Hammer Time

Atom Design Split Head Hammer











So if you are into design, woodworking, or are looking for a gift for someone that has every tool known to man you should check out this site. I will be getting one as soon as I can find a good source to buy one from...

Q-Fix

Q-Fix

Check this out if you have the time. At my new job I will be highly involved with this kind of stuff.

You can also take a look at the catalog... here.

Hobbit Houses for Humans

Hobbit Houses



These look pretty cool you have to admit. It also goes along with the green mentality that seems to be growing slowly with mass produced products in construction kept to a minimum. While this might be a bit much to deal with for a full time home as a summer or winter getaway it might just be something to think about...

Perseid Meteor Shower

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Meteor Shower

The Perseid Meteor Shower is coming this Sunday Aug. 12th through Monday morning the 13th. This is one of the better meteor showers of the year with potential of 60+ visible meteors an hour. This year it coincides with the new moon so if you're in a low light pollution area you should have a good chance of a nice show. Information says that the best viewing will be after midnight into early Monday morning hours.

Ferrofluids

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Ferrofluids

A liquid with suspension of magnetic particles allowing the liquid to react to magnetic fields. NASA developed this for use in controlling fluid fuels in zero gravity. It has many other uses including electronics, mechanical engineering applications including dampers, medical treatments, and others. The link above is to a decent video of the behavior of ferrofluids, if you search on youtube or google there are a lot of other ones out there that are good to look at.

CabBoots

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CabBoots

This one at first seems like it might be a bit silly compared to the navigation systems that are visual or audible.. but if you start to think of other applications (such as those who are vision/hearing impaired, or other applications) it starts to seem like a pretty neat idea.