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3,000 Gallons of Propane

The Serpent Mother is expected to use 3,000 gallons of propane on the playa.

500 gallons per night * 6 nights
We have:
1 250 gallon tank
2 80 gallon tanks
5 25 gallon tanks

(tanks only get filled to 90%)

Serpent Mother Video

I’ve been promising I’d show you photos of what I’ve been working on. Here’s a video that shows it off just a bit. This shows off only about 1/7th of the full length of what the sculpture will look like at Burning Man… but it gives you an idea.

Click on “Serpent Mother” in the middle of the screen
http://www.madnomad.net/menu/index.php?iframe=film

(His other videos are pretty cool too)

Free phone calls

Cool.

Landline phone calls between jajah.com members are free. Jajah accounts are free.

From their website, you type in the two phone numbers that you want connected. The first phone one rings and you pick up. The second phone rings and they pick up. The call connected 2 wired landline (or cell) phones over their VOIP network.

And Plaxo ties it to MS Outlook so I can click a button next to a phone number and it all magically works.

This outdoes Skype’s “call any wired or cell phone in the US from your computer for free”.

So somebody call me so we can try it already.

Weathermole

Weathermole: a Google maps and National Weather Service mashup.

Find the weather anywhere in the US with a single click.
Simple. Genius. One step closer to Google Grid (and if you haven’t heard of Google Grid before, you MUST check it out!!!)

Available on every platform

So says a guy on GTtv, Lego Star Wars II is going to be available in September on the PlayStation II, XBox, XBox 360, Gamecube, PC, PSP, DS, and GBA. I don’t care much about the game (though it seems cute) but talk about cross-platform design!

Couchsurfing.com

Couchsurfing.com is exactly what you think it might be. It helps couchsurfers get together with couchsurf-ees! I was introduced to it when my good friend Shameless introduced me to the guy hanging off her arm at The Uptown Bar. I was speaking to Casey for a few minutes when his job came into the conversation. He then told me how and why he started Couchsurfing.com a few years ago!

My Couchsurfing.com profile isn’t complete quite yet. I’m working on it though!

librarything.com

Catalog your books by ISBN and discuss them on librarything.com

Reminds me of Bookcrossing

Orisinal fun Flash games

Orisinal

Very fun. Very cute. Kid friendly. I like em too.

Except for that “shoo the penguins with the ice cube gun to save them” game. It feels way too much like Duck Hunt.

Free Cell Phone Ringtones, Really

You can get free cell phone ringtones of any .mp3 source with Tonethis.com.

The thing works. I was able to put .mp3 sounds onto my SonyEricsson T610. Unfortunately, there is no mechanism on my phone to allow .amr sounds to become ringtones.

If it works for you, tell me!

Pandora.com

I heard about Pandora on Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur (and Leo Laporte. It’s an internet radio player with a powerful recomendation engine behind it. All I know is that it plays a really good music fer free. And it runs inside Flash so even Trav can use it if he’s got speakers.