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I emailed them about this once. I've tried two different browsers. I mean, it's not like I'm getting a network error...I'm getting an Apache error. It's not on my end.
Gone a fowl, we attempted to clean chicken feathers to use in our cob to add strength and insulation. Phewww!
A failed attempt to create an armoured recovery vehicle, an M88A1 to be precise. I wanted it to be built around scale 1:22, and that would lead to tracks of around 4 studs wide. However, I want it to be remote controlled, and the only way I see to make 4-wide tracks, with 1x4 tiles added to the older track segments, proved to be too fragile. The tiles kept falling off.
I might redesign it in a different scale though, since I really want to make a military tracked vehicle, and I think ARV's are not that common to see in LEGO (I know only one example of a RC one).
Hai guys so I failed my 100 day protect. I'm pretty much so devastated. I have been so busy with year 12, doctor apts and I'm pretty sure I have insomnia. Plus my computer broke. Yes they're not good excuses but it's all I've got. I'm sorry.
The 50x70cm poster "Dr.Fail" is our participation for the SEEAR Exhibition 2013 themed "Superheroes".
The brief was to create a character and visualize him through a poster.
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The poster exhibits the origins of Dr.Fail through three basic timelines. Two of them are centered around his personal life and events, that inspired him to build machines and weird inventions, most of which failed miserably. The third timeline is focused on his relationship with Megumi, the girl who unwillingly broke his heart and transformed him to a super villain.
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The idea behind the poster is not to show the character itself, but instead allow the viewer, through an emotional association, to visualize the character based on similar experiences. The color theme and the choise of the data circle, was inspired by the character's japanese origin, which is enhanced by the use of english and japanese languages for the legend and text of the poster.
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Check the whole project here: bit.ly/IrOadu
Wolverine Fail Toy, Wolverine Inflatable Squeaky Hammer by Rhode Island Novelty RINCO. My he inflation valve stem in right in Wolverine's Crotch. It certainly is an epic fail toy! From Mike Mozart's Collection of Unusual and Fail Toys of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube!
failed second attempt! so sad since attempt number one went so well. i've no idea what went wrong, any suggestions?
Raft failure: at 30mm/s on generic RoboSavvy filament, trying to do a 2mm wide extrude from 0.4mm nozzle, the rep2 does this. At 10mm/s its fine. This is makerbot 2014 software (which has plenty of bad design flaws...)
Wolverine Fail Toy, Wolverine Inflatable Squeaky Hammer by Rhode Island Novelty RINCO. My he inflation valve stem in right in Wolverine's Crotch. It certainly is an epic fail toy! From Mike Mozart's Collection of Unusual and Fail Toys of TheToyChannel and JeepersMedia on YouTube!
A dreadful photo of the Henry Bell monument in Helensburgh. Tried everything but the exposure defeated me.
So there I was trying to figure out how the Fuji Fotonex 1000ix worked and the flash fired, the camera whirred and I had 24 exposures left on the film. I'm impressed that the camera managed to focus on the plain white ceiling.
@AntonioGould, Bobby (not on Twitter?), @lovelychaos and @benrmatthews perform an Epic Fail for @qwghlm's birthday. Fail Stamp provided by @anniemole / @utku.
This looks soooo gooood but tasted... meh.
So I wanted to try this new fangled sous vide low-temperature cooking. Bought a not-so-special T-Bone / Porterhouse and vacuumed it with a bit of steak pepper and herb salt. Got my styrofoam cooler and added a hole in the top for a little silicone tube, and some drainage holes. Hot water collects in the funnel, flows through tube to the bottom of the cooler and drains just under the lid. Thermometer pierced through lid to do whatever it is that thermometers do. Just over 7 hours at 55°C. Searing in hot pan produces lots of smoke, little else. The meat is tender throughout, but I miss the range of textures you get from a "traditional" steak: crispy on the outside, with a juicy pink centre and melt-in-your-mouth fat... This steak was greasy and tallowy, with a hint of fishiness, though (to be fair, I don't know how far the method is to blame for the Flavour Fail).
I will definitely not try this again for steak. I may give it another try for some other cut of meat.
Adolf Hitler: From the poorhouse to the luxury hotel
After Austria's "Anschluss" to the German Reich in March 1938, Hitler "Aryanized" the Hotel Imperial and declared it to be his residence in Vienna.
When he was last in Vienna, he lived in the men's home in Meldemann street. When Hitler returned a quarter of a century later, he stayed at the Hotel Imperial. A rise from homeless shelters to the city's first address.
Adolf Hitler already dreamed of such splendor as a failed painter, as he already enthused in the concoction My Fight, that "the whole Ring Road seems to me like a magic of the Thousand and One Nights". Now, the dream came true, the "Führer" shows up just two days after the "Anschluss" on the balcony of the Ringstrasse Hotel and can be acclaimed by a large crowd in front of the Imperial.
Celebrity guests
The Imperial has long been a myth, a mysterious piece of Vienna - even though few inhabitants of the city know it from the inside. The huge building was not built for state guests, but for a single couple, the Duke of Württemberg and his wife Maria Theresia, a native of Habsburg. When the two lost their interest in the palace when it was completed in 1866, banker Horace von Landau converted it into a luxury hotel that attracted monarchs, business people, wealthy tourists and artists like Sarah Bernhardt, Richard Wagner and later Charlie Chaplin. And then comes March 14, 1938. Hitler moves into Vienna, declares the Imperial to be his residence, and puts up along with propaganda minister Goebbels and other Nazi figures at the Kärntner Ring. The Neue Wiener Tagblatt praised: "Just as the Führer made the Kaiserhof Hotel in Berlin his headquarters, he now raised a company of the same rank and reputation as the Kaiserhof to the Vienna headquarters."
Hotel "Aryanization"
Parallel to his entry, the preparations for the "Aryanization" of the house are under way. Samuel Schallinger, the main shareholder of the Imperial, is arrested and later deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he is murdered in 1942. "Hitler did not live in the Regency rooms, he them only used for business," writes his traveling secretary Christa Schroeder in her memoirs. "He himself lived in a small apartment with fabulously beautiful floral arrangements ... It was overwhelming." And the trivialization continues: "By thousands," reports the still fascinated by Hitler in 1949, Mrs. Schroeder, "the Viennese stood in front of the hotel and grew not tired to call for him (Hitler)." In the evening he speaks from the balcony of the Imperial to the population, which remained on the Ring Road: "My German Volksgenossen (ethnic compatriots)," he roars into the microphone, "it's a big turn, that was given to our German people. What we experience here is experienced by the entire German people ... I am moved and touched by this historic change. Whatever comes, the German Reich, as it stands today, nobody will break anymore and no one more tear!"
Effort for Hitler
The effort that was spent on Hitler was gigantic. The Gestapo had checked the dates of all hotel staff before his arrival and "normal guests" moved to the hotel Bristol so that the "leader" could be undisturbed. And the red-white-red flags on an imperial picture from 1931 were painted over with swastikas. Among the guests Hitler receives at the Imperial is his sister Paula, who is seven years his junior. Discretion is the order of the day as the "leader" hides the members of his family arising from quite humble beginnings. Since her brother is Chancellor, Paula Hitler lives under the name of Wolf in a poor attic in Vienna. She enters for the first time in her life a luxury hotel and is intimidated by the Hitler cult and the "Heil Hitler" calls made in the Imperial can be heard in every corner. The siblings have not seen each other for a long time. The atmosphere is warm, exuberant by the sister. After half an hour of talking, she leaves the Imperial - with a money envelope in her pocket. Adolf and Paula Hitler have hardly any contact after this meeting - although she were close to the regime. After being briefly detained by the US occupation after the war, Ms. Hitler claimed that her brother "had nothing to do with, and knew nothing about, the crimes of the Nazi era." She died in 1960 at the age of 64.
A bunker for Hitler
Since Hitler selected the Imperial for headquarters - which he visited only once - an underground bunker was built to protect him. At the side entrance of the hotel, a five-meter-deep shaft was dug and broadened as an air-raid shelter. Hitler never entered it, but during the Allied attacks several Philharmonic musicians, who ran over from the nearby Musikverein, found refuge.
The Queen at the Imperial
During the occupation, the hotel served as the seat of the Soviet High Commissioner, before it became a noble hostel for state guests of the Republic in 1958. The most eye-catching visit was probably that of Queen Elizabeth in May 1969, other prominent guests were Shah Reza Pahlevi, Spain's King Juan Carlos, world stars such as Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, Yul Brynner and Sophia Loren.
While heads of state stay at the Imperial as guests of the republic, ordinary millionaires today pay up to $ 5,000 per night in the princely suite. Without breakfast.
Adolf Hitler: Vom Armenhaus ins Luxushotel
Nach Österreichs "Anschluss" an das Deutsche Reich im März 1938 ließ Hitler das Hotel Imperial "arisieren" und erklärte es zu seiner Wiener Residenz.
Als er zuletzt in Wien war, bewohnte er das Männerheim in der Meldemannstraße. Als Hitler ein Vierteljahrhundert später wiederkam, stieg er im Hotel Imperial ab. Ein Aufstieg vom Obdachlosenasyl zur ersten Adresse der Stadt.
Geträumt hat Adolf Hitler von derlei Prunk bereits als gescheiterter Kunstmaler, schwärmte er doch schon in dem Machwerk Mein Kampf, dass "die ganze Ringstraße auf mich wie ein Zauber aus Tausend und einer Nacht wirkt". Nun ging der Traum in Erfüllung, der "Führer" zeigt sich nur zwei Tage nach dem "Anschluss" auf dem Balkon des Ringstraßenhotels und lässt sich von einer großen Menschenmenge vor dem Imperial bejubeln.
Prominente Gäste
Längst ist das Imperial ein Mythos, ein geheimnisvolles Stück Wien – auch wenn es nur wenige Bewohner der Stadt von innen kennen. Dabei wurde das riesige Gebäude gar nicht für Staatsgäste gebaut, sondern für ein einzelnes Ehepaar, den Herzog von Württemberg und seine Frau Maria Theresia, eine gebürtige Habsburg. Als die beiden nach seiner Fertigstellung 1866 das Interesse an dem Palast verloren, baute ihn der Bankier Horace von Landau in ein Luxushotel um, das Monarchen, Geschäftsleute, betuchte Touristen und Künstler wie Sarah Bernhardt, Richard Wagner und später Charlie Chaplin anlockte.Und dann kommt der 14. März 1938. Hitler zieht in Wien ein, erklärt das Imperial zu seiner Residenz und steigt samt Propagandaminister Goebbels und anderen Nazi-Größen am Kärntner Ring ab. Das Neue Wiener Tagblatt rühmte: "Wie der Führer das Hotel Kaiserhof in Berlin zu seinem Hauptquartier machte, erhob er jetzt ein in Ruf und Rang dem Kaiserhof ebenbürtiges Unternehmen zum Wiener Hauptquartier."
Hotel-"Arisierung"
Parallel zu seinem Einzug laufen die Vorbereitungen zur "Arisierung" des Hauses. Samuel Schallinger, Hauptaktionär des Imperial, wird verhaftet und später ins KZ Theresienstadt deportiert, wo er 1942 ermordet wird."Hitler wohnte nicht in den Fürstenzimmern, die benutzte er nur dienstlich", schreibt seine mitgereiste Sekretärin Christa Schroeder in ihren Lebenserinnerungen. "Er selbst bewohnte ein kleines Appartement mit märchenhaft schönen Blumenarrangements... Es war überwältigend."Und die Verharmlosung geht weiter: "Zu Tausenden", berichtet die im Jahr 1949 von Hitler immer noch faszinierte Frau Schroeder, "hatten die Wiener vor dem Hotel gestanden und wurden nicht müde, nach Hitler zu rufen."Am Abend spricht er vom Balkon des Imperial zur Bevölkerung, die auf der Ringstraße ausharrte: "Meine deutschen Volksgenossen", brüllt er ins Mikrofon, "es ist eine große Wende, die unserem deutschen Volk zuteil wurde. Was wir hier erleben, erlebt das ganze deutsche Volk... Ich bin ergriffen und bewegt von dieser geschichtlichen Wende. Was immer auch kommen mag, das Deutsche Reich, so wie es heute steht, wird niemand mehr zerbrechen und niemand mehr zerreißen!"
Aufwand um Hitler
Der Aufwand, der um Hitler betrieben wurde, war gigantisch. Die Gestapo hatte noch vor seiner Ankunft die Daten aller Hotel-Mitarbeiter überprüft und "normale Gäste" ins Hotel Bristol übersiedelt, damit der "Führer" ungestört sein konnte. Und die rot-weiß-roten Fahnen auf einem Imperial-Bild von 1931 wurden mit Hakenkreuzen übermalt.Zu den Gästen, die Hitler im Imperial empfängt, zählt seine um sieben Jahre jüngere Schwester Paula. Diskretion ist angesagt, denn der "Führer" versteckt die Mitglieder seiner aus kleinen Verhältnissen stammenden Familie. Seit ihr Bruder Reichskanzler ist, wohnt Paula Hitler unter dem Namen Wolf in einer ärmlichen Dachkammer in Wien.Sie betritt zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben ein Nobelhotel und ist eingeschüchtert ob des Hitler-Kults und der "Heil Hitler"-Rufe, die im Imperial an allen Ecken zu hören sind.Die Geschwister haben einander lange nicht gesehen. Die Atmosphäre ist herzlich, vonseiten der Schwester überschwänglich. Nach einer halbstündigen Plauderei verlässt sie das Imperial – mit einem Geldkuvert in der Tasche.Adolf und Paula Hitler haben nach diesem Treffen – obwohl sie dem Regime nahe stand – kaum noch Kontakt. Nach dem Krieg von der US-Besatzung kurz in Gewahrsam genommen, behauptete Frau Hitler, dass ihr Bruder "mit den Verbrechen der NS-Zeit nichts zu tun und von diesen auch nichts gewusst" habe. Sie stirbt 1960 mit 64 Jahren.
Ein Bunker für Hitler
Da Hitler das Imperial zum Hauptquartier auserkor – das er nur ein Mal besuchte – wurde ein unterirdischer Bunker gebaut, der ihm Schutz bieten sollte. Am Seiteneingang des Hotels wurde ein fünf Meter tiefer Schacht gegraben und als Luftschutzkeller ausgebaut. Hitler hat ihn nie betreten, dafür fanden während der alliierten Angriffe mehrere Philharmoniker, die vom nahen Musikverein herüber liefen, Unterschlupf.
Die Queen im Imperial
In der Besatzungszeit diente das Hotel als Sitz des sowjetischen Hochkommissars, ehe es 1958 zur Nobelherberge für Staatsgäste der Republik wurde. Der Aufsehen erregendste Besuch war wohl der von Queen Elizabeth im Mai 1969, weitere prominente Gäste waren Schah Reza Pahlevi, Spaniens König Juan Carlos, Weltstars wie Liz Taylor und Richard Burton, Yul Brynner und Sophia Loren.
Während Staatsoberhäupter im Imperial als Gäste der Republik verweilen, zahlen ganz normale Millionäre heute pro Nacht in der Fürstensuite bis zu 5000 Euro. Ohne Frühstück.
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My MacBook Pro’s battery won’t charge anymore. There’s a mysterious “X” on the battery meter and the moment the power plug disconnects, the machine shuts down. /fail