So, in two earlier posts I professed my desires to eat real wasabi and breadfruit. Well, last night, I got to eat both. Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Hon-wasabi: Served in the same paste-blob as regular wasabi paste, the hon-wasabi had a darker green color and more fibrous bits floating around. The taste was remarkably similar to plain ol' wasabi paste, but with noticeable sweet, floral overtones that made the whole thing so fantastic. I almost ate the whole lump.
Breadfruit: The breadfruit was served in a mash, like potatoes. Perhaps this is part of the reason why I thought it tasted the same as sweet potato. Anyway, I continue to hold that breadfruit would taste different if prepared differently, so I need to perform more tests somehow.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Inflatable sound visualizer
I got the inspiration for this when I went to Tulsa to see CAKE and Gogol Bordello live in concert. Oh yeah! I saw CAKE and Gogol Bordello live in concert! Woooooo!
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Anyway, one of the other bands I saw was The Uglysuit, whose stage decoration involved simply putting a huge black tarp over all the junk behind the drummer (Why was there all that junk on the stage anyway?). It was a windy day, and as the wind blew, the tarp would billow, inflating and deflating almost in time with the beat. Almost.
But it would totally be possible to create that effect intentionally, and in time with the music! It would need an inflater, like those used in bouncy houses, with some computer control system. The control system is needed in order to ascertain the rhythm of the song and time the inflation/deflation appropriately. You could try it with a cruder system where inflater-activity and volume are directly proportional, but then the visual effect would have a delay effect and that would just look weird.
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Anyway, one of the other bands I saw was The Uglysuit, whose stage decoration involved simply putting a huge black tarp over all the junk behind the drummer (Why was there all that junk on the stage anyway?). It was a windy day, and as the wind blew, the tarp would billow, inflating and deflating almost in time with the beat. Almost.
But it would totally be possible to create that effect intentionally, and in time with the music! It would need an inflater, like those used in bouncy houses, with some computer control system. The control system is needed in order to ascertain the rhythm of the song and time the inflation/deflation appropriately. You could try it with a cruder system where inflater-activity and volume are directly proportional, but then the visual effect would have a delay effect and that would just look weird.
Speed Metal Cuckoo Clock
Oh yes. The title says it all. Here's a cutaway view of what I'm envisioning:
I don't trust myself with fine clockwork mechanisms and all, so this is a primarily electromechancial thing. You know, servos and microprocessors and all. The two pucks in the top are continuous-rotation servos. At a chosen time, one rotates the outer track such that Guitar Man is outside; then, the other servo gets the inner track rotating. The bumps on the inner track make the Guitar Man's guitar wiggle or make his head bob. A speaker in the lower cabinet plays speed metal. The square thing in the back is some processor that controls the clock, the servos, and the speaker. Oh man you guys this is so cool so coooooooool.
Ethan R. is in cahoots on this one. He's got the greatest ideas here.
I don't trust myself with fine clockwork mechanisms and all, so this is a primarily electromechancial thing. You know, servos and microprocessors and all. The two pucks in the top are continuous-rotation servos. At a chosen time, one rotates the outer track such that Guitar Man is outside; then, the other servo gets the inner track rotating. The bumps on the inner track make the Guitar Man's guitar wiggle or make his head bob. A speaker in the lower cabinet plays speed metal. The square thing in the back is some processor that controls the clock, the servos, and the speaker. Oh man you guys this is so cool so coooooooool.
Ethan R. is in cahoots on this one. He's got the greatest ideas here.
Monday, December 14, 2009
First idea of my return: popcorn kernel things
We all know how popcorn pops. I don't have to go into that.
Here's a popcorn kernel:
When it's going to pop, who knows where that rupture line is going to be? Not you, that's for sure. But what if we could control the popping location?
I propose a suit of armor, with a little hole in it. The armor, which could be an electroplated metal coat or a thick layer of plaster or something, will force the kernel to pop at the little hole, creating mushroom-cloud-shaped popcorn. Hooray!
Here's a popcorn kernel:
When it's going to pop, who knows where that rupture line is going to be? Not you, that's for sure. But what if we could control the popping location?
I propose a suit of armor, with a little hole in it. The armor, which could be an electroplated metal coat or a thick layer of plaster or something, will force the kernel to pop at the little hole, creating mushroom-cloud-shaped popcorn. Hooray!
I'm back!
Hey guys, I might start posting things here. Not on a MWF schedule or nothing, just whenever I feel like it. I'll start repopulating this place with my wacky ideas and terrible stories. You know, a repository of things for when I feel like explaining something to someone but I don't feel like typing the entire story for the umpteenth time.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
THE BLOG IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE BLOG
If you couldn't figure it out already, I'm not going to update this anymore. I'm not out of super-awesome ideas or anything, it's just that I've gone back to raving at anyone and everyone in person. So no more blag. Take care, Internet!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Hey guys, it's been a while.
Well, I screwed up the light-capturing rig so it ended up not charging the mini-capacitor-bank. But this doesn't mean it shouldn't work! It just means I'm fallible. Hey look, a distraction!
I could amuse myself with this for days.
I could amuse myself with this for days.
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