Month: March 2004

okay, it’s not exactly what I wanted- but it’s still pretty cool.

The primary objective of the BLEEX project at U.C. Berkeley is to create a self-powered exoskeleton for strength and endurance enhancement of humans that is ergonomic, highly maneuverable, mechanically robust, lightweight and durable.

The Berkeley exoskeleton system provides soldiers, disaster relief workers, wildfire fighters, and other emergency personnel the ability to carry major loads such as food, rescue equipment, first-aid supplies, communications gear and weaponry with minimal effort over any type of terrain for extended periods of time. The vision for the device is that it will provide a versatile transport platform for mission-critical equipment.

Web link of note: BLEEX
(At http://www.me.berkeley.edu/hel/bleex.htm)

From hearing stuntman Corey Eubanks on the radio, I learned a few things:

1. Tom Cruise does not “do all his own stunts”
2. Stuntmen do not earn that much- there is a “scale” just like other actors
3. Therefore, stuntmen are afffordable for independent film

I want car stunts in my movies! Guns! Maaaybe explosions; I know they are pretty but don’t really motivate plot.

They might cost more than getting street racers / sideshow guys to do car stunts for free, but a lot less sketchy. Although maybe we could recruit those guys and make them more legit by making our own stunt company up here in the SF Bay Area.

Sleeves Clothing sells shirts that make you look like you have full-arm tattoos.

Available for men and women, however the full-body stocking which you can wear with other articles of clothing is only available for women.
Web link of note: Sleeves Clothing
(At http://64.225.33.220/)

I’m particularly interested in their pork-barrel report.

It seems like a more in-depth version of Senator McCain’s list on his website.
Web link of note: Citizens Against Government Waste
(At http://www.cagw.org)

This isn’t it either… I’m looking for the one in Berkeley or someplace in California. This one is from Illinois.
Web link of note: Impeach Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft & Rumsfeld Etc
(At http://www.impeach-bush-now.org)

Oddly enough this isn’t even the site I was looking for!
Web link of note: Vote To Impeach George W. Bush
(At http://www.votetoimpeach.org)

Collect them all! The back of each card features a picture of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam in the 1980s.

Other decks:

• The Deck of War Profiteers is almost like Pokemon, in that is organizes the people making money of of the Endless War into suits:
  • Oil, gas, and energy companies
  • US government officials
  • Military and defense contractors
  • Heads of industry, finance, media, policy, and hype
• Deck of Republican Chickenhawks is 52 prominent Republicans who are still banging the drums of war, even though they themselves ducked military service. They never had to risk their lives, and yet send the sons and daughters of Americans to their death with nary a thought.

Web link of note: Operation Hidden Agenda
(At http://www.operationhiddenagenda.com/)

written by an MBA who was there… more of an insider’s ant’s eye view than “pipe dreams”

0786710934

Book on the Enron scandal written by a journalist who has followed them for years

158648138X

Looking for books on the history of the oil industry, and what will happen when the looming energy crisis hits.

0671799320