"It was so obvious! All I had to do was "Squeek squeeeken squeek!' ..."

posted by ant 2 years 1 week ago • 82 views • 5:11

YouTube description: Ahmed Darwish el Fakhouri spends his days surrounded by olive oil soap stacked up high—each precious bar waiting to be wrapped and sold after a drying out period of two to three... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 5 months ago • 350 views • 2:24

YT: I look at songs that use a sudden bar of 3/4 to 'skip a beat', including '"Heart of Glass" by Blondie, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jet, "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles, "Say A Little Prayer"... continue reading

posted by Zawash 3 years 4 months ago • 595 views • 9:26

YouTube description: What do Skrillex, David Bowie, Salt-N-Pepa and basically every drum and bass track have in common? They've all used the Amen break, a four-bar drum solo that has become the most... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 427 views • 4:05

YouTube description: Picture this: you're gorging on leftover Halloween candy. You take a bite of a fun-size chocolate bar and instead of sugary goodness, you get a flash of blinding pain in your tooth!... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 9 months ago • 236 views • 2:59

YouTube description: While steel reinforcement solves one of concrete’s greatest limitations, it creates an entirely new problem: Corrosion of embedded steel rebar is the most common form of concrete... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 250 views • 7:49

At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 5 months ago • 405 views • 7:08

Beginning Sept 1, 2017, knife laws in Texas are changing. We teamed up with Bryan Wilson, the Texas Law Hawk, to explain how these new laws affect you. You’ll now be able to carry knives longer than... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 483 views • 58 secs

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 123 views • 10:14

Ive got a bit of a Raccoon problem at my house… I built something to fix the problem. It breaks multiple local ordinances and a few international treaties, but I give you THE GIANT MOUSETRAP! It took... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 3 months ago • 25 views • 6:20

I built this pottery kiln and some pottery from termite mound clay to test an alternative clay source to my usual one from the creek bank. I started by making a large grate from ordinary clay. It was just... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 417 views • 11:27

You owe me $20.

posted by nock 5 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 375 views • 1:04

I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 week ago • 1,388 views • 4:32

https://youtu.be/7uL8eCpSt24 This month I've been learning a new instrument. I can already play guitar and piano so I decided to learn something new with the Bamboo Saxophone and cover the jazz piece... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months ago • 24 views • 7:12

This is an amazing visual exploration of hip-hop that looks one level deeper into how rap is a beautifully intricate weaving of rhymes and rhythm into something that is greater than the sum of its parts.... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 570 views • 12:44

I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 3 months 1 week ago • 636 views • 4:48

YouTube: Disenchanted with the out-of-date curriculum of traditional college, Jeremy Rossmann dropped out of MIT. Within a few years, he and co-founder Ashu Desai, started The Make School, a college replacement... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 493 views • 4:02