OK, let’s say I weigh 220 lbs. I don’t, but it makes the calculations easier. Engineers are kinda like physics students sometimes. Let’s further assume that my mean body density is equal to that of water - again, an approximation. If I thus weigh 100 kg then I have a total volume of 100 liters, [...]
Archive > August 2009
Wardenclyffe to be sold, again. Huh?
Wardenclyffe, in case anyone is wondering, is the tower/facility that Nikolai Tesla had constructed as his laboratory and to explore his theories about radio, electromagnetic waves, and wireless power transmission. Construction was halted when his main financier, J.P. Morgan, famously asked (paraphrased) how giving away power was going to make him any money. The facility [...]
Pretty flowers
and a big lens to snare them with. Har har har! {evil laugh}
I love lens extension tubes. You lose long distance focus, but the things you can do close up, whew! I took that photo with my Nikon D40, using my Nikon E-series 70-210 Macro and about 2″ of extension. It gets closer, actually.
