Kurt Starnes

"Inspired by Franco Sbarro's hubless wheels. Hubless wheels work by fixing the rotating parts (brake ring, bearings, hubless rim) onto the outer side of a non-rotating inner ring that attaches to the motorcycle's swingarm or forks. Advantages include decreased unsprung weight, reduced structural stress (no spokes to transmit forces through), increased braking leverage, more accurate steering, reduced vibration and a lower center of gravity." - Kurt Starnes

"The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, venomous, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate fraud. It is one of the few venomous mammals; the male Platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom capable of causing severe pain to humans. The unique features of the Platypus make it an important subject in the study of evolutionary biology and a recognisable and iconic symbol of Australia; it has appeared as a mascot at national events and is featured on the reverse of the Australian 20 cent coin. The Platypus is the animal emblem of the state of New South Wales.[4]" - Kurt Starnes

"While participating in a herpetology study we stumbled across this female laying eggs in a nest. She was found in the Lambsuango Forest reserve and was immediately released after this photograph was taken." - Kurt Starnes

"Last night on Google Buzz my friend and neighbor Sam Afifi suggested that we tag our town with graffiti — high-tech virtual graffiti. His idea was to use Buzz tags to create a peace symbol around the central village of Rancho Santa Fe, California. I thought the idea was subtly subversive and agreed." - Kurt Starnes

Post before this was premature! Buzz has my head spinning -- here's what I meant to go out first. :-) - Kurt Starnes

Here's most of the raw data I entered by hand into My Maps -- the Buzz tags way out of line are from my iPhone - Sam's HTC had a much lower error rate: http://maps.google.com/maps... - Kurt Starnes

This video found in this Universe Today post: http://www.universetoday.com/2010... - Kurt Starnes

Above graphic from a 2009 Wired article here: http://www.wired.com/magazin... - Kurt Starnes

"They say that you can take even the most obscure hobby, mix in lots of passion and maybe end up with a business. Now I think that rock stacking could definitely be considered an obscure hobby but as a business? Well Team Sandtastic proves that even rock stacking can be a business as they have taken their passion on the road as a performance art that apparently pays well. Here’s a small sample of their work – which I have to admit is pretty incredible." - Kurt Starnes

"According to the physicists observing the atoms through the Lab’s JEOL 2100F microscope, Zhiwei Wang and David Pearmain, they watched with love, but really had absolutely nothing to do with the heart formation of the atoms. Sadly, the bright, beautiful palladium Valentine will not be given to a special lady. Being only 8 nanometers in size, it can’t be seen by the human eye, and cannot even be relied upon to stay in the smallest ring setting. But we can all admire the wonderful high-angle, very high-power shot of the world's smallest and, arguably, prettiest naturally-formed Valentine." - Kurt Starnes

The clumsily named S-2252-E20 Eco friendly 6-jet Anystream® showerhead features: 48 spray channels | Spray adjusting T-handle | Polished chrome finish | Water saving 2.0 GPM" - Kurt Starnes

Get the app, enter https://mail.google.com/mail... in URL field, name it Google Buzz and you're done. - Kurt Starnes

If you run OS X, you gotta try this. It's a whole new experience in smoothness and speed. - Kurt Starnes

"Wayne Coyne, frontman for the acclaimed rock band The Flaming Lips, recently renovated his Oklahoma compound, and the new space gives the group's music a run for its money in terms of psychedelic flair, playful construction, and sheer imagination. The last we saw of Coyne, he was, naturally, sitting in a bathtub on Google Street View. If you thought that was the weirdest place he bathes, wait until you see his bathroom. Its Gaudiesque drip-castle design—Coyne refers to it as the "drug damaged, artist element of [his] home"—is certainly one of the highlights of his new pad, realized by FitzSimmons Architects." - Kurt Starnes

They are so much fun live - RAPatton

"At Joby Martin’s house, guests in one bedroom sleep in the unincorporated county, then step into the adjoining bathroom and take a shower in the city of El Cajon. Because of a bureaucratic stroke of a pen 55 years ago, the city’s boundary runs through the house where Martin has lived on North First Street since 1940." - Kurt Starnes