22
Aug
“The Psyche Ward Is My Mom”
I saw this sign while walking. I have no idea what it means but it makes my head hurt.
14
Aug
Blowing up simple electronics
Afrotech mods - the website that bills itself as “ghetto hardware fun” has a great video up on YouTube. It is a montage of components being destroyed by over voltage, current, or reversed polarity. There may be some educational value…but it is just fun to watch.
17
Jul
Live to see the city of the FUTURE
The city of the FUTURE (1950) as predicted in 1925. Thanks for the good laugh, Popular Science!
15
Jul
I don’t claim to be Einstein, but…
But labeling a box “IED” might not be the best idea at a major airport. I found this box at a Delta counter in Minneapolis / St. Paul airport. Is this for real or was some over caffeinated misanthrope of an employee trying to mess with travelers? I wonder if TSA gives you a thorough check if you even talk about it…. Read more
12
Jul
That looks dangerous
This pretty much is the definition of the WTF tag. Why would a sewer grate be charged to 480 volts? That seems like a bad idea, imo. (I took this photo on 7/11/2010 in Minneapolis off of 3rd Avenue downtown.)
If you work for the city of Minneapolis and have any idea what this is about, please leave me a message in comments. Read more
7
Jul
Now I just need 1.21 Gigawatts
Spotted at Bobby and Steve’s Auto World on Washington Avenue on July 7th. Who ever did it did a nice job.
Marty McFly: [looks through a camcorder] This is uh… This is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh, does it run, like, on regular unleaded gasoline?
Dr. Emmett Brown : Unfortunately no, it requires something with a little more kick – plutonium.
Marty McFly: Uh, plutonium? Wait a minute. Are-
Marty McFly: Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Hey, hey, hey. Keep rolling. Keep rolling, there.
[Marty raises the camcorder]
Dr. Emmett Brown: No, no, no, no, no. This sucker’s electrical. But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity I need.
Marty McFly: Doc, you don’t just walk into a store and-and buy plutonium. Did you rip that off?
Dr. Emmett Brown: Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing full of used pinball machine parts! Come on! Let’s get you a radiation suit. We must prepare to reload.
