Archive for September 17th, 2004

Cockroach-like robot leads new research effort

Friday, September 17th, 2004

Those kind lads at Boing Boing sent me to this cool walking robots site by some gents at Berkeley. Their robot, RHEX, uses compliant legs to move really quickly over rough terrain. Be sure to catch the videos for added amusement.

Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency

Friday, September 17th, 2004

Nikola TeslaProject Gutenberg just released Tesla’s Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency, with illustrations and everything.

If you are interested in tons of links about Tesla coils, you could do worse than starting with Bill Beaty’s collection of Tesla links.

Eric Idle on the FCC (and more)

Friday, September 17th, 2004

/Eric Idle, you’re my hero. SLITFOASNSFW (Strong Language In The Form Of A Song, Not Safe For Work).

Thanks to Dan Lyke of Flutterby! for linking to this one.

Die Spammer Die!

Friday, September 17th, 2004

Ode to a downright bastard.

The mp3 itself doesn’t have the right tags. It’s too late to fix. I apologize.