Trains, Banes, and Hobbitsesss...

[ps238principal]

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[miyaa99]

Wow. New commentary design from LiveJournal. Snazzy.

Anyway, if you like comedians debate, you should listen to CBC's the Debaters. It sucks that it's one of the few shows you can only purchase through iTunes for past episodes.

[miyaa99]

If you into back to the future and legend of zelda. go to youtube and watch "A Link to the Future". It's good for a few laughs

[ps238principal]

And they've made parts II and III as well!

[miyaa99]

Actually, radio and video both available online. Radio episodes at http://www.cbc.ca/thedebaters/episode/, video episodes at http://www.cbc.ca/thedebaters/video/.

[missychacha]

I'm gonna make one of those boba fett hats.

once I'm done crocheting my thesis.*weep*

[miyaa99]

Now that I'd love to see.

[cjthomas]

Someone _did_ make crochet versions of "minimal surfaces" and other topological artifacts a while back...

[missychacha]

I'm mimicking cellular structures with crocheted lace

[ext_792798]

Showers aren't that simple unfortunately... there is a very complex feedback process going on between the two taps. That's why THEY LIE!!!!

[ext_792798]

That's why I like the thermostatic valve on my tub. One knob for temperature and one valve for flow. Best plumbing purchase I ever made.

[ps238principal]

That sounds very nice, indeed. Are they commonly available, or still a special-order type of thing?

[cjthomas]

Regarding silicone-casting of chocolate, I'm making notes, because I've wanted to make a Replicator-block ice cube tray for a while. That said, make sure you're getting a sulphur-free modelling clay if you follow those directions, as sulphur compounds impede curing of silicone (you'll get a sticky surface layer at best, and a mold that fails to cure at worst). This is also why silicone and plaster are a bad combination (plaster is calcium sulphate hydrate

[missychacha]

from reading the comments, it looks like she filled up both sides and set them on top of each other when they weren't quite set, but not liquidy

[word_geek]

I vaguely, and I mean really vaguely, remember the smash-up derby cars. I think I had one of them when I was quite young. What I recall about it then is the same thing that occurs to me now...what good is ONE smash-up derby car?

[cjthomas]

Watching it explode when you smashed it into other objects at high speed, of course!

I agree that dueling probably makes it more fun.

[anonymous]

Oh sweet cheeze-whiz, I remember soooo many of those toys! We had two of the demolition derby SSTs, a purple dragster, and the Evel Knievel bike - the proper one with the T-strap, not the weak and pathetic crank-thingy. I wonder if they're still at my parents place somewhere, or if they got donated to somebody when we outgrew them? I also remember thinking that the playdough fun factory was for sad boring kids who couldn't figure out how to make anything up on their own. Thanks for the memories, man! And no thanks for inspiring another "You kids don't know nuthin', now git offa my lawn!" moment, you whippersnapper!

Kay (who is older than you)

[ps238principal]

Ah, but the Play-Doh fun factory has found a new use (at least in the kitchen) as producing long, extruded square-shaped strips of cookie dough that can be assembled into pixel-art cookies!

Dunno if the other shapes have similar uses, but science will someday record the data, I'm sure. :)