Think about the profound words on this little stretch of fabric for a second, “Broadband Ruined My Life.” Now think of all of the exercise you could have had, all of the friends you could have made and all of the awesome stuff you could have done had you not spent hour after hour, day [...]
Posts from — January 2009
[ January 30th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]Broadband Ruined My Life T-shirt is True On So Many Levels to So Many Different People
Russian Monument to QWERTY
Somewhere in Russia, Ekaterinburg to be exact, there is a place where someone saw fit to create a keyboard on some grass. A “because I could” project if ever I saw one. Fortunately, Flickr user Jasoneppink was there to capture the “Keyboard Monument” in all of its glory. [Unpluggd via Gear Log]
Lichtenberg Figures, Lightning Captured in Blocks of Acrylic
The impressive looking block sculptures that you see above are what are called Lichtenberg figures. Jake Von Slatt explains how the process works:
Stoneridge Engineering creates these Lichtenberg figures by using a particle accelerator to create a charge cloud inside of a highly insulating block of acrylic and then discharging that cloud by poking it with [...]
Videos: Man Mimics Electric Guitar Sound With Own Voice
Jamal Reed is the guitarist for what is termed a “Vocal Play” group going by the name of Naturally 7. “Vocal Play” groups are distinguished by the fact that they mimic the sound of musical instruments with their voices, sometimes to great effect. [Telegraph.uk]
Old School Combination Lock Security for Your USB Drive
If you want to keep your precious data from prying eyes, there are plenty of ways to go about it. You can password your files, you can get a USB stick that supports encryption or has a fingerprint reader, or you can do things the old fashioned way and lock them with a padlock. Unfortunately, [...]
