Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
This is cooler than the Mini Claymore by far!
I built one of these at home last night and got some pretty good results. The pencils could have used something to stabilize them in flight, fins or maybe something to give it a bit of spin. Other than that I was able to shoot them across the room with ease. This might be the perfect thing to deter the pigeons from eating the cat food…
OfficeGuns – Guns Advanced – Super Maul
For some good tech related evening entertainment take a look at ‘From the Shadows’
. These guys have some pretty good stuff.
What is in the latest installment of the “Box”:
In “From The Shadows: Box 4.0” the FTS crew is coming to you, from the shadows with an inside look into the world of traffic technology. Join us as we bring “Red Light. Green Light” to you, from the shadows.
So if your burning to know what is up with traffic technology go have a look. I’m pretty sure it’s going to be more than just how to spot a stop light. You better get a few screwdrivers ready for this one.
We built these in highschool electronics class, the fun wore thin after a while. Maybe it was the teacher threating us with harm if we didn’t turn it off ASAP. Who knew back then that it could have been a money making opportunity.
Wow. If you need a utility for Windows you should be able to find it here. Passwords, weather, networks, command line tools, its here.
Freeware Tools and Utilities for Windows
Today I received a comment about the Paper Trebuchet I blogged a while ago:
>Hi, John.
>Im about to build a cardboard trebuchet 4 my assignment but the site is currently unavailiable.
>can u please send me the plan if u still have it,thx.
>geniusjeff2002@xxxx.xxx
Well heck, I checked the site I mentioned in my original post and discovered that sure enough the plans are no longer there. The site looks pretty broken to me.
So I sent this to Geniusjeff2002 in hopes that I can still be of some help.
I just sent him an e-mail asking if there is another location to download it from, if I get a message from him I’ll post it here. I can’t find the one I downloaded from his site anymore, its lost on my hard drive. 🙁
In the mean time here is a more complex plan, it looks very cool. Ripcords Tennis Ball Trebuchet
If that is too complex then go with the Popsicle Stick Trebuchet (main page). This would be amazingly strong for its size and still be quite easy to build.
If you have any LEGOs about the house, I bet you could use them in place of the Popsicle sticks.
I hope this helps a bit and best of luck on the assignment.
Both the plans I found are quite good. The Popsicle one looks easy enough you could build them in a class room (if your insane enough to do somthing like that). So if anyone is looking for the paper trebuchet plans and can’t find them either give this one a try.
****UPDATE****
I submitted this to the MAKE blog and it was accecpted. Some less forgetfull reader than I noted that the Wayback Machine had an archive of the original Paper Trebuchet page! Very cool!
Build a paper trebuchet
This is a weird one. Anyone remember the French comercial that featured a transforming dancing car? Well this is the same thing but with your breakfast. The Danes are an odd sort. Not as odd as the Japanese but getting there…
‘boards – Screening Room