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Yikes, I need a tan. I decided to buy a watch back around Christmas, however, I didn’t want to just go pick up any old watch. I already had a couple of watches. An interesting Nixon and another from a wedding that I was the MC for. Add to the fact that I’m [...] The business end of an English Wheel. The English Wheel is a piece of technology that largely fell out of favour towards the latter half of the 20th century, largely due to the rise of alternate technologies. As manufacturing processes became more available, as a metalwork technique, it fell almost exclusively into the [...] Not Armatron! But exactly the same with different stickers! I got curious today while I was astonishingly bored killing time working, and decided to see if I could get my hands on an Armatron, just for nostalgia’s sake. Sadly, I discovered they were remarkably difficult to find. Until, that is, I learned that [...]  Just one of liquid metal's many uses... “A liquid which becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field.” According to Wiki, ferrofluids are fluids made up of nanoscale ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic particles (usually 10 nanometers or less) suspended in a carrier liquid such as water or an organic solvent. They have applications as liquid seals around the spinning drive shaft of hard disk systems, friction reduction on magnetic bearings, adaptive optics for telescopes, cancer detection and heat transfer among others. Basically, you zap it with magnetic fields and it changes shape. (Now why does that sound familiar?) Continue reading Ferrofluid – They warned us
To make a toaster. You see, any piece of technology — whether it be a $10 toaster or a $1 million supercomputer — can’t be created by one person. It requires a host of materials and expertise that would be impossible for one person to acquire on their own. From ore to iron to steel. From oil to plastic. From 1s and 0s to a useful program. None of us can do this on our own. Continue reading It Takes A Village The backyard still is technology born of necessity. Proper whiskey was too expensive and often too far away for many people. So, they built a still in their backyard. A little water, corn and sugar along with some time and heat and you had yourself something close to whiskey. Well, at least it [...] We all enjoy technology. Techie likes his music, CardboardTube uses it to teach, Deartháir packs as much of it into a car as he can, and I try to avoid it. However, for some, it becomes a necessity. Not in the way you or I think e-mail, iPods, or combination printer/scanner/copy machines are [...] hmmm… not cheese Extra Crater I love globes and maps. Not any globes. They have to have moving parts (like one of my previous posts) or be unique in some way. My moon globe is one of my most prized possessions because it is so strange. Sit back and let me tell [...] No Flash support on this one either. I ran out of crap from my basement (at least for a bit) but thanks to Christies and Uncrate this post fell into my lap. The Apple 1 Personal Computer is yours for only $160,000 or more since it’s at auction. Just look at these [...]  Remember when cellphones had buttons? A few years ago I was working for a wireless company. As they introduced their digital data network, they gradually began phasing out their analog phones altogether. This included the car-mounted and bag-phone models that they had been using as courtesy phones in their stores. When they removed the car-mount phone that had been crudely installed on our wall, I asked what would be done with it. I was told it was being thrown out, so I asked if I could have it. I didn’t have a specific use for it, but they were expensive units, so I figured I’d try and find a use later. |
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