6 free GMail accounts.

To return the favour that somebody did me a little while ago, I can now invite 6 people to receive free GMail accounts.

The first six people to email me at
rich dot burridge at sun dot com
will get them.

Update: All free accounts are now gone.

( Sep 13 2004, 03:08:01 PM PDT ) [Listen] Permalink Comments [6]

The Unbelievable Bubble Thing

One of the books we got at the Saturday library book sale was this one. It came with the Bubble Thing attached. As you can see from the pictures on that web page, you should be able to make incredibly big bubbles. The Guiness record for the longest bubble was made with one of these devices. On Sunday afternoon we had a go. Reading the book, it was clear that conditions were against us. You really want a damp humid day. We don't do humid in Northern California, so after a rain storm or first thing in the morning would have been best. Also you want a calm day. It was a little too breezy when we tried this.

Now that I've got the excuses out the way, I'll tell you that we only managed a couple "little" bubbles (about a foot in diameter). I started a couple of much bigger ones but the wind burst them before I could close the bubble wand and release them. We're going to try this again under better conditions. I've every reason to believe we'll be able to make some enormous creations.

The Bubble Thing is made by Klutz. The Klutz folks have lots of different educational fun products. They are also right here in Palo Alto. Every year, they do a special event where all the proceeds for sales at their store on that day, will go to the school of your choice. On that day, they have lots of special entertainment at their store, including demonstrations of their products. In fact the man pictured here demonstrating how to use the Bubble thing is John Cassidy, the author of the Unbeliveable Bubble Thing book, and one of the founders of Klutz. I have a copy of his juggling book too. The one that started it all. He's still often seen at the store.

If you want a fun time, visit the Klutz store on one of their activity days. The web site also has a lot of good stuff to try too.

No, I don't work for Klutz (wish I did), but we have bought an unbelieveable amount of their products and loved every one of them.

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( Sep 13 2004, 10:24:41 AM PDT ) [Listen] Permalink