Oct
May

It Knows Everything (well, almost)!

... answers the difficult question related to the average flight speed of a certain swallow..

WolframAlpha answers the difficult question related to the average flight speed of a certain swallow..

Apr
Mar
Jul

Laptop with a lasting first impression

Datamancer has really outdone himself this time with the most amazing casemod for a laptop I’ve ever seen. His creation takes the whole Steampunk movement to a whole new level and I’m sure there are a lot of people lining up to purchase the machine.

Check out the details at Datamancer.net and a visit the forums to see how everything was put together.

Jan

Coffee maker for a mad scientist

It sounds so goood…

“A siphon pot has two stacked glass globes, and works a little like a macchinetta, that stove-top gadget wrongly called an espresso maker by generations of graduate students. As water vapor forces water into the upper globe the coffee grounds are stirred by hand with a bamboo paddle. (In Japan, siphon coffee masters carve their own paddles to fit the shape of their palms.)

The goal is to create a deep whirlpool in no more than four turns without touching the glass. Posture is important. So is timing: siphon coffee has a brewing cycle of 45 to 90 seconds.”

The New York Times has all the details.