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ZenGum

11-14-2011 04:54 AM

Nerdgasm: Strandbeests / aeolian kinetic sculpture

Suppose you're visiting Holland, and you've been to a few "cafes", you're pleasantly :rasta:, you're strolling along the beach, when crawling along all by itself ...

monster

11-14-2011 07:52 AM

isn't that littering?

Those are amazing. Weren't they an image of the day earlier in the year?

infinite monkey

11-14-2011 08:07 AM

Incredible!

More reason to go to Holland. You know, the Van Gogh museum and stuff. ;)

glatt

11-14-2011 08:28 AM

Those really are pretty cool.

Gravdigr

11-14-2011 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by monster (Post 772609)

isn't that littering?

Those are amazing. Weren't they an image of the day earlier in the year?

I can't remember if they were an IOTD, but, I do remember them.

Now...if somebody will just steampunk the thing.

:cool:

BigV	11-14-2011 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 772695)

I can't remember if they were an IOTD, but, I do remember them.

Now...if somebody will just steampunk the thing.

:cool:

Ask and ye shall receive.

wolf	11-14-2011 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 772695)

Now...if somebody will just steampunk the thing.

Shouldn't take more than a couple of cans of gray spraypaint ...

(I think it's already there).

Gravdigr

11-14-2011 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 772709)

Ask and ye shall receive.

If only it wasn't so fast...:lol2:

"Wild, Wild West" (w/Will Smith) was chock full of this shit.

DanaC

11-14-2011 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 772582)

Suppose you're visiting Holland, and you've been to a few "cafes", you're pleasantly :rasta:, you're strolling along the beach, when crawling along all by itself ...

Alas not for much longer :(

They're rolling out new prohibitions on tourists in pot cafes. Starting with a few cities and then rolling it out nationwide.

Locals will still be able to buy smoke, but tourists won't.

classicman

11-14-2011 08:34 PM

I posted that somewhere earlier this year. Still cool to watch.

infinite monkey

11-15-2011 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 772792)

What a crock! :(

Undertoad

11-15-2011 09:48 AM

There's a part of Europe that is willing to lose big tourism money to avoid a little annoyance?

Things must not be bad enough yet. Euro forever!

Sundae

11-15-2011 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 772792)

That was one of the reasons for going when I did.

The Netherlands moving slightly to the right still leaves them far to the left of most of the world (even Europe). Sad for the rest of us re drug tourism. But people should be able to determine what happens in their own cities.

/\ That's me being all responsible and adult. /\
What I really want to say is OH NOOOOOOOOOES!
I always dreamed I could meet up with transatlantic Dwellars on an Amsterdam stopover.

BigV	11-29-2011 11:55 AM

Noticed during holiday shopping research:

Wind Walker

Mini Strandbeest

Quote:

The 8-inch model is as complex as its forebear, with 120 parts that snap together to form 12 jointed legs, a spinelike crankshaft, and a wind turbine. Ours took about 90 minutes to assemble and walked across most flat surfaces, even packed beach sand and slight inclines. The ingenious movement is hypnotic, but unlike some of the full-size beasts, which use a system of pumps and soda bottles to store energy, the Mini stops when the wind does.

xoxoxoBruce

11-16-2013 03:49 AM

We don't need no stinkin' wind.

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