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Tuesday, December 18, 2001

The Kostroma Moose Farm
Finally, a place where you can buy your own Moose. This farm in Russia sells moose milk and live moose. I found the site mentioned in a news item at the Moscow Times web site. Be warned, the site is very slow, but there are a few nice photos.
The Kostroma Moose Farm
"Our animals are born ... in a forest, not in a barn. Moose cows love us more than their own children. All our moose are hand-reared. They follow us... They run to us whenever we call. They grow up and become - some of them - milch moose, and some - big bulls, kind like kitten. It took much time to find out the technology of nursing, feeding, etc. Now at last we know how to raise them. Now at last we can sell them. Buy! "
posted at 12/18/2001 09:16:04 PM

Friday, December 07, 2001

Powerlabs Science Projects
This site is full of dangerous and fun looking science projects. Plans for Tesla Coils, Rockets, Electromagnetic Can Crushers, Plasma Globes and many others can be found here. A large and comprehensive site. This site is a member of the Mad Scientist Web Ring.
Sam Barros' POWERLABS! Science in action!
"The POWERLABS Microwave Gun!
WARNING: Attempting to operate a magnetron outside its designed cavity is VERY dangerous and will not only decrease its useful life, but will also pose a serious threat to the operator of the device. Microwaves can cause cataracts and deep thermal burns. Any electronic equipment within range of the magnetron will be instantly destroyed."
posted at 12/7/2001 12:54:19 PM

Make Your Own 4 Foot Tornado
This is a very detailed web page describing how to build a small tornado generator.
How to construct a tornado generator
"The tornado will be about 0.9m tall (about 3 feet) when fully developed. The generator design uses a variable-speed fan, for the generator to be able to simulate the F1-F3 range of tornado structures. At very low fan speed, the tornado will be like a rope, almost stationary positioned in the generator box. When run at high speed, the tornado will be a swirling vortex, about 130mm (5") thick, going beserk in the generator."
posted at 12/7/2001 12:34:03 PM

Afghani Warlord Who's Who
A useful Yahoo News graphic showing the main Afghani warlords and the geographical areas they lord it over, with short bio's.
Yahoo! News - Reuters Photo
via Robot Wisdom
posted at 12/7/2001 12:08:30 PM