A great shot of Reya, had to share it. Hope to see my friends in Austin soon!
Would you eat this? This is a Horned Turban Shell caught and prepared on Enoshima, Japan. I’ve been told that the best way to prepare it is to have it sliced and marinated rather than cooked in the shell over an open flame as shown below. I have to admit that it was disturbingly fun, and a bit unsettling pulling the little guy out of his shell. Its body is nearly 4 inches in length. I tried to eat it in sections but the meat was a little bit too chewy to tear without making a fool of myself. The best approach was to eat the whole thing and chase with a suitable amount of the regional Enoshima micro-brew. A very fun experience that I will not soon forget.
More at http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fe20070926at.html
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Congrats to Lauri, Bob and little Reya. Hope to see all of you soon.
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I read somewhere that World of Warcraft accounts for staggering %1-%3 of the total internet traffic and has about 8.5M registered users.  There’s a new girl in viritual world, she wears pink, and she could remove WoW very quickly from the top of the MMORP food chain. 
“Mattel’s virtual world Barbie Girls
hit the 3million user mark in its first 60 days and is growing at the rate of 50,000 new users a day, according to a report from the Scientific American. ”
You can read the entire article at Tech Crunch.
I read somewhere that World of Warcraft accounts for staggering %1-%3 of the total internet traffic and has about 8.5M registered users.  There’s a new girl in viritual world, she wears pink, and she could remove WoW very quickly from the top of the MMORP food chain.Â
“Mattel’s virtual world Barbie Girls hit the 3million user mark in its first 60 days and is growing at the rate of 50,000 new users a day, according to a report from the Scientific American. ”
You can read the entire article at Tech Crunch.
Kid in Malawi built a homemade a windmill generator from “sticks lashed together, a bicycle wheel, a bike generator and rudimentary information gleaned from a primary school text”
 
He now provides lighting for his parents’ home, and battery charging for his neighbors. Read his blog is at this Link.Â
You can read the entire article at http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/05/kid_in_malawi_homebr.html
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I can’t keep track of all the new social networking sites on the web. One site that I find interesting is Geni.com. Geni.com allows you to build a family tree online, similiar to another site ancestory.com - “a user, after adding themselves, begins to add other people. If you include an email, that user is notified of the existence of the tree and can choose to sign up or not. Every non-deceased person who’s added, therefore, is a potential Geni user”. Â
Geni hit their 5 millionth profile and raised a total of $11.5 million capital in just five months after launching the service. Get this – Geni company is valued at $100 million.Â
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A few questions came to mind after I read the article
- What will geni.com do with my private information?
- What happens after you’ve added all of your family to geni.com – setup a virtual family reunion, a video picnics, or send electronic christmas cards? Â
- Would the average person want their extended family to know about them
- How will they make $$?Â
Would you signup for such a service?Â
This is my new 2000 Suzuki SV650 motorcylce (don’t tell my Mom). I bought it from Brad Hochhalter who is currently the AMA Pro Racing Timer and Scorer. The bike is a dream – great acceleration, braking, and comfort. I definite ugrade from my first motorcylce, a 91 Suzuki GS500e.
I’ve had it about 2 month now but I’ve only managed to put about 100 miles on it so far. The weather here in Portland hasn’t been too good for riding this spring and early summer.
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