At Last!

The new improved Obbeelix (Me) in red: Better watch out, "snow" hackers!!

Finally!

The Space Lady in red... with 6 tits, 6 ray bullets and 6 razor sharp shoe buckles! So you better order NOW...!

Soon Out Of Work...

Good, old days (at 1985) when I got my say in a local magazine. Wrinkled shirt then... and still today (but not the same shirt...!)

To those who don't understand "Klingon": It's about how you learn your trade faster at your workplace. I'm still working today at the same place (for 26 years in May), but due to "some" disagreements and the moving of my workplace to a different part of town with heavy traffic, I'll be leaving that place late June this year.

Are You A Man Or... Barama?

Like A Smoking Tornado: The Amazing Barama !


Bread I baked at January 20th, 2009 (marshmallows have many uses...)


Guess I better don't comment this (to avoid law suits of umpty billion dollars!)

From the land of oily sea horses: Happy Birthday, Becky (Hobbs) and Nastassja (Kinski)!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It...!

At last a lot of snow yesterday (Sunday, January 18th 2009) here...


Picture made by free programme below... you lucky humans!

rem Welcome to the world of Geesls

rem My own idea originally written in Amos Basic (for Amiga)

rem Written in yabasic (from http://www.yabasic.de ) ,free download!

rem Free of use (or no use)

rem Depending on the size of your screen...

open window 900,600

rem open "gsl105.jpg" for writing as #1

rem could not save file for display - worked in Amos Basic, though!

clear screen

q=0

for i=0 to 600

p1=0:p2=0

for j=0 to 900

a=cos((j+i)*pi/180):b=sin((j+i)*pi/180)

f=sin((j-i)*pi/180):g=cos((j-i)*pi/180)

rem Feel free to choose other (symmetric) values of x and y

x=a*g+f*f*g:y=f*b+a*a*

bc=sqr(x*x+y*y)*16.0

d=c

while (c>16.0)

c=c-8.0

wend

if (c>0.000 and c<0.025) then
coa=64:cob=127:coc=32
endif
if (c>0.025 and c<0.050) then
coa=32:cob=64:coc=127
endif
if (c>0.050 and c<0.075) then
coa=127:cob=32:coc=64
endif
if (c>0.075 and c<0.100) then
coa=32:cob=127:coc=64
endif
if (c>0.100 and c<0.125) then
coa=64:cob=32:coc=127
endif
if (c>0.125 and c<0.150) then
coa=127:cob=64:coc=32
endif
if (c>0.150 and c<0.200) then
coa=255:cob=127:coc=64
endif
if (c>0.200 and c<0.250) then
coa=255:cob=64:coc=127
endif
if (c>0.250 and c<0.300) then
coa=127:cob=64:coc=255
endif
if (c>0.300 and c<0.350) then
coa=127:cob=255:coc=64
endif
if (c>0.350 and c<0.400) then
coa=64:cob=255:coc=127
endif
if (c>0.400 and c<0.450) then
coa=64:cob=127:coc=255
endif
if (c>0.450 and c<0.500) then
coa=32:cob=64:coc=255
endif
if (c>0.500 and c<1.000) then
coa=255:cob=255:coc=255
endif
if (c>1.0 and c<2.0) then
coa=0:cob=0:coc=0
endif
if (c>2.0 and c<4.0) then
coa=255:cob=255:coc=127
endif
if (c>4.0 and c<6.0) then
coa=255:cob=127:coc=255
endif
if (c>6.0 and c<8.0) then
coa=127:cob=255:coc=255
endif
if (c>8.0 and c<10.0) then
coa=255:cob=127:coc=127
endif
if (c>10.0 and c<11.0) then
coa=127:cob=127:coc=64
endif
if (c>11.0 and c<12.0) then
coa=127:cob=64:coc=127
endif
if (c>12.0 and c<13.0) then
coa=64:cob=127:coc=127
endif
if (c>13.0 and c<14.0) then
coa=64:cob=255:coc=64
endif
if (c>14.0 and c<15.0) then
coa=64:cob=64:coc=255
endif
if (c>15.0 and c<16.0) then
coa=255:cob=64:coc=64
endif

rem colour choice - feel free to choose others to draw with!

colour coa,cob,coc

p2=p2+1

line p1,q+d to p2,q+d

rem print at (p1,p2);

rem didn't get a file for display

p1=p2

next j

q=q+1

next i

rem close #1 - that didn't work, you know...

rem A pity we can't save the pictures, otherwise OK

rem perhaps somebody will fix this in the future...?

rem save this to a " ".txt file

rem now you use "save as" to save it to a " ".yab file

rem run then the " ".yab file

rem use a camera to take a picture of window (like the one ahead of this)

rem import the picture to your computer

Cylindrical Wind Turbine

Already one good story this year about a cylindrical wind turbine that may be placed around a pipe, a chimney... or even a tree! I guess it would be supported on the outside by an anchored, cylindric skeleton, so that turbine would glide on the inside of the skeleton:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16395-invention-treehugging-wind-turbine.html

Like "The Yes Man" with this "Darwinian Year 2009" at the blog: Only Positive News, I think...
(except that I loose my job because of bad financial times here)...by the bright side of Yoda...!

Evolution's Missing Links - part I

Seems scientists begin to understand what made spiders create their webs. The earlier spiders had a long tail, that probably was meant for hunting and fast ejection of a sticky matter that insects were hit by. Ejection of messy stuff is common in the natural world: We have that among skunks, lamas, cobras and some fishes and several other animals, I'm sure. The article fails to mention that purpose with early spiders; but I guess the science guys are just holding back... until they are absolutely certain. That's the great thing with blogs; you get firsthand ideas to value yourself.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081231130944.htm