@tucker augie'ben'doggy: I agree with you on the bird part. Why take an animal meant to fly and keep it in a cage? Even a VERY large cage prohibits flight.

@sqlfanatic: My guess is a lot of these high-end installation companies have community tanks with extra filter media, substrate and save their changed water, so that the tank they provide is basically already cycled.

@jake_hanson: "there is no need for designers besides making a brochure and a fancy packaging"

@Bluecold: Yes. And that body was only one part of the car. Inside you have a bijillion things that make up user experience beyond the shell and the mechanical components.

@Bluecold: A designer likely had his hand in making that car...

@LightPress: How true.

@tdok: The method in the "DIY Guide" was the method taught to me in the states. You get a good approximation for the size after rounding, close the band, then work out the niggles on a ring sizing anvil (I forget the actual name of the tool). But in the end all that matters is the product. Everyone has their own…

@Pook365: Honestly, I haven't done any work with the softer metals other than some sterling silver. It seems like a harder metal would be beneficial, to prevent the gemstone from falling out. Any gem setting I ever did was with brass (what can I say? I was a poor student!)

@otus: Well, let's not make the equation of store bought handmade. Certainly this handmade ring means more to the recipient than a store-bought item. My argument is that it could have been done much differently - to highlight the handmade nature of the ring and show evidence of the process.

@Crunch: In jewelry making, the solder is generally silver solder made specifically for wearable jewelry.

@Polebull: Heh, it very well could be! If it was, then I certainly stand corrected in my critique!

@addicuss: Of course the girl won't care - the relationship is the true thing that matters.

@wolfrider001: I'm an asshole for critiquing a project someone posted on the internet for all to see?

@tdok: Actually, that is how a standard ring is made.

Speaking as someone with (some) experience in a jewelry studio, this isn't pretty, quirky, or personal.

If you're going to eat chips for 4 hours straight, maybe hearing loss isn't your worst problem.

Ah, Gizmodo. Home of bad ideas and the fake journalism to back them up.

@DDigital: I'm not saying "Let's kill millions of people!"

@TheAncient: Well, there is great debate over this. We have vast water and food shortages and various parts of the world while we burn through it in other parts, and much of the developed world is consuming resources like fossil fuels, precious metals and energy at pretty crazy rates. Our growing tech habits produce…

@TheAncient: As I said before in the other replies, if the Earth cannot sustain our population (it cannot), then what the crap are we doing? We're pushing a population envelope we shouldn't be pushing by using GM foods. The strains on the world's resources are immense.