Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Rymdreglage - Insert Coin - Amazing coin animation
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Magic Trick: The Secret of Rope Tying
The Secret of Rope Tying - Magic Tricks
Since the days of the Davenport Brothers many conjurers have exhibited rope tying. To shake off the most intricate of these ties is never very difficult, for it is only a matter of bringing a strain on the rope until one hand is free—which is soon done—and then the rest is plain sailing. But it is very different where one allows oneself to be tied tightly with rope, then frees oneself so as to perform seemingly impossible "stunts," and afterward is found tied up as at first. That is what Mr. Kellar used to do. How he did it he never told us, and yet
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Can a Playground Be Too Safe?
When seesaws and tall slides and other perils were disappearing from New York’s playgrounds, Henry Stern drew a line in the sandbox. As the city’s parks commissioner in the 1990s, he issued an edict concerning the 10-foot-high jungle gym near his childhood home in northern Manhattan.
Can a Playground Be Too Safe? - NYTimes.com
Monday, July 18, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Making Beer
How to Brew - By John Palmer - Brewing Your First All-Grain Beer
Brewing Your First All-Grain Beer
Welcome to the third section of How To Brew Your First Beer. Here is where we remove the training wheels and do everything from scratch. All of the world's classic beers are produced using malted grain and the methods which I am now going to teach you. The all-grain brewing method allows you the most flexibility in designing and producing an individual wort. Once you have mastered these basic techniques, you will be able to walk into any beer store or pub, select any beer (with the possible exception of the Belgian Lambics), and say with confidence, "I can brew this." The fundamental techniques and related science will be explained in the following chapters.
Monday, June 27, 2011
A Better Brew - Dogfish breweries
Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head, and extreme beer : The New Yorker
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Gain Staging
In a perfect world, every device in your studio racks would integrate seamlessly with its neighbors, your levels would always be hot without a hint of distortion, and routing signals would be like driving down a smooth road on a sunny day.