Awesome. Now lay below to the particle accelerator and ask for a Higg's bosun punch.

*taxiing* #corrections

You can buy these on Etsy - and not have to wait for a pre-order.

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This technology is truly amazing. Here's a video, showing a recipient. [www.youtube.com]

Skateboards use standard industrial bearings, even the shittiest 608 bearings are intended for speeds in machinery much higher than they'd encounter on a skateboard, even here.

ABEC refers to manufacturing tolerance. The designation means nothing with regard to how much abuse they can handle.

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By lighting it on fire, you burn out all of the solvents that allow the polish to penetrate the leather and actually provide protection and water resistance. The polish sits on top of the leather, looking pretty, until it eventually cracks off. Now you have a nasty pair of boots, and useless can of shoe polish full…

Wool is also a material that "manages to maintain its usefulness even when it's wet." The ultimate "technical fiber." Here's a quick read about the awesomeness of wool:

Imagine all the burrow owls they displaced in building those strips.

I know Ai Wei Wei's work when I see it.

The only place that measures the wave from the back is Hawaii. SoCal surfers measure the part of the wave that matters-the face.

I was shuttled around in my single-digit years between a Mercury Bobcat (rebadged Pinto) and a Dodge Colt Hatchback. I remember the 'back-back' of my parents' and my aunt and uncle's cars was the choice seating among my cousins, my brother and me. I could sit back there and play with my Star Wars action figures,…

I'll wait. iOS 5 comes in the mail day after tomorrow...in a nice white 64gb package! My beat-up 3gs will live in a drawer in its current legacy state . :)

THat's not a quadrant, it's a sextant. The arc is one-sixth of a circle (60 degrees), but it measures up to 120 degrees by double reflection. And you can get a lot more than just latitude from them, using it with a copy of the Nautical Almanac and a chronometer (my chronometer is a timex.) One more thing- if you…

dammit. Again. Shrodinger's cat reference fail.

Over the falls at Chopes. Recurring nightmare material. I'd love to go someday...just to watch real surfers at it. The only thing I'd be dropping into is the cooler for another beer.

Images C and D remind me of:

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