Saturday, March 22, 2008

Youtube 2007 awards.
Illustrated bible stories.



Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Human Car

A human powered car capable of travelling at open road speeds for thinner Americans.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Phonix Trikes.

A video demonstrating the turning abilities of the Phonix Trike. These things are very cool looking. Really low!



Not sure if this Phoenix Trikes is the same company. They make VW based trikes similar to Bon Trikes.
Silence, the three wheeled electric car:

Killacycle cracks the 8 second mark:

Excellent weird pushbikes:

Cool:


Tall!


Probably more practicle:


The Chinese have adopted electric bikes in huge numbers. Local legislators tried to hold this movement down without success. When a tide of millions of people all move one way it is impossible to stop.

This video shows a conversion of an inexpencive mountain bike into a plug in hyrid.


And off I surf :)


What a picture. It warms my lefty heart to see Downer cross and powerless on the backbench.

Thursday, March 13, 2008



Just fun :D

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

If he's good enough for Amigos de Obama, he's good enough for me... but I don't get to vote... we get to fight in the wars America starts but don't get to vote out the governments that start them.



Original footage of the Hindenburg disaster.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Marina Camila Mijangos Garcia has repaid her loan so I can either withdraw the funds from my Kiva account or relend the money to another budding business person. This is fun!!

So, I'll go and look for someone...

It's easy:
1) Click on "Lend" from the above page.
2) Select any criteria you have. I prefer to lend to mothers rather than fathers cause mothers feed, clothe and educate children, and repay loans. Fathers can be less reliable.
3) Pick someone from the list. Vietnam is a country that deserves our help after we supported the USA in their pointless Vietnam War.
4) Check out their lender. Is their interest rate well below local unsecured lending rates so that my money gives good benefit? Is their repayment rate good so I know that people are learning how to run a good business that will support them and not just living off debt cycles using Kiva like a credit card?
5) If it still looks good, off I go.

Because I am relending the funds I don't need my credit card. The funds already in my Kiva account are sent out. Easy :)

I haven't found a way to make a donation to Kiva for this re-lend of the money. They didn't put a lot of pressure on me for a donation.

I chose Tran Thi Minh from Y Yen, Vietnam:


She is an experienced borrower. Her business is growing so her family's standard of living will be improving. The purpose is sustainable.