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A real digger mole... appears to be real according to the US Patent office. Here's a couple related patents:

Tunnelling process and the gizmo itself... I have wanted an underground vehicle for a very

These don't mention using nuclear power - they use lasers and other heat sources, but not nuclear...that makes it a lot more believable. It would be tough to use nuclear powered borers very extensively in secret because of the tight controls kept on fissionable materials... but anybody can build a laser.

Of course, I've also always wanted a supersonic zeppelin, too.

Puppy-Frog!, and a fantastic entry about maps.

gator peek!

Nuts! printroom figured out how I was trimming off the ad. back to hosting from home!

gator peek 2


That's better. freephoto-i.net, until I devise a realtime image clipper, or stop beang cheap with my own bandwidth.

Date: 2002-05-13 10:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keith-london.livejournal.com
This is interesting - I never thought you could really do anything about Printroom attaching their ad on your images hosted by them. I was looking again at Printroom.com just for fun. [I used PhotoPoint.com in the early days, which had a similar ad attached.]

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Date: 2002-05-13 05:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottobear.livejournal.com
well, there are ways around anything... detecting a white line, or cutting off the top piece. :)

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