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If This Van's a-Rockin'

dersins — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:11:42 -0800

ULTIMATE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ON WHEELS | THE 1970’s VAN CUSTOMIZATION CRAZE

From the Poor Man's Tesla to the Rich Man's Sedan

filthy light thief — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:54:49 -0800

From the successful conversion of a Porsche 914 into a battery electric vehicle (BEV), MIT's Electric Vehicle Team are now working on the conversion of a Mercury Milan Hybrid into a quick-charging BEV. Instead of the typical 10 to 12 hours for a full charge, the MIT team is looking at an 11 minute charge-time for their BEV, dubbed "elEVen," and they're blogging in detail about their progress. (via) The Porsche conversion cost $60,000 plus labor for a two-seater that goes from zero to 100 km/h (~62 mph) in 23 seconds, whereas the BEV Milan conversion has a goal of < 9 seconds from zero to 60 mph and a price tag of $200,000 (but much of the materials were donated and the Electric Vehicle Team isn't paid). The batteries alone take under half of the total cost, at about $80,000, but this cost should go down as the market for lithium iron magnesium-phosphate batteries increases. The amazing charge time requires 350 kilowatts, available through a direct connection to MIT's power plant. Though this kind of power isn't available on a residential level, the dilema of rapid charging stations and vehicles was seen as "a chicken or the egg scenario," with the MIT team showing the feasibility from the vehicle side.

Dumpster diving: one man's trash recepticle is another's pool

filthy light thief — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:35:53 -0800

Inspired by the creative re-use of dumpsters in Athens, Georgia by Curtis Crowe of the band Pylon, the Macro|Sea collective have taken the idea further, and have their first dumpster pool space prototype up and active in Brooklyn (via). The group's big idea is to revitalize strip malls across America. On the smaller scale, British artist Oliver Bishop-Young has "turned skips into gold," by refurbishing small skips into little ponds, parks, skate ramps, and micro meeting areas (more details). On the more personal level, Michel de Broin created "Blue Monochrom," a dumpster hot tub.

Online Unit Converter

netbros — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:01:12 -0800

UnitConversion.org is quite the resource to easily convert between different units of measurement. It has over 2100 units in 78 categories, which range from those that are common, such as, length, weight, volume, currency, velocity, and pressure, to more specialized categories like magnetic flux density, electrostatic capacitance, and surface tension.

This thingy is a bitch!

shockingbluamp — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:59:03 -0800

Prepping for the Digital Conversion is Harder When You're a 99-Year-Old Grandmother. (SLYT)

Sensible units

gottabefunky — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:19:21 -0800

123 mm = 12 stacked CD cases. 6 miles = 30 Eiffel Towers. 5 acres = 11 ice hockey rinks. Sensibleunits.com converts any length, area or mass into real objects.

Make me a Muslim ...wait, what ?

elpapacito — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:20:53 -0800

Make me a Muslim. The recently aired three episodes show takes a glamour model who wants to experience being completely hidden under a dress ,a skin therapist looking for meaning of life, a taxi driver that strongly feels islam is threatening UK lifestyle, a school teacher who wants to learn, an interracial interreligion couple and a flaming gay hairdresser tired of shallow party life. Take this colourful bunch and have two imams, a preacher and a converted woman lead them through an "islamic lifestyle" experience. You can watch the results here , I guess at least for a while.

Life in the Enclave

digaman — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:14:32 -0800

The SY Empire: A rare and fascinating look inside the secretive Syrian Jewish community of Brooklyn, which has drawn a bright line against assimilation called the Edict that casts out for life any "SY" who marries a gentile, even if they convert. (Crazy Eddie -- who knew? Seinfeld's mom -- who knew? Isaac Misrahi -- who knew? "J-Dubs" -- who knew?)

It's like that 'Weights & Measures' page in your day planner. For digital media files.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:28:59 -0800

You convert it.

Sinner or Saint?

hadjiboy — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:03:02 -0800

Reintroducing Yvonne Ridley…

Winter is No Excuse to Not Ride Your Bike

fenriq — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:53:24 -0800

The KTrak Snowcycle Conversion Kit takes your mountain bike and turns it into a tracked, human-powered snow (or sand) machine, complete with a front ski. Other snow bikes are great at going downhill, like the Hanson Ski-MX Kit or the Winter X Bike Kit, but the KTrak goes up, down and all around.

systematically eliminated or weakened rules designed to enforce the separation of church and state

amberglow — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:35:58 -0800

the American God? The herders of this remote mountain village know little about America, but have learned from those who run a US-funded aid program about the American God. A Christian God. ...

Lazy Restaurant Conversions

CrunchyFrog — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:15:22 -0800

Not Fooling Anybody. You know that new Chinese Restaurant that still looks like the Pizza Hut that shut down last year? How about that sandwich shop that still has a Taco Bell-shaped sign in front of it? Ever feel like a family-sized bucket of back repair? Find all of these, plus a guide to identifying them in your own home town.

Religious freedom

semmi — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:04:09 -0800

In the meantime back at the ranch. Afghan man faces death for abandoning Islam for Christianity.

A cold, calculating post

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:53:15 -0800

If this doesn't convert you... you may truly be lost.

Bounce Your Load and Get Charged Up

fenriq — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:49:36 -0800

Be. The. Battery.
A brilliantly simple concept will allow anyone who needs (a small amount of) power to generate their own just by walking around while wearing this special backpack. By mounting the pack's load on springs connected to a rack and pinion device that is, in turn, connected to a small generator, the wearer's natural walking motion can generate up to 7.4 watts of power. Plenty enough to keep your Nofriendo DS charged. Or your sniper rifle's night scope.

The bonus? By having the pack's load on springs, the backpack is more comfortable and ergonomic than a traditional backpack too.

Repent and you'll get the supplies everyone pitched in for.

skallas — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 23:13:16 -0800

Is this what they are doing with my tsunami relief donations? From the article: "Jubilant at seeing the relief trucks loaded with food, clothes and the much-needed medicines the villagers, many of who have not had a square meal in days, were shocked when the nuns asked them to convert before distributing biscuits and water." Christopher Hitchens also exposes similiar actions in India by Christian missionaries in his book critical of Mother Theresa.

a true labor of love

Igor XA — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:06:35 -0800

A fantastic example of old meets new, a man spends weeks crafting the perfect Christmas gift for his wife, with spectacular results. I give you the typewriter-keyboard conversion: a true labor of love. Makes me want to dig up my grandpa's old Underwood and give it a go.

American Christian Jailed For His Beliefs

nathanrudy — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 07:39:02 -0800

Marine Refuses to Use Guns ... Marine Cpl. Joel D. Klimkewicz converted to the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day saints while in the Marines, and now believes that killing is against Jesus' teachings. As such, he refused to train with a gun though he says he would be willing to clear mines and work the front lines. The result is that the military has jailed him for his religious beliefs, convicting him of disobeying a direct order. Anyone think that Bill O'Reilly is going to say the military is trying to destroy Christianity?

Calling all Hot Women of the LORD!!!

loquacious — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 16:09:21 -0800

Hello, my name is Tamara! As you can probably tell, I'm a Christian who loves Jesus and cares for all humans, even the wicked. What you probably don't know is that I'm hot.

Thermochemical and biochemical conversion

stbalbach — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:52:28 -0800

First it was turkey parts, then pig waste and now straw added to the camels back. Thermochemical and biochemical conversion make use of natural processes such as enzymes, heat and pressure to create oil from garbage so one day landfills may become the new domestic oil fields.

who says mini-jacks suck?

starscream — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:23:18 -0800

How to convert LPs to CDs. Many audiophiles will mock the software they suggest using as well as the hardware pictured, but this is aimed for the everyday people that don't have a laser turntable or ProTools. All in all, a decent introductory guide.

donfactor — Mon, 28 Oct 2002 04:52:45 -0800

The Guardian isn't so good at letting you link to their articles anymore. But if you use this link then click on "printable version" you might get to the site I want you to link to. My title being: If you're Jewish and American its hard to know whose side your on these days.

TiggleTaggleTiger — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:18:31 -0800

Convert your pictures to HTML. So cool I nearly wet myself.
Seriously.

plinth — Wed, 28 Mar 2001 06:32:36 -0800

And the circle is complete. Turn a fridge into a compter case? Been there, done that. Turn a computer case into a fridge? Ahh, now there you go. [via /usr/bin/girl]