MetaFilter posts tagged with vacuum

Bring in 'da statistical noise...

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:52:02 -0800

The Large Hadron Collider. The Large Hadron Countdown. The Large Hadron Rap.

Make your own vacuum tubes. Easy--if you have the special tooling.

metasonix — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:11:13 -0800

Making your own transistor is probably beyond the abilities of a dedicated hobbyist. However, making simple triode vacuum tubes is practical. Many hobbyists have done so over the years. In this video, French ham-radio operator Claude Paillard shows you how. HIs model is the WWI-era type TM of 1915. (and btw, 2007 was the 100th anniversary of electronics, since de Forest made his first vacuum tube in 1907.)

I can has vacuum!

scalefree — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:41:17 -0800

Time to vacuum the cat. (YouTube, single link, via).

Fancy Feasts of Future Foods.

jrb223 — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:20:03 -0800

Upset that the NYC Department of Health has ordered(nytimes) restaurants around the city to stop using Sous-Vide methods and machines? Buy your own, do it yourself, or maybe drive to D C.

alpha male

mcsweetie — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:10:06 -0800

Aaron K is the artist behind two very strange comics: Vaccum Horror and HyperCo.

Is this the beginning of the end?

tcp — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 04:35:17 -0800

How to hack a vacuum cleaner.

Yankee... Hotel... Foxtrot....

keswick — Sun, 04 Apr 2004 20:05:22 -0800

Another Magnificent Obsession is born. The fiance of a friend just gave me her small collection of antique radios that they won't have room for in their new place. While looking for care instructions, I discovered a whole new subculture where art, science, design, and craftsmanship co-exist. They don't make 'em like this anymore, folks.

The Future Is Now (Spiffy!)

Tlogmer — Mon, 16 Jun 2003 05:16:44 -0800

Bonding with your robot vacuum

brucec — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 05:59:00 -0800

Could the Surplus be Vacuumed Away? A US Treasury official, who must have regretted picking up the phone that day is engaged about the macroeconomic effect of change ending up in vacuum cleaners...

brownpau — Thu, 23 Aug 2001 20:27:21 -0800

Just FYI, it's entirely possible for a human to survive exposure to the vacuum of space for a limited time without any permanent damage -- as long as you expel all the breath from your lungs to avoid an embolism. Horrifying scenes of sudden explosive decompression or immediate freezing are, as far as I can tell, a myth. (In other words, Mission to Mars got it wrong, 2001 got it mostly right. But that's no surprise now, is it?) Link via BadAstronomy. Love that site.