Tin Foil Soldier

Nadine Jarvis | projects
Pencils made from the carbon of human cremains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind.
Title says it all
while its a cool idea, I don’t know that I would want to write with the carbon from a loved ones [...]

My Way News - S.F. Leaders OK Plastic Grocery Bag Ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - City leaders approved a ban on plastic grocery bags after weeks of lobbying on both sides from environmentalists and a supermarket trade group. If Mayor Gavin Newsom signs the ban as expected, San Francisco would be the first U.S. city to [...]

2 small onions (I didn’t have any big ones left)
1 can corn (rinsed to lower the sodium levels, I didn’t have any frozen corn)
1 large can crushed tomatoes
1 medium can diced tomatoes
1 lb tilapia fillets (about 4) cut into cube like pieces
garlic
spices
Basically I browned the onions and garlic, added the crushed tomatoes, then added the [...]

TheStar.com - Business - Toronto Hydro seeks rate rise
Toronto residents and businesses have taken to the idea of saving electricity – so much so that Toronto Hydro-Electric System Ltd. is looking to raise rates to cover a $10.4 million decrease in revenue.
Apparently it is going to be about 2 bucks a month more because everyone [...]

split pea and ham - Google Image Search
I made split pea and ham soup yesterday in my new crockpot and it was awesome.

16 oz. dry split peas
1.5 lb boneless ham, 1/2-3/4″ cubes
3/4 lb baby carrots, cut in half
4-6 stalks celery
4-6 red russet potatoes, 1/2-3/4″ cubes
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 - 1/4 of a large purple [...]

Casino Royale (2006 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Casino Royale is the 21st film in the James Bond series and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond

I liked Casino Royale. It wasn’t really that good of a “Bond” film, but it was still a good movie, especially the Parkour at [...]

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Nixie tube take-apart
They glow with a lovely neon color and have gorgeous stylized numbers– something you can’t get with a dot matrix– or even sixteen-segment LED or LCD display.
Nixie tubes sure are pretty, even in death

via MAKE: Blog: Nixie tube take-apart

Full Screen Flash Video Demo
I think its a demo of some full screen flash applet, but it looks awesome.
Reminds me of the Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth which I really want to see because the video preview and commercials for it look absolutely amazing and powerful.

Fogonazos: The largest drain hole in the world
Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam’s is the largest morning glory spillway all over the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it swallows a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second (1370 m³/s).

there are a ton of pictures [...]

This was originally going to be part of the Alton Brown post, but it got to be rather lengthy…
I added a “Food” links section on the right of the page. Read these websites!
Some of the sites I have been reading for a while but just grabbing the link from my bookmarks, others, like Gluten-Free [...]

Alton Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brown suffered a motorcycle crash outside of Las Vegas. His only injury was a broken clavicle. This injury was caught on camera and was shown in episode 4. Brown wrote on his website that “it was a low charisma event. No flames, no smoke… just a lot of dust [...]

the blue fleet on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
the blue fleet is a term coined by Sir Alistair Hardy to describe a community of floating animals including the infamous bluebottle, blue dragon nudibranchs, violet snails and other associated organisms. a floating raft of monochrome drifters, the blue fleet sails the world’s oceans at the whim of [...]

Deus ex machina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Deus ex machina is a Latin phrase that is used to describe an unexpected, artificial, or improbable character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot (e.g., having the protagonist wake up and realize it was [...]

Quality
The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it’s more like a death march.
While I don’t know if I would pay that much for some of these Demotivators, I sure do love them. I like to just read them and laugh, but I think that other people don’t find them as funny [...]

Set Daily Puzzle
[Today's puzzle completed 1 Min, 7 Secs]
Either today’s is easier than most, or I am getting smarter
Previous Set Posts