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Telephone Ads From The Past. 2007-08-23 10:42:00 Telephone Ads From The Past.Here are some telephone ads through the decades & if you observe you will find that the ads' appeal changes along with the changing times. Click on the images to enlarge.Telephone ads from the 1910'sTelephone ads from the 1920'sTelephone ads from the 1930'sTelephone ads from the 1940'sTelephone ads from the 1950'sTelephone ads of the 1960'sTelephone ads of the 1970'sSourceOther Posts: Interesting Piece Of FurnitureCamouflage Photography Top 10 Most Fantastic Key Fobs ...

Telephone Ads From The Past. 2007-08-23 10:42:00 Telephone Ads From The Past.Here are some telephone ads through the decades & if you observe you will find that the ads' appeal changes along with the changing times. Click on the images to enlarge.Telephone ads from the 1910'sTelephone ads from the 1920'sTelephone ads from the 1930'sTelephone ads from the 1940'sTelephone ads from the 1950'sTelephone ads of the 1960'sTelephone ads of the 1970'sSourceOther Posts: Interesting Piece Of FurnitureCamouflage Photography Top 10 Most Fantastic Key Fobs ...

How To Make A Fake Glass A.K.A. Sugar Glass 2007-08-23 10:31:00 How To Make A Fake Glass A.K.A. Sugar GlassIn movies we have seen numerous times that some innocent guy gets smashed over the head with a bottle or thrown out of a window. The glass used there isn't exactly glass.Reason why real glasses aren't used can be understood without any explanation. So what is that used? Fake glass a.k.a. sugar glass. Below is a short & simple method to make this sugar glass. And remember two things: firstly don't try eating it as it wont taste good & secondly don't get disheartened if you fail the first time. Just give it another try & may be you turn out to be the master of the craft as its well said 'Practice makes a man perfect'. Here are the instructions: "Materials needed: Old saucepan Oven Baking thermometer 2 measures of water 1 measure of golden syrup 3 1/2 measures of sugar A mould for your glass (depending on the shape requirements)Steps: Mix the water, golden syrup and sugar together in the saucepan and bring it to a boil on the oven. Leave i ...

How To Make A Fake Glass A.K.A. Sugar Glass 2007-08-23 10:31:00 How To Make A Fake Glass A.K.A. Sugar GlassIn movies we have seen numerous times that some innocent guy gets smashed over the head with a bottle or thrown out of a window. The glass used there isn't exactly glass.Reason why real glasses aren't used can be understood without any explanation. So what is that used? Fake glass a.k.a. sugar glass. Below is a short & simple method to make this sugar glass. And remember two things: firstly don't try eating it as it wont taste good & secondly don't get disheartened if you fail the first time. Just give it another try & may be you turn out to be the master of the craft as its well said 'Practice makes a man perfect'. Here are the instructions: "Materials needed: Old saucepan Oven Baking thermometer 2 measures of water 1 measure of golden syrup 3 1/2 measures of sugar A mould for your glass (depending on the shape requirements)Steps: Mix the water, golden syrup and sugar together in the saucepan and bring it to a boil on the oven. Leave i ...

Apple G3 Beer Server 2007-08-23 10:24:00 Apple G3 Beer ServerThis may be a dream come true for a Mac fan: Apple G3 Beer Server. Though this is pretty old piece of info but still its quite interesting least for us as it is a combination of our favorite things in one. Pretty nifty device & of course, "because the mini-keg inside only holds a liter of beer, you must serve the beer to your friends in tiny Japanese beer glasses. This is NOT a good way to keep friends".SourceOther Posts:Toothpick Carvings Matchbox Illusion Related Posts:Ad Of The Very First Apple Computer: Apple I ... Apple

Apple G3 Beer Server 2007-08-23 10:24:00 Apple G3 Beer ServerThis may be a dream come true for a Mac fan: Apple G3 Beer Server. Though this is pretty old piece of info but still its quite interesting least for us as it is a combination of our favorite things in one. Pretty nifty device & of course, "because the mini-keg inside only holds a liter of beer, you must serve the beer to your friends in tiny Japanese beer glasses. This is NOT a good way to keep friends".SourceOther Posts:Toothpick Carvings Matchbox Illusion Related Posts:Ad Of The Very First Apple Computer: Apple I ... Apple

Super Cooled Water 2007-08-23 10:16:00 Super Cooled WaterWatch Super Cooled Water Video - 1 on YoutubeIn video - 1 it's shows an open bottle, about half full, being shaken. The water solidifies in a matter of seconds.Watch Super Cooled Water Video - 2 on YoutubeIn video- 2 water in a clear glass is stirred with a straw & it freezes. Watch Super Cooled Water Video - 3 on YoutubeIn video 3 he tried to pour some water from a bottle into a glass, but ice formed at the mouth of the bottle before he could get much out. This video (almost) shows the crystallizing in the bottle. Keep your eyes on the bottom of the bottle; you can see it get cloudy as the water changes states.These three videos are made by Matthew Sparks on super cooled water. It all happened on in the first week of December 2005 when he went to get some bottled water from his garage. The bottled water was in the garage for over a week, & was mostly undisturbed. The temperature was reportedly -17°C (about 1°F). Though it looked to him the garage was slight ...

Super Cooled Water 2007-08-23 10:16:00 Super Cooled WaterWatch Super Cooled Water Video - 1 on YoutubeIn video - 1 it's shows an open bottle, about half full, being shaken. The water solidifies in a matter of seconds.Watch Super Cooled Water Video - 2 on YoutubeIn video- 2 water in a clear glass is stirred with a straw & it freezes. Watch Super Cooled Water Video - 3 on YoutubeIn video 3 he tried to pour some water from a bottle into a glass, but ice formed at the mouth of the bottle before he could get much out. This video (almost) shows the crystallizing in the bottle. Keep your eyes on the bottom of the bottle; you can see it get cloudy as the water changes states.These three videos are made by Matthew Sparks on super cooled water. It all happened on in the first week of December 2005 when he went to get some bottled water from his garage. The bottled water was in the garage for over a week, & was mostly undisturbed. The temperature was reportedly -17°C (about 1°F). Though it looked to him the garage was slight ...

Can Sculptures 2007-08-23 09:55:00 Can SculpturesDid you ever think of making towers out of cans? A competition called Canstruction lets one to participate and show ones talent at creating towers and models out of cans of food. Their motto is to fight hunger.Once the competition is over, these food cans are then donated to food banks, the homeless and so on to feed the hungry people.The participants are allowed to use only ¼ inch thick flat material for leveling the structure, tape, cardboard, wire and rubber bands and the cans of food of course.These constructions just show the sheer talent of the participants.SourceOther Posts:Typewriter Art Linux Ad: Truth HappensRelated Posts:Art With Beer Cans ...

Can Sculptures 2007-08-23 09:55:00 Can SculpturesDid you ever think of making towers out of cans? A competition called Canstruction lets one to participate and show ones talent at creating towers and models out of cans of food. Their motto is to fight hunger.Once the competition is over, these food cans are then donated to food banks, the homeless and so on to feed the hungry people.The participants are allowed to use only ¼ inch thick flat material for leveling the structure, tape, cardboard, wire and rubber bands and the cans of food of course.These constructions just show the sheer talent of the participants.SourceOther Posts:Typewriter Art Linux Ad: Truth HappensRelated Posts:Art With Beer Cans ...

World's Biggest Railway Model 2007-08-22 10:41:00 World's Biggest Railway Model Mini Wonderland Hamburg's warehouse district is home to one of the world's largest model railway tracks. Every half hour, day turns to night in this miniature world. This is one of the biggest mock-up railways of the world. Over 450 railway carriages with more than 7,000 trailers, 50,000 trees, 30,000 figures, 10,000 cars, 5,000 meters of track, 3,000 houses & plenty of bridges. Source: Fishki Via ArchibaseRelated Posts:World's Largest Drain HoleWorld's Deepest Water-Filled Sinkhole - El Zacatón Cenote World's Biggest Hole ...

World's Biggest Railway Model 2007-08-22 10:41:00 World's Biggest Railway Model Mini Wonderland Hamburg's warehouse district is home to one of the world's largest model railway tracks. Every half hour, day turns to night in this miniature world. This is one of the biggest mock-up railways of the world. Over 450 railway carriages with more than 7,000 trailers, 50,000 trees, 30,000 figures, 10,000 cars, 5,000 meters of track, 3,000 houses & plenty of bridges. Source: Fishki Via ArchibaseRelated Posts:World's Largest Drain HoleWorld's Deepest Water-Filled Sinkhole - El Zacatón Cenote World's Biggest Hole ...

Ad Of The Very First Apple Computer: Apple I 2007-08-22 10:37:00 Ad Of The Very First Apple Computer: Apple IClick on the image to enlarge.It looks like the advertisement of the very first Apple Computer: Apple I, also known as the Apple-1. This is Apple's absolute first logo, pre 1976: The very first Apple Computer logo, drawn by Ronald Wayne, depicts Isaac Newton under an apple tree.This is what Wikipedia says: The Apple I was Apple's first product, demonstrated in April 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. It went on sale in July 1976 at a price of $666.66(checkout the price & date on the ad), reportedly because Wozniak liked repeating digits and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $500 and added a one-third markup. About 200 units were produced. Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 30 chips. However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply, keyboard, and display. An optional ... Apple

Ad Of The Very First Apple Computer: Apple I 2007-08-22 10:37:00 Ad Of The Very First Apple Computer: Apple IClick on the image to enlarge.It looks like the advertisement of the very first Apple Computer: Apple I, also known as the Apple-1. This is Apple's absolute first logo, pre 1976: The very first Apple Computer logo, drawn by Ronald Wayne, depicts Isaac Newton under an apple tree.This is what Wikipedia says: The Apple I was Apple's first product, demonstrated in April 1976 at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. It went on sale in July 1976 at a price of $666.66(checkout the price & date on the ad), reportedly because Wozniak liked repeating digits and because they originally sold it to a local shop for $500 and added a one-third markup. About 200 units were produced. Unlike other hobbyist computers of its day, which were sold as kits, the Apple I was a fully assembled circuit board containing about 30 chips. However, to make a working computer, users still had to add a case, power supply, keyboard, and display. An optional ... Apple

Interesting Piece Of Furniture 2007-08-22 10:33:00 Interesting Piece Of FurnitureWhat a good piece of furniture, the concept is that it is multifunctional. Designed by Yoon-Zee Kim, this piece of furniture can be just a conventional shelf & to others it may be a desk or even for someone a chair. It's really convenient & appealing. SourceOther Posts:Pencil FurnitureRelated Posts:The Obelisk ChairsChair You Love To Sit On: Banquete Chair With Pandas ...