Tuesday, July 13, 2010

HowTo: Beat the Heat for Cheap- DIY Air Conditioner

HowTo: Beat the Heat for Cheap- DIY Air Conditioner


HowTo: Beat the Heat for Cheap- DIY Air Conditioner

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 06:00 AM PDT

HowTo: Beat the Heat for Cheap- DIY Air Conditioner Here in Los Angeles, weather is perfect as usual. But on the other side of America, summer is in its sweltering peak. I've spent plenty of unconditioned summers on the east coast, so I know firsthand just how miserable it can get.

For the penny pinchers out there, here's a DIY solution. BONUS: this MacGyver fix is much more energy efficient than your standard window AC unit.

You will need:

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Punk Isn't Dead (Well, Not Yet Anyway)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 03:00 AM PDT

Punk Isn't Dead (Well, Not Yet Anyway) A recently closed Worth1000 contest, Senior Rebellion, showcases "old folks that won't make you get off their lawn". Good ol' Photoshop magic at work.

Previously, Photoshop Face Cream Works Miracles.
Photoshop No No's (aka Lazer B**bs) NSFW.
1000's of the Web's Hottest Photoshop Tutorials & Resources. ...more

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Multiply Each Tiny Dot By a Billion

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Multiply Each Tiny Dot By a Billion Yup. Every single dot represents a galaxy containing BILLIONS of stars. Holy...

Just think about it. Insane.

"The galaxies seen in this image are all in the distant Universe and appear as they did 10–12 billion years ago. They are colour coded in blue, green, and red to represent the three wavebands used for Herschel's observation. Those appearing in white have equal intensity in all three bands ...more

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History of the World Explained (Using Hundreds of Buckets of Paint)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 12:00 PM PDT

History of the World Explained (Using Hundreds of Buckets of Paint) If you have yet to see the work of famed graffiti artist/filmmaker Blu, you're in for a real treat. Blu creates films with painted still images (graffiti style), installed in various public spaces. He photographs the paintings, and then assembles them into a stop motion animation.

The following project, titled "BIG BANG BOOM", is described by the artist as "months of work and hundreds of buckets ...more

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How About a Ride on My Robo-Insect?

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT

How About a Ride on My Robo-Insect? This simple yet odd robot moves like a four-legged, single unit of a centipede, which unfortunately makes me think of the Human Centipede (shudder, don't click on the second video in the gallery below if you're faint of heart... or at work).

OK, maybe a stretch. But for whatever reason, I connect the two. Perhaps because the inventor looks a bit weird perched on his pet 'bot... Previously, Creepy ...more

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