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Pēc pāris mēnešu atpūtas no ūdens transportiem, šodien atkal sāku uz viņiem skatīties googlē. Ir tāda ģeniāla doma uz vasaru uztaisīt catamarānu, lai var pa Daugavu pavizināties, nez vai uztaisīšu, bet patreiz esmu pilnās burās – atbilstoša katamarāna dizaina meklējumos.

dazi fakti – neparbauditi

sigmaist — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:13:42 +0000

Dzīvnieki
o Kamielim mugurkauls ir taisns.
o Orangutāni izrāda agresiju ar skaļu atraugu
o Gliemezim ir aptuveni 25’000 zobu
o Strausa olu, lai novārītu cietu, ir jāvāra 4 stundas
o Krokodili, lai varētu dziļāk ienirt, rij akmeņus
o Vislielākās smadzenes attiecībā pret ķermeni ir skudrai
o Ziloņi un cilvēki ir vienīgie zīdītāji, kuri var stāvēt uz galvas
o Senie ēģiptieši mācīja babuīnus apkalpot viņus pie galda
o Vienkāršākais veids kā atšķirt plēsēju no veģetārieša ir acu izvietojums. Plēsējam acis ir izvietotas galvas priekšdaļā lai labāk varētu saredzēt laupījumu, savukārt veģetāriešiem galvas sānu daļās, lai labāk saredzētu uzglūnošu ienaidnieku.
o Vienīgais dzīvnieks, kurš nav pieminēts Bībelē, ir kaķis.
o Savukārt šimpanzes ir vienīgais dzīvnieks, kurš sevi var atpazīt spogulī

Cilvēki
o Seram Isaakam Ņūtonam, kad viņš atklāja zemes pievilkšanas spēku, bija tikai 23 gadi
o Uz viena cilvēka ķermeņa dzīvo vairāk dzīvu organismu, kā cilvēku uz visas mūsu planētas
o Cilvēkam nosarkstot, nosarkst arī viņa kuņģis
o Cilvēka ķermenī pietiek tauku 7 ziepju gabalu izgatavošanai
o Cilvēkam ir mazāk muskuļu kā tauriņa kāpuram
o Divus augstākos IQ testa rezultātus ir uzrādījušas sievietes
o Kad nomira Einšteins, pēdējos vārdus viņš paņēma līdzi kapā, jo viņa istabene nesaprata vācu valodu
Jūlijs Cēzars valkāja lauru vainagu lai slēptu savu plikpaurību
80 % siltuma cilvēka ķermenis zaudē caur galvu
o Senajā Ēģiptē, ja operācijas laikā pacients mira, ķirurgam nogrieza rokas.
o Dziedātājs Niks Keivs piedzima ar asti.
o Kutināšana bija aizliegta ar likumu vairākās seno Austrumu valstīs, jo tika uzskatīta par grēcīgu uzbudināšanos.
o Spermatozoīds ir pati mazākā šūna cilvēka ķermenī, olšūna – pati lielākā.
o 1982. gadā, anglis Viljams Holls gribēja izdarīt pašnāvību izurbjot ar urbi galvā caurumu. Viņš mira tikai pēc astotā izurbtā cauruma.

Citi
o Sahāras tuksnesī 1979. gada 18. februārī sniga sniegs
o Otrā pasaules kara laikā, metāla taupīšanas nolūkos, balvas izgatavoja no koka
o Vienīgā valsts, kurā 1983. gada laikā nereģistrēja nevienu jaundzimušo, bija Vatikāna
o Spānija tulkojumā nozīmē “trušu zeme”
o Senajā Romā vīrieši dodot zvērestu lika roku uz sēklinieka
o Viens kilograms citronu satur vairāk cukura nekā kilograms zemeņu
o Neatkarīgi no biezuma, nevienu papīru nevar salocīt vairāk kā 7 reizes
o Sodas ūdens nesatur sodu
o Prezervatīvs “Ramzes” nosaukts Ēģiptes faraona vārdā, kuram bija 160 bērnu
o Putekļi mūsu mājās 70 % sastāv no mūsu ādas atliekām
o Visbiežāk izpildītā dziesma – “Happy birthday to you” ir autortiesību aizsargāta.
o Anglijas bibliotēkās visbiežāk zog Ginnesa Rekordu grāmatu.
o Monako nacionālais orķestris ir skaitliski lielāks par Monako armiju.

P.s Tuukstoshgades debiilaakaa datorprogramma nr.1 ir – Tildes Birojs!!

Some cool world wide links

sigmaist — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:07:06 +0000

Studies in Intelligence

The World Factbook

World Leaders

Raft + Ocean = is it possible?

sigmaist — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:40:22 +0000

The last time when I was in library was 5 months ago. This time I searched for some adventure books. I`m tired of philosophy and other “smart-ass” stuff. The life is all about fun and adventures.

20 min after I entered library I left it with 3 adventure book`s in my hand. The first one was Adventure with KON-TIKI, another one was “With “Joy” over silent Ocean” and the last one was “Charles Darwin – Adventure circumnavigating world on ship “Beagle” “.

Off-course I started with Kon-Tiki because this was wrote in Latvian language 7 hours later I finished this amazing book!! Small, easy to read, interesting and original book. If you have nothing to do than just grab this book and READ IT!! Robinson Cruz compared to this book is a dog`s shit, believe me.

True story – year 1947. Book is about 6 guy`s who sailed on - raft called “Kon-Tiki” - in South Pacific Ocean from Peru to Tahiti = 4 380 miles to prove the theory – that Polynesians is from America – to prove that this is possible to sail from America to this islands on raft. And they did it. Can you believe in it?:) incredible.

You can read lil`bit more info in wikipedia about this crazy adventure.

In year 1959 Czech-American composer, photographer, conductor and adventurer Eduard Ingriš repeated with second try Kon_tiki voyage on raft – “Kantuta II”.

Year 2006. Only 59 years after Kon-Tiki voyage (year 1947) another 6 young guys did it again only this time they called his raft “Tangaroa”. One of the “Tangaora” crew members was a grandchild of Kon-Tiki crew.

Ok, that`s it. I have 2 books left and in this time they both are in russian language. Wish me a good luck:)

P.s.

William Willis – He made his first voyage at age 61.

Polynesian navigation

My choice – film camera

sigmaist — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:59:42 +0000

Digital camera isn`t for me. I can`t watch those terrible looking uncolored pictures witch came from my nikon digital camera. I love warm colors witch I can get from fuji velvia. I`m not a photojournalist who need super fast shooter and 9 frames per second and other miracles and that`s way I want a film camera.

I wish I could get Mamiya 6 film camera. At the moment this is what I want, and think that this is the coolest camera for me now. I didn`t care about flash sync speed or other miracles witch i don`t need at all. This is all about a feeling and passion of photography. The trouble begins where happiness ends. There isn`t any piece of Mamiya 6 in ebay.com and this is very sad

At the time there is another choices: Mamiya 6 MF, Mamiya 7, Mamiya 7 II.

Mamiya 7II (~1150$ used or GBP 330 used)Optional Lenses:

Ultra Wide Angle: 43mm f/4.5 (~2500$ used) w/shoe mount optical viewfinder and 50mm f/4.5 (~550$ used) w/shoe mount optical viewfinder

Wide Angle: 65mm f/4 (~970$ used)

Short Telephoto: 150mm f/4.5 (~1100$ used) – all rangefinder coupled.

New Lens:

Telephoto: 210mm f/8 (~1280$ used) – This lens is NOT rangefinder coupled. It is intended for use in aerial photography

6 x 7cm (56 x 69.5mm with 120/220 roll film)

Optional interchangeable panoramic insert mask (24 x 65mm with 35mm roll film)

Another favorite of mine is Hasselblad X=Pan 35mm film camera (~1400$ whitout delivery). very expensive.

Small, very good looking and high quality camera!! Amazing piece. Maybe I can sell my kidney and buy one of these.

Conclusion:

If I had an bottle with Aladin inside it, then I would ask Aladin for two things: Mamiya 7II and Hasselblad X-Pan with full range of lenses that`s it.

Ray Kendrick building his trimaran.

sigmaist — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:09:55 +0000

As time goes I had found many fantastic sailboat project web pages and I would like to introduce them for you. This is awesome when man can make his dream come thru, and this time the dream is hand-build sailboat. I hadn`t watch if there any sailboat projects on youtube yet, this will be the next step for me:)

I will start with my favorites, of course.

Ray Kendrick building his folding trimaran SCARAB 22

epoxy, 1/2″ corecell, fiberglass, carbon fibre, resin Infusion:

The layup is as follows: 1-release plastic film, 2-peel ply, 3-LT400 glass, 4-perforated corecell, 5-LT400 glass, 6-peel ply, 7-perforated plastic film, 8-breather felt, 9-vinyl vacuum bag.

LenghtOverAll: 6.775m (22' 4.5 ")

BeamOverAll: 5.63m (18'5.5"), (folded 2.5m (8' 2.5"))

Beam folded: 2.5m (8' 2.5")

Draft: 275mm (0' 11"), 1.215m (4' 0")

Displacement to DWL: 900kg (1980#)

Weight width foam: 420Kg

stars *****

Building time: 3 years [march 2004 - 2007 july]

http://www.voile.org/trimaran/

I would say that he is one of the best self-job describers out there:) I just love to watch pictures and read his easy-readable job explaning texts. Enjoy!!