YouTube description: Jide Ipaye loves sneakers. Growing up, he had a hard time finding cool ones in his size, so he learned to make his own. But why keep a good thing to yourself? His Keexs line, with... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 72 views • 2:28Videos (129) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
Back in the 1920s, wingwalking claimed lives. Daredevils would move around on the top of a plane's wings, in mid-flight, often without any harness or any safety line. Maybe they'd be able to clip onto... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 7 months ago • 74 views • 4:09YouTube description: For the past 30 years, Paul Francis has been crafting the perfect sound, honing his skills at a company that has been in the business of making cymbals for 400 years. Making cymbals... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 831 views • 2:41If you're in Canada, you need good winter boots. But how do you know whether they're actually safe, or whether you'll fall over the first time you step on ice? This is WinterLab, part of the Challenging... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 36 viewsHow to dial your phone, now that the operator won't do all the work for you. A public training film from well within living memory, at a time when youngsters might need the instruction in order to use... continue reading
posted by Buttle 6 years 2 weeks ago • 1,504 views • 9:51At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there's a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They're used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here's how.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 769 views • 3:59YouTube description: IMPORTANT NOTE I'm not saying that this is the best or only way. I have lots of friends who go to 100% every time and they are extremely prolific and effective creators. And they... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 1,346 views • 3:57I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months ago • 1,024 views • 10:47YouTube: Do you like playing with your cat, cats or other people’s cats? Would you like to know some interesting information about how cats play? And good ways to play with your cat? Well, watch this... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months ago • 151 views • 5:42In Crawfordsville, Indiana, there's a rotary jail: an invention that, with hindsight, should probably never have been built. But it was, here and in other towns across the United States. It might have... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 753 views • 3:17Some of the most exciting movies are the ones with crazy plot twists. But what separates a good twist from a bad one? Let's take a look at a few movies and see what separates the epic from the boring.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 547 views • 5:34A more light hearted episode. On that solar eclipse hype train. I've never been so excited to literally not see something. Btw before someone's who's played aged of mythology chimes in, Mercury is a Roman... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 306 views • 3:20Good news, aspiring artists! The world of fine art is manipulated financially AND extremely exclusive!
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,143 views • 5:16This guy wanted to learn how to make nixie Tues and now is quite good at it. Every step is noted.
posted by bobknight33 6 years 9 months ago • 683 views • 37:50Uhoh YouTube: Prescription drugs are pretty awesome. They improve lives all the time. But it is possible to take too many. Over time, as patients are prescribed more an more ongoing medications, it's... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 10 months ago • 80 views • 6:59I was wondering about the yowling. My orange tabby has picked that up [quite loudly at 4am] about two years ago. Good thing I'm still up!
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 741 views • 2:44After earning our pilot's licence, the first thing most of us do is take our first passenger flying. However, I think passenger management is something that the primary training does not address very well. ... continue reading
posted by BSR 6 years 12 months ago • 89 views • 14:52"That ruins a perfectly good banana."
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 week ago • 352 views • 6:14YouTube description: We're pretty good at inventing things, but stealing from nature is a great way to solve some problems! Hosted by: Michael Aranda (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 week ago • 368 views • 8:47John Oliver is not afraid to put his money where his mouth is. Back in February, realizing that President Trump gets most of his ideas from cable news, the Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight host purchased... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 weeks ago • 601 views • 1:37