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An anonymous source submitted these to me as an example of how NOT to cool a machine room.
Yes, that is a box fan zip tied to a cable ladder, hanging under a cooling duct.
Fail.
This abomination I spotted at a clinic in Peterborough, Ontario Canada. I weep for humanity and for the poor old ladies who have to figure this out.
no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars
so this is what happens when I try to take pictures of stars without a tripod. wooo.
Counting Stars - One Republic
In my early SHIP building days, I once tried using an economical amount of technic framing to create this idea. I accidentally dropped it and the entire frame shattered. I have since learned to make my technic frames the expensive way.
Never got satisfied with the shape, and kept sanding until I basically broke the pipe. Anyways, it is always a good thing to get a new pipe for myself!
Northern Lights (FAIL)
Decided to chance our luck with the recent amazing photos that have appeared of the northern lights from Scotland. Sadly we only saw a couple a flashes of it in the night sky!
Template on left is a Freaky Friend- like a beanie buddy or whatever, with a Radiohead Bear evil twist. Eyes = buttons, mouth = stitches. On right is my 11th hour attempt at sewing the real thing. Despite kind twitter humour & encouragement, I still failed. I do hope the kids can do a better job tomorrow at my School Holiday Activity. I certainly nailed the Freaky bit...
first fail: they were extremely hard to pop from the mold.
second fail: days later they form an odd unpleasant texture making them sadly uneatable.
I'll never fly KLM again -- they managed to fuck up just about every possible detail they could -- causing me to spend another night in Amsterdam. While it doesn't sound like the worst thing that could happen to a person, it was a bit of a disaster.
Here's one detail that tells the rest of the story: the machine that gave me my ticket had a different time on the screen than on the paper. I'm not a programmer, but it seems difficult to attain such results.
A downstream view of the failed dam at Hope Mills Lake on Little Rockfish Creek in Hope Mills, North Carolina.
Sent to me by a friend; saved here for the entertainment of many. I did not make this lolcat, and unfortunately I don't know who did.
Considering that Comrie has once again found itself on the news due to flooding, I'm surprised this was the extent of the flood water inside the Strowan Tunnel. Clearly drainage has always been an issue inside this tunnel as it contains two very prominent drainage channels down both sides. The one along the western wall is coping a lot better than the one on the eastern side.
The other interesting feature here is that the tunnel is using half concrete and half brick at this point. Throughout the 100 yard length of this tunnel, travelling from north to south we have an entirely brick lined section, a bare rock section, a second brick lined section, a second and longer bare rock section and finally, we get this interesting mix of materials for the final part. The Strowan Tunnel packs a lot of interest into such a small space. Just behind me is the tunnel's only alcove.
It looks as if the railway was opened in 1893, 3 years after the Glenfarg line opened which contains some of the first tunnels to use a concrete lining. I'm surprised this tunnel wasn't built entirely in concrete like Glenfarg South and it's sister tunnel at St. Fillans was.