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Those were truly awesome. I need a kit-car version of that first one, so my lifelong dream of filming a movie called "Four-Wheelin' at the Mountains of Madness" can finally be fulfilled.
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Here is a simple fractal discovered many centuries ago in Italy by a mathematician theorizing reproduction of rabbits.
Start with 1.1 and 1 equals 2. 1 and 2 equals 3. 2 and 3 equals 5. 3 and 5 equals 8. 5 and 8 equals 13.
This simple pattern produces ratios found in nature, where these particular numbers (5 and 8, 8 and 13) appear.
Something else. The ratio of the numbers produces the Golden Ratio.
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"Mathematics is the language of Nature".
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nice:) we love fractals so much, we have a blog called Fractal Enlightenment.:) its all around, nature's creation
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I am always amazed to see how much nature and maths are linked together. Math tries to explain stuff as good as it can, but nature is always one step ahead. Great food pictures, it just look amazing!
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the guy that owns it is a retired airline pilot. he bought that plane used, put it in that forested area and it's his house.
he lives somewhere in oregon.
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This is his website:
http://www.airplanehome.com/
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Another notable airplane conversion was a de Havilland converted into a cafeteria by Mexico City's airport, which eventually spawned the Wings restaurant chain. The only picture I could find is under "Historia" at their (over-flashed, slow-loading, misspelled) site at http://www.wings.com.mx
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Living in an old airliner up on blocks in your yard isn't all that much different from living in a beat up trailer, but I'd do it, especially if I could get ahold of a 747.
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The airplane house is visible from google maps.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hillsboro+oregon&z=19&ll=45.4079,-123.007758&t=h
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I was in Coca, Ecuador last summer and saw, of all things, a jet airplane turned into a floating nightclub-
https://webspace.utexas.edu/faigley/www/ecuador/pages/IMG_1027_JPG.htm
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Boeing 307 Stratoliner. IMHO one of the most elegant propdriven aircraft ever produced, certainly the rarest.
I actually worked on this same plane when this picture was taken. I was one of the electricians that restored the plane after it ran out of fuel over Elliot Bay in 2002. A once in a lifetime experience that was.
That football shaped antenna is for the ADF radio, all of the original radio's work on this plane, restored by an old timer who devoted many hours to restoring the radio system, among other retirees from Boeing that helped to restore this wonderfull aircraft.
The Boeing S307 PAA flying cloud in this picture is the only surviving aircraft of ten that were built in the late 30's before WW2. It was designed at the same time as the B17 bomber so it has very similar wings and engines as the old bomber.
A perfectly restored flying craft, the plane now resides in it's final resting spot in the center of the Smithsonian air museum Steven Udvar Hazey Center near the Dulles Airport in Washington DC.
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amazing when people do so incredible things..
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A small roadside restaurant in Romania made from a DC-3:
http://www.corgifan.com/blogger/dc3.JPG
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Gotta love those eccentric types! At least the old school black and white images add a touch of class with that bygone age type look about them - swilling down cocktails on one of those ricketty old planes!
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The DC-3 from Romania is located in Faget, on the Timisoara-Sibiu road.
There is another one, quite a short distance away, in Buzias.
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As always a fantastically thought provoking post. The work you put into this site shines through.
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it's so wonderful to discover your blog!~!~!! (found out about it thru GROWABRAIN)...your blog is so amazing and inspiring and entertaining...I'd like to spend hours looking at the pics and reading what-not...
thanks again~~~
Greetings from the Philippines~
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thank you for your good words. They mean very much to me.
cheers
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these are actually very powerful images that more people need to see. i'm glad you posted this. : )
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Hmm, some interesting juxtapositions... my favorite is the map of "war deaths"
next to the "military spending" map. Quite telling, indeed.
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I hope the dragons and commies don't work together. I can't afford to pay more than $2 a gallon to fill up my SUV. :( :( :(
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its a pitiful state of affairs when a sociologist (scientist) from any University has a country in a map that doesn't exist for 15 years - namely Yugoslavia....
pitiful indeed
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Rather pointless without a key.
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Thank you for this. I found some other interesting maps at mapanything.net. You may have to dig a bit as it requires you to search your own terms
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Wow, I didn't realize that Yugoslavia still exists. I must be in delusion when I think I'm living in Croatia.Real experts...
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That isopod looks like a giant dust mite... but with more legs. It reminds me of an anime movie I saw where giant insects and fungi were taking over the world.
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posted by Chris Bassoo
Congrats on being blogger of note, great blog and great information....warmest of regards from Christopher Bassoo
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The russians catch an alien, and eat him. Nice xD.
And that isopod looks so cool :P
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You first picture is "Go Fish"
by Monica Langlois. It is featured artwork from World of Warcraft on the Blizzard site. http://www.blizzard.com/us/inblizz/fanart/images/screens/ss449.jpg
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Thank you, credit added, original was unknown for some time
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cool collection...thanks~
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other than the candle motor and the domino balancing, have anyone actually tried any of the stuff in there?
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Other then the photo'd stuff, I'd be surprised if many of those actually were accomplished... still, it would be really cool!
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I got two forks to balance on on the edge of a glass with a toothpick (I couldn't keep the forks together with a quarter).
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I must have tha book at home. Tom Tit, is it ?
Big Mick
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You will find these experiments and woodcut pictures in a book called "Columbus' Egg" by Edi Lanners. I have a copy from a late '70's edition. The book is a compilation / re-publication of late 1800's scientific parlor tricks. Fantastic reading, and the experiments seem to work!
I looks like the book is now available under the title "Secrets of 123 Classic Science Tricks and Experiments" (still listing Lanners as the editor).
http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Classic-Science-Tricks-Experiments/dp/0830628215/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/102-0018437-3658563
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oh they're very hard to do. you should use frictional force very well to make balanced. if you have videos, please post.
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Ahmet, there are some videos in part 2 of this post...
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Just when you think you've seen 'em all...
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The tank with the glass cab on top is a German driver-training tank for the Leopard series. The instructor sits up there with a very good view, and doesn't have to worry about the weather.
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Video about Goliath tank
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIL34mpLi4o
Fantastic blog ¡
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Some other cool nazi tanks:
Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster
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The Goliath tank was pretty weird
http://strangeweaponoftheweek.com/category/goliath-tank
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Those tiny tanks are actually, I'm fairly certain, tracked mines. You drive them under the vehicles and blow them up.
That soldier riding one is likely in the compartment for the explosives.
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