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Dry Ice is Cool - Bending Reality to my Will
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Dry Ice is Cool - Bending Reality to my Will. June 6th, 2007. 03:04 pm - Dry Ice is Cool. It started with an Instructables. Entry about carbonating fruit. They referenced a Dry Ice Safety. Page, which I opened on a whim, and that site covered other topics, including Dry Ice Blasting. Is what prompted this entry. Third, it's messy! My father bought a blaster for stripping paint from car parts, but it's not a sand blaster, it's a soda blaster. He told me that using soda as the abrasive is easier on the...
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It's Not Easy Being Lean - Bending Reality to my Will
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It's Not Easy Being Lean - Bending Reality to my Will. August 13th, 2015. 02:32 pm - It's Not Easy Being Lean. Somebody on Quora asked "What's it like to be skinny? Many answers were provided. Here's mine. It's pretty clear that what it feels like to be skinny is hugely affected by two things. A) Are you male or female? B) Are you short or tall? As an adult, things are a lot better. 5) Between lack of built-in padding and lack of insulation, most outdoor events are unbearable. Aluminum bleachers and ...
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For the Record: The Endpoint of the Electric Car - Bending Reality to my Will
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For the Record: The Endpoint of the Electric Car - Bending Reality to my Will. September 11th, 2014. 02:09 pm - For the Record: The Endpoint of the Electric Car. In the long run, the ideal powerplant for a primary-use car (one that can be used for short and long trips) will be an electric car with a turbine range extender. Do you take your current IC car in for an oil change every 3 months/3k miles, or do you follow the manufacturer's recommendations, which are usually 6 months and 5k or 7.5k miles?
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The sound of reality. - Bending Reality to my Will
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The sound of reality. - Bending Reality to my Will. April 23rd, 2014. 05:44 pm - The sound of reality. I try not to get too distracted by Quora, but some of the questions people ask are awfully intriguing. Many are asinine, of course, but those are easy to skip. Although I tried, I could not let a question I saw today pass without comment, in part because I felt none of the other 22 answers had done a very good job of it. The question was: "Why does vinyl sound more 'real' than a CD? Here was my reply:.
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Geezerology - Bending Reality to my Will
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Geezerology - Bending Reality to my Will. July 12th, 2013. 12:54 pm - Geezerology. Much hair left, but the fact that there are a few still hanging on is even less esthetically acceptable to me. Stop looking straggly and pathetic! Now my temples are going gray, and I'm fine with that. It looks fairly elegant and distinguished to me. Also, I'm old enough that I figure I probably ought to have gray hair by now anyway. Which of course means I'm way past due, because how many of us ever. My gray hairs started...
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Captain Underpants - Bending Reality to my Will
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Captain Underpants - Bending Reality to my Will. October 30th, 2013. 01:43 pm - Captain Underpants. If you are, or live with, a male of the human race, you may or may not have noted a curious (well, I. I admit, as with so many other things in the world, I took this for granted for many years before one day thinking "What the heck? I can only imagine. The laughter and ridicule I would have received if I'd tried to convince them that what they really needed was a bra that lay flat on a table. I think, thou...
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Bending Reality to my Will
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Bending Reality to my Will. July 12th, 2013. 12:54 pm - Geezerology. Much hair left, but the fact that there are a few still hanging on is even less esthetically acceptable to me. Stop looking straggly and pathetic! Now my temples are going gray, and I'm fine with that. It looks fairly elegant and distinguished to me. Also, I'm old enough that I figure I probably ought to have gray hair by now anyway. Which of course means I'm way past due, because how many of us ever. Which I found through an article.
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Smooth - Bending Reality to my Will
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Smooth - Bending Reality to my Will. December 9th, 2013. 01:10 pm - Smooth. I've been meaning to write this little essay for years. Why not today? Some years ago, I surprised a friend of mine by telling him that one of the reasons I use an electric razor is because it shaves closer than the ubiquitous multi-blade manual kind. I think most people have no idea how good a quality electric is these days. Smoother. The difference for my beard (cheeks and neck) was less pronounced, but still obvious. Like it t...
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Bending Reality to my Will. October 30th, 2013. 01:43 pm - Captain Underpants. If you are, or live with, a male of the human race, you may or may not have noted a curious (well, I. I admit, as with so many other things in the world, I took this for granted for many years before one day thinking "What the heck? I can only imagine. The laughter and ridicule I would have received if I'd tried to convince them that what they really needed was a bra that lay flat on a table. I think, though, that what I like ...
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Biomechangelical Interface #3: New Release: The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design!
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Sep 6, 2011. New Release: The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design! I attended a great game design workshop run by Mike Selinker. Last week at PAX Dev in Seattle. If the specific content of the conference weren't confidential, I would have written more about it. What I will say is, I choose my sessions carefully at industry events, and I was happy to miss three other speakers for this workshop. This is why I am so excited to report that now you too. The book is also available in a handy PDF edition.