Exceptionally Unexceptional Quickies

Starting the show off with some cool do-it-yourselfer sorta projects: Diederik Meijer submitted the The Silicon Graphics Refrigerator Project (or: How To Turn a $175.000 High-End SGI Challenge DM Server into a Fridge). Next up, mdaughtrey built a Mechanical Hit Counter jrbx1 sent us a link to an in-dash Atari 2600. Even coolor is that the dash its in is attached to a 1978 volkswagon ;) rednax sent us a review of a kit for adding neon to your PC. If you're not skilled enough to hack how it works, at least you can pretend you're cool and hack how it looks! I Nothing is more dangerous then glewtion's link to a story about a sculpture in england that that worries people since the heat it generates cook fry a bird mid-air. Oh, and I lied: even more dangerous then art is amasci's link to making pet ball-lightning. In your microwave, duh. If you've got some spare time, MxTxL submitted something that we've been seeing more of, email games. This one is battlemail, which apparently is glorified addictive paper rock scissors. f you were an Anime character, here's some helpful hints to keep in mind. Hieronymus Coward sent us a bit about The Drew Carrey Show featuring a 2 minute segment based on the sims. I wonder if they will use the vibromatic bed, actually the next expansion comes out soon (today?) so I probably am gonna have to resurrect my neighborhood sometime soon. Thirsty? Dipfan sent in a story about Coke wanting to put soda fountain style coke in every house right next to the water dispenser. Got Carbonated Milk? Finally for a little random product plugging, Rustin H. Wright found a place selling penguin crossing signs. Finally, anotherone noted that you can use Google in full swedish bork bork chef glory.

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Physics in a Microwave Oven.

[mr_gerbik]

This proves I am getting a top of the line education at Ohio State.

Physics in a Microwave Oven

Paper Rock Scissors

[OdinHuntr]

Any loyal Brunching fan will realize that the PRS e-mail phenomenon started before this "battlemail" tomfoolery ... check out Roshambo Rampage at the Brunching Shuttlecocks.

Back home, many an RPS legend has been born out of Roshambo Rampage.
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What I really want...

[igaborf]

"You would have water mixing automatically with the concentrate and then connect it all up so that when you turn on your tap you have Coke at home."

Have them get back to me when they can mix Bacardi in, too.

Mirror of the Mechanical Counter:

[codewolf]

Mechanical Counter Mirror Link

Swedish Chef borkifier

[gwyrdd benyw]

Swedish Chef translator here!!!!

English Sculpture link

[Alien54]

The direct link to the site is here. It is called the Sky Mirror. They got photos and everything.

Mechanical hit counter?

[TrevorB]

Geez, I hope this guy's house doesn't light on fire due to the slashdot effect...

Neato..

[soulsteal]

We can search google using Swedish chef talk. Yet no one can parse the CmdrTaco speak mentioning all these quickies.

Carbonated Milk

[gvonk]

If we drink carbonated milk, wouldn't we be getting and preventing osteoporosis at the same time???

Poor mechanical web counter

[kreyg]

We're going to melt the thing, cut it out guys. :-)

First house fire caused by the /. effect. Grim or cool? I can't decide.

Counter Slashdotted but Creator in Good Humor

[Lostman]

I just got the webcam to update the picture and it was up to 303,129 -- attached to the top was a little sign saying "Hellooooo Slashdot!"

Geez -- seems pretty happy for a guy who now knows that he wont have internet access until sometime tomorrow.. =)

Carbonated Milk?

[Chmarr]

Raises some very interesting issues.

1. The Japanese have had carbonated milk drinks for some time. (And my, do they taste strange or what).

2. Carbonation creates carbolic acid. Mixed with a alkaline (which is what milk generally is), is going to create some very weird effects.

3. Saying that milk is outright 'good for you' is just plain irresponsible. Milk contains fat, cholesterol, and lactose, all of which are bad for you in sufficient enough quantities. (But see note below)

4. They're adding 'crystalline fructose', which is just another way of saying 'sugar' without saying 'Sugar'. Fructose is a simpler carbohydrate than sucrose (which is a fructose/glucose pair), and therefore even more easily absorbed by the digestive system, and turned into fat. We should be aiming for more comples carbohydrates, not simpler.

However:

1. It still sounds like a better drink than the soda-pop crap. But, if you want refreshment, drink water. We all need to drink more water. (Apols to those in Dallas, your water sucks, you might as well drink petrol :)

Re:Whippets, anyone?

[MenTaLguY]

*slaps forehead*

You fools, this thing produces NO2! That is NOT the same thing as nitrous (N2O). Nasty stuff if you're thinking of inhaling it, and it certainly won't boost your car's performance either.

Not that I really think inhaling N2O for fun is really that bright an idea either, but good grief man..