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Your monowheel IS a neat hack. But. the monowheel has never been successful as a real mode of transportation, it's too unstable, and more often than not, riders get hurt. While a few people HAVE managed to make use of them, they remain impractical.BUT - there is a very similar idea that seems like it shouldn't work, but actually does, and quite well: the one-wheel motorcycle. I thought you might be interested in reading about it, at least. This uses the self-balancing technology from the Segway to maintain stability and, while I have no personal experience with the things, they do seem to have the potential to be a real alternative. You can read about an electric version:https://www.coolthings.com/ryno-microcycle/https://www.dogonews.com/2014/1/27/one-wheeled-ele...This could be a fun p...

Your monowheel IS a neat hack. But. the monowheel has never been successful as a real mode of transportation, it's too unstable, and more often than not, riders get hurt. While a few people HAVE managed to make use of them, they remain impractical.BUT - there is a very similar idea that seems like it shouldn't work, but actually does, and quite well: the one-wheel motorcycle. I thought you might be interested in reading about it, at least. This uses the self-balancing technology from the Segway to maintain stability and, while I have no personal experience with the things, they do seem to have the potential to be a real alternative. You can read about an electric version:https://www.coolthings.com/ryno-microcycle/https://www.dogonews.com/2014/1/27/one-wheeled-ele...This could be a fun project to try, and is about the most minimal way of getting around invented beside the skateboard. I know there are open-source versions of the Segway self-balancing system that can use an arduino, there is even a way to build it using Lego Technics - image.google.com: self balancing lego

Be careful about making one of these in California, you could find youself arrested by the Environmental Police, who will assume that you will sooner or later throw this thing out.

Almost any decent laser printer nowadays can print in high enough resolution to actually make readable miniature books. It can be a challenge to convert a page of tiny print pages to a form where signatures can be made and the pages bound properly, but it CAN be done, and the resulting works, if they come out well at all, are good items for handicraft meets and websites like Etsy. The Gutenberg Project http://www.gutenberg.org/ makes tens of thousands of public-domain or open content books available for this treatment. https://annabellleeart.deviantart.com/art/Printable-medieval-music-books-02-745622560 and other DeviantArt sites also talk about the artistic aspects of miniatures.

Most modern versions of the savonius gain additional efficiency by offsetting opposing scoops to allow air to pass through the center. Here's a two-scoop version showing what I mean:

It's all fun and games until someone snaps their fingers... =)

I had one of these when I was a kid. My Mother made me get rid of it when the local ape-men started to overrun the house. And she hated it playing "Also Sprach Zarathustra" every hour on the hour. Good times...

AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! THIS brought back painful memories! I already got one - and, thank God, it's MUCH smaller... =(

This type of tread is ideal for very narrow stairs as it makes more room to keep each foot stable for the lift of the other foot. The only caveat to keep in mind is this: they can be MURDER on the knees. The knees are now doing most of the work to climb this type of stair, and if your knees are questionable - and, God knows, mine ARE - think twice about this method. That said, sometimes it's the only solution (which look like the case here from the photos above.)

Check out http://codex34.byethost22.com/sheets.html?i=1 for some ideas of how to build out this series.

If your input was colloidal pig dna coiled on a spool, you could arrange to have this device actually deliver cooked bacon. Of course, until such a thing were available, you'd need to roll your own using commercially-distributed pig dna cartridges available at your local supermarket.

I got all excited when I saw the title, and was looking forward to the section on making miniature arrows - but then, I didn't get the point. Err...as it were. =)

It's neat, but I always wanted to play the game with actual Royals. But Queen Elizabeth told me to stop calling. Spoilsport.

That's always bugged me..."throwing" pottery...sound like you're trying to smash it, not produce it! =)

I hope part II is going to be about FILLING the case... =)

I dunno, I just can't see it. (Get it? SEE it? ...never mind.)

FIRST you have to FIND SOMEONE who'll SELL you kangaroo meat. I tried to hunt my own, but the zoo told me to get the heck out. Stupid New Yorkers...

This is actually a Cylinder Glider, or a Riing Glider, not a gyroscope, though it likely does spin. Spinning is what causes the gyroscopic effect and is usually done with caged flywheel with considerable mass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope http://www.10paperairplanes.com/how-to-make-paper-airplanes/07-the-ring.html

I played a trumpet scale once. It weighed fourteen pounds, three and a half ounces. I love to sound off about it. =)

In his show "Good Eats" Alton Brown's caramel recipe included a dash of corn syrup - glucose - to help control the process. Heating sugar alone results in a very hot mixture that has a tendency toward sudden crystalization - which could spatter molten sugar all over the kitchen and stove. The glucose sugar, on the other hand, won't crystalize with the sucrose and fructose in the sugar itself, greatly reducing the potential havoc. http://altonbrown.com/hittin-the-caramel-sauce-from-food-network/

Oh, so it is. Moral: don't give advice at 2:30 in the morning... =)

The "Eye of Sauron" Flourless Chocolate Cake...

I'm saving this instructable - not because I expect to ever build one, but because the first paragraph is priceless, and the name is the best pun I've seen in months... =)

...and when you use up the soap, the DISH can ALSO clean up whatever you got on you...along with a few layers of skin! Think of it as "LAVA with EXTRA SCRUBBING POWER!"

God, I love these things! I love that "BZOWNT!" when you nail a fly on the rise! The shocked look on their little faces...the flaming carnage spinning in! The smell of charred bug in the air...smells like...VICTORY!

Judging from the pictures, I think you may have missed a critical step in your recipe: boiling the dough in a solution of baking soda before baking. This is critical for two reasons, first it conditions the dough to hold onto the salt better, and second it makes the dough turn that nice dark golden brown we expect pretzels to be. Check out http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-soft-pretzels-recipe-1948242

You can't kid ME, man! You put a fly in that thing, it would take off and be gone before you could even BEGIN to carve it! Besides, what could you carve it INTO? A puppy? =)

I would imagine my date would object strenuously to being bitten... =)

Dum-Dum got gum-gum?

Some other ideas: canola instead of olive, canola is actually a bit better for you on average than is even olive. Another one is maybe not QUITE so healthy - which is to use bacon fat instead of any kind of oil. It's a heart attack in a bowl, but - God! - it is so good that death seems not such a big price to pay... =)

I had a whole squad of these things attack my D&D players long ago. Ahhh...good times..

Toasting the buns and warming the meat alone in butter before dressing the sandwich make a toast, warm, heavenly variation.

Them "elsewhere" folk don't know what they're missing - but that's just as well. More labstah for ME.BTW if you live in New England, McDonald's just started up their summer lobster-roll special - $9 each. Definitely a cut above their standard fare. Also, DeAngelo's has also started their lobster subs, which you can get any way you like them with all the veggies, and so on. Damn, NOW I've gotta go...

God, I love corn fritters with lots of new, genuine, Vermont maple syrup. <sigh>

These remind me of the huge plastic dice I used to use in games. I used to kid my players they were part of my new damage system - whenever their characters were hurt in the game, I'd fling these dice at the player, and whatever injury he sustained in real life was the damage his character had taken... =)

A note of caution: people using hookahs can absorb huge amounts of toxic chemicals even compared to "regular" smoking. A single evening of hookah smoking can provide as much toxins as 100-200 cigarettes. The smoke from a hookah is much cooler and less irritating than cigarettes, so people are less likely to realize how much they are actually smoking, but the hookah removes NONE of tobaccos cancer-causing or toxic ingredients - it merely makes them less objectionable..https://www.cdc.gov/features/hookahsmoking/http://www.health.umd.edu/sites/default/files/Hook...

Oh, man! Sudden severe nostalgia attack! <wipes tears>. That, my friend, is my very first calculator - the exact model! Constant feature and everything. They're almost impossible to find. I know, I've tried. Good luck! Treat her kindly, she's an old lady... <sniff>.

Oh - and thanks for the pics. I never got a real good one until now. ;)

In most places you probably are. Many areas of the country specifically exempt beekeepers from liability for their bees because of the desperate shortages of them in North America. If you are in one of the few areas still benighted, you can now get hives that look like stacks of straws that cater to native bees, whose hives are much smaller and look on such places like apartment complexes.

> 3 Tbsp golden syrup (or honey or corn syrup if you do not have this outside of Australia)I dunno what "golden syrup" is, but my first thought looking at this recipe was, "mmmmmmm...Vermont Maple Syrup, aaaaahhhhhhhH!!!!!!"

It's always something you can go back to. =)

I built a HAL-9000 myself, once. I had to get rid of it. It kept calling me "Dave" and then tried to blow me out an airlock...

Darn! From the picture I thought this was going to be a DIY light saber...

While dehydrating would make them crunchy, I presume, they won't really cook the ingredients of what is essentially a dough. Also, baking would be a good opportunity to spritz with olive or canola oil to help condiments stick and improve mouth feel.

> Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.No! No, no, no! Come with me now...to the thrilling days of yesteryear, to enjoy a treat from the ancient world of the 1970's...and FRY that puppy!

You might check out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.igkandroid.densoro

One of the funniest devices I have ever seen are these: http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/images/abacus%20calculator.png and http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/Calculator_1.jpg - apparently for people who will use a calculator, but want to check it with their abacus... =)

I can see you are both soaking in the Liberal kool-aid. The Liberals have embarrassed themselves so forcefully since the election it's really sad. There's nothing I can add except to point out that this attitude is doing NOTHING to help you or your cause. It's just pathetic. It doesn't matter that you don't like Trump, he's still President. You can work with that, or you can stick your fingers in your ears and hum. Most Liberals are doing that, so at least TRY to rise above it just a little.

Not to be political, but the vast majority of the World's population think Trump is a HUGE step up from Obama. All you really need is a DEMOCRAT in a box. Make sure he's alive, because a dead one can still be fertilizer.

I love the video still - "Can you feed me now?"

Strange, but I've never felt any need to charge any of my shoeboxes. I've been charged FOR them...

The original Tower of Hanoi puzzle has 64 disks (or gold!) to move and you needed to be careful about it. Not only would it take a really long time, completing the task would, according to the legendary monks that guard it, bring about the end of the world!

I know perfectly well what a "chicken tractor" is, but whenever I see the words in print I can't help picturing a farm tractor with the tires removed and a bevy of chickens underneath trying to push it along... =)

I tried to do sloth nails once. Gave up after the first two...wasted a whole month... =)

I hope this one is easier to break than the store-bought ones. I swear those things are bloody indestructible. They should make tanks out of 'em. =)

Has anyone stopped to think how horribly painful it would be for the dragon to lay this egg if it were stuck backward in the egg-laying canal? Makes me dizzy to even THINK of it...

I've stored many Hungarians on these shelves (you'd be surprised how easily they pack!) until I finally lost them all in a move...good times... =)

Check out: http://stores.ebay.ie/METALGEAR-STORE/Other-/_i.html?_fsub=1&_dmd=2&_nkw=music+box for music boxes using strips you can punch yourself for any tune and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK2zV0_dbno for an idea of something that you could display while the box "charges".

These work great! I had three years worth of tomatos escape before I could harvest them, but since I started using cages I've had only one or two breakouts, and usually captured them before they made the treeline... =)

Do you have a design that works on "life"? I could use some coping for that...

The sensitivity may vary according to how strong you are with the Force... =)