've got to see this puppy in action.. fresh off of youtube: The Love Maine Lobster Claw Game!
Want your very own Love Maine Lobster Claw Game? No problem, Marine Ecological Habitats is selling them for $15,950.. actually, if you order soon you'll get your first 12 live lobsters free. No joke, they project that the machine will pay for itself in 10 months.
Do you know where I can go to play "The Love Maine Lobster Claw Game"? Please leave a comment with price and location, thanks!
Recueilli is in no way associated with Marine Ecological Habitats or The Lobster Claw Game
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
The Love Maine Lobster Claw Game!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Coolest way to browse photos ever!
Here is a link to the coolest way to browse photos ever! Hopefully, one day there will be software that will allow you to do this to your on photos. Imagine one of those new digital picture frames with this kind of capability. Be careful though if you are like me you will spend hours mindlessly clicking away, thinking when does it end.. when does it end..
A big thanks to Tim for the link.
http://interact10ways.com/usa/information_interactive.htm
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Pandora
I love Pandora. This free online radio service has been around for long enough to pass the test of time. On Pandora you set up stations based on songs or artist you like and Pandora does the rest (picking music to play that matches your preferences). As you listen to your stations you can vote on the music Pandora picks for you. Spending a few minutes voting here and there over a few months will really help you create amazing radio stations. Click here to get started: www.pandora.com
Right now Pandora is blocking access to anyone outside the US. There are ways to get around this if you really want to (Link). You might also want to check out Last.fm I like Pandora better, but that's just me.
Feel boxed in by the normal browser version of Pandora? Read more for a few good programs to help you get more out of Pandora.
Check these babies out:
Just in case you care - Here are the artists I used to create a study music station (minimal words mostly soft background music): Dan Gibson, Danny Wright, David Lanz, Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, Enya, George Winston, Jon Schmidt, Kurt Bestor, Lorie Line
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Great Games Online
Well it's been a long week. How about some weekend fun. Here are four totally awesome games you can play online. They are all fairly simple, fun flash games. Playing them might lead to hours (too many hours) of fun. 
1. Eagle Eye Game - In this game you are an archer trying to hit various targets. It uses the mouse, and really requires some precision for a high score.
2. Tactics100 - This game gives you 100 points to spend on the army of your choice. After you build an army, you use tactics to defeat your enemy. It's kind of like chess, but you decided which pieces you will use and where they go on the board.
3. Sea of Fire - Imagine a mix between warcraft and risk and you have sea of fire. It's a great game with one downside.. no ending. So, after you conquer all the contries give yourself a pat on the back and move on to better things.
4. Potion Panic - In this game you mix three liquids into deadly concoctions in order to defend your base. It's an amazingly fun game for anyone who likes to experiment.
Got another great online game? Please leave a comment, I'd love to kill another hour or two.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Another Bright Idea
About a month ago HomeDepot gave away a million CFL bulbs to consumers (Link). Well, Yahoo is jumping in on the CFL bulb giveaway train. From now until June 8 you can get in on the action.
To get a free bulb you need to complete any of the three quick activities on their page... I chose "Raise your Hand" and learned that I already save the world 11 tons of CO2/year! I was also reminded of some quick and easy things I could do to save even more.. like air drying my clothes instead of using the dryer (there's nothing like a stiff pair of partially sun-bleached blue jeans).
So far Yahoo has given away around 10,275 bulbs. The fine print says they are only giving away 150,000 of them, but my gut says they will increase that number by a few thousand if need be.
Here's the link.. Be a Better Planet
By the way, the greenest city wins a fleet of hybrid taxis.
Boring Contest Rules
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Radish Top Soup
The first harvest from my spring garden resulted in healthy bunch of radishes. Not wanting to waste the tops I did a quick search to see if they were edible. What I found was my new favorite soup!
Radish Top Soup is easy to make, tastes great, and is light enough for a warm summer day. The best part about the soup is that you leave the table feeling healthy.
(Recueilli Tweaked) Radish Top Soup:
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 medium red potatoes, diced
- 4 cups raw radish greens
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup milk
- 5 radishes, sliced
Directions
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion, and saute until tender.
- Mix in potatoes and radish greens, coating them with butter.
- Pour in chicken broth.
- Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes.
- Allow the soup mixture to cool slightly, and transfer to a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Return the mixture to the saucepan. Mix in the milk.
- Cook and stir until well blended. Serve with radish slices.
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Friday, May 18, 2007
Slow Down
Joshua Bell is to violins as Yo-Yo Ma is to cellos, and if you don’t know either.. well, they are the top of the class when it comes to classical musicians. So, earlier this year Joshua Bell teamed up with the Washington Post to see who would stop and listen to him play on a weekday morning in Downtown DC.
The location was L’Enfant Plaza metro center. He played some of the greatest (and hardest to play) classical music ever written for 45 minutes on his 3.5 million dollar Stradivari violin, and nothing really happened. This guy fills concert halls to capacity! Tickets for the cheap seats at one of his concerts cost around $75. Two of his CD’s are sitting at #3 and #4 on classical music top seller lists.
What’s amazing is that with over a thousand people passing by this amazing artist, only seven paused for at least a minute to listen and enjoy the performance. In an email to me on this subject one person wrote, "it says that we so often are in such a hurry with our own things that we don't take time to appreciate the wonder and beauty that is happening all around us."
I totally agree. Life comes and goes pretty fast.. and it seems the older you get the faster time goes by. So, slow down, smell a rose or two, and stop wondering which "Joshua Bell" you missed on the way the way to work this morning.
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More videos (including this one) at original Washington Post article: Pearls Before Breakfast
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sesame Street: Classic Moments
I would argue that Sesame Street has influenced more American kids than any other children's program. It's as American as Apple Pie. Let's take a quick peek at some classic clips of what was once extremely influential in the lives of most of the up and coming leaders of our day.
This one was first aired November 19, 1973. It features Kermit the Frog and a girl named Joey (if anyone knows what has happened to Joey, I would love to find out.. she should be about 40 today).
"Pinball Number Count" was originally produced in 1972 by Imagination, Inc. It was picked up by Sesame Street in 1977. Music by The Pointer Sisters.
Lastly, "We all sing with the same voice" was turned into a book in 1982 (reprinted in 2005) [Link ]. The lyrics are by Sheppard Greene, music by J.Phil Miller ... Looks like America needs a refresher on this one:
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Monday, May 14, 2007
The Future of Surgery
Recently on NewScientist there was an article discussing what will probably be the future of surgery. No general anesthetic, no visible scars, fewer infections, and faster healing time.
We've all seen or at least heard of laparoscopic surgery. It's where surgeons blow you up like a balloon, punch a few small holes in you, stick little robotic arms into the holes, and go to work. Well, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endosurgery (NOTES) takes laparoscopic surgery to a whole new level.
What happens is instead of poking holes into your stomach and blowing you up like a balloon. The surgeon sticks his cool robotic arms down your throat. When he gets to your stomach he finds a nice place to cut a hole and then goes for whatever he is trying to fix.
Surgeons have done the appendix through the mouth thing a few times. A few pancreatic cancer diagnoses again via mouth. And get this, Doctors have taken out gall bladders through the vagina.
So what's the catch? Well, the technique is still pretty new. Doctor's are worried that this thing will get over-hyped. Just remember that anytime you let someone stick their hands (robotic or otherwise) down your throat there are going to be some risks, and you might not like it very much. But, then again, it sure beats getting blown up like a balloon...
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NewScientist - Appendix-removal via the mouth leaves no scar
Transvaginal Cholecystectomy performed at Columbia University
Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Binaural sound
Remember the virtual haircut? Yeah, the one that gave you chills when the barber whispered in your ear. What you experienced was binaural (or holophonic?) sound. The recording artists used a dummy head with microphones in each ear. What results is an amazing auditory experience. This recoding method has been around at least since the 1980’s. It’s not very popular because it’s hard to do well, and you have to wear headphones to get the full effect.
Want to hear more of it? Put on those headphones..
Click "Read More" for a huge list of great binaural sounds!
Lots of really great audio from Vietnam.
Geese
Old blog with some goodies
Hair Dryer
Water in your head?
Italian Voice
Freaky dog sounds
Sissors
CHINOOK HELICOPTER! (October 2006 at the old RAF Duxford airfield)
More great misc stuff
P.S. "The Mist" by Stephen King was done using binaural recording (Remember to use headphones)
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Happy Mother's Day
This poem I wrote is dedicated to all the Mother's that have ever had an impact on my life, especially my own.
Bring life into the world.
Mothers live to hold and guide us.
Mother is a sacred word.
Kindly teaching, always giving;
It’s a selfless life they lead.
Mothers live to hold and guide us.
Our Mothers know our greatest needs.
Take good care of mother.
Don’t let yourself forget,
Mothers live to hold and guide us.
A Mother’s love will never end.
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Friday, May 11, 2007
Review'n the reviewers
The other day I asked the fat cats at ourblogreview.com for their professional opinion on Recueilli. The review is up, and it looks like I tied with cid69 (a true western cowboy from the citadel class of '69, wow!).
So, just to change things up a bit, today I'm give'n ourblogreview.com an exclusive Recueilli Review:
Ourblogreview.com is one of those sites whose name says it all. They really have all the makings of a successful site. Even cooler ourblogreview.com gives out an award for the blogger of the 1/2 month!! Sweet.. I have to say winning blogger of the 1/2 month would be the coolest award I have ever received in my life. Here's to Recueilli getting blogger of the 1/2 month! If I do it will go (and stay) on my résumé.
Overall Rating:10/10 for Content
8/10 for vewing pleasure
9.5/10 overall
A big thanks to Greg at ourblogreview.com for hooking me up..
Click here to email ourblogreview with your own blog, or a quick message nominating Recueilli for blog of the 1/2 month.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Isotruss to save us
David Jensen, a professor of civil engineering, has built a machine that manufactures structures 12 times stronger and much cheaper than their normal steel counterparts.
Some examples of what these so called Isotruss structures will be used for are: Freeway signs, Utility poles, bike frames, backpacking frames, Sports equipment, Satellites, Offshore oil structures, Monuments to the latest dictator, basically anywhere and everywhere you would use some type of pole.
"What we have done is taken the best of both worlds," explains Tracy Livingston, chief technology officer at IsoTruss "We have the material efficiencies of a lattice structure, for less material cost, and we have combined that with automated manufacturing, so we get the labor efficiencies, as well."
Their website stinks, but they are still worth a look.
Isotruss Business Site
Isotruss College Lab Site
By the way they are going to be featured on the History Channel’s ‘Modern Marvels’
May 15-17.
Quick list - benifits of IsoTruss:
Stock Ticker you might want to keep an eye on... ATK
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Monday, May 7, 2007
Virtual Haircut
This is an amazing auditory experience!
First put on some headphones. (Trust me, use your headphones!)
Now, click play and close your eyes.
More on this here
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Friday, May 4, 2007
Joost
One day you will be able to watch any and every TV channel online. Until then, there's Joost.
Joost is to YouTube as Gmail is to Hotmail.
The program is supposed to be the next way to watch television programs with your friends. And, they've got some big names on board (CBS, National Geographic, WB, MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Nickelodeon).
What's the catch? Just like Gmail was, Joost is by invite only. Also (so far) they aren't streaming live tv. Basically, you choose from a list of 5-6 preloaded programs per channel to watch.
Interested in catching up on the life of the Canadian Bear? Leave a comment with your name & email and I'll send an invite your way.
A big thanks to Fahim Farook for introducing me to Joost! (tab em)
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