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Posted by gerardvanderleun at Nov 28, 2016 7:48 PM | Comments (1) | QuickLink:

Something Hypnotizing: Blackstone oil engine startup

"1909 10HP Blackstone oil engine was used for pumping water from a river to a market garden.

The engine was sabotaged in the 1920s by someone blowing up the cylinder with explosives. A new cylinder was installed and the engine was returned to service for a number of years when it eventually fell into disuse. A number of river floodings submerged the engine and it was eventually partially buried in silt. It was recovered in the 1990s and in 1997 it was dismantled, cleaned and started again after many years of neglect. The starting procedure requires heating of the hot bulb with a blow lamp in order to vaporise the fuel ( kerosene ) and to preheat the internal combustion chamber to allow fuel ignition."

Engineers' Creed

As a Professional Engineer, I dedicate my professional knowledge and skill to the advancement and betterment of human welfare. I pledge:

To give the utmost of performance;
To participate in none but honest enterprise;
To live and work according to the laws of man and the highest standards of professional conduct;
To place service before profit, the honor and standing of the profession before personal advantage, and the public welfare above all other considerations.

In humility and with need for Divine Guidance, I make this pledge.

Adopted by National Society of Professional Engineers, June 1954

HT: Tech Stuff 31 | The Arts Mechanical

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Posted by gerardvanderleun at Aug 19, 2016 8:53 AM | Comments (6) | QuickLink:

Roadside Distractions on Route 666

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Circa 1892. "Woman diving from pier

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Pantry Patrol: June 1943. New Britain, Connecticut. "A child care center opened September 15, 1942, for 30 children, ages 2 through 5, of mothers engaged in war industry. The hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days per week. Miss Machmer and the dietitian checking the amount of food used during the month and making a general inventory of all supplies on hand." Medium format nitrate negative by Gordon Parks for the Office of War Information.

SIRI: The Early Years Richmond, California, 1914. "Victor Talking Machine display. Hawley Piano Co., Macdonald Avenue." With Nipper headlining a list of the latest platters.

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August 1937. "Steam baths are very popular among the lumberjacks near Craigville, Minnesota." After your schvitz, try the Tobacco Lunch.

Andour special added attraction, American Royalty if you....

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Posted by gerardvanderleun at Mar 5, 2016 6:27 PM | QuickLink:

Something Wonderful: Wait for It

Big Fur Hat asks, "Can You Spot the New Zealand Bull Tahr? "

Posted by gerardvanderleun at Nov 17, 2014 5:47 PM | Comments (6) | QuickLink:

The Fire This Time

-- Gary Snyder, Myths & Texts

Rim of Fire

Posted by gerardvanderleun at Aug 26, 2013 2:16 PM | Comments (3) | QuickLink:

The Future City by Sky Choi

It's not a painting and it's not imaginary. It's a photograph from last week: Night View Busan Korea 21 Jul 2013 @ 500px /

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Posted by gerardvanderleun at Aug 5, 2013 9:47 PM | Comments (2) | QuickLink:

Gekas and Daughter: An Unfolding Collabortation

Photography @ 1x.com by Bill Gekas More work showcased @Bill Gekas Photography | The Gallery

Posted by gerardvanderleun at Feb 12, 2013 10:35 AM | Comments (2) | QuickLink:

An Important Graphic Presentation About Important Graphic Presentations

An essential visualization concerning visualizations from Flowing Data:Data Underload #9 – Big Graphic Blueprint:

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Posted by Vanderleun at Feb 16, 2010 9:52 PM | Comments (4) | QuickLink:

The Revolution Will Be Televised

AN AMAZING AND INSPIRING COLLECTION OF 30 SECOND VIDEOS of the massive demonstrations for freedom in Lebanon today is at: beirut & lebanon in a nutshell

Go there and browse. It is simply stunning.

[Link via the comments section @ Roger L. Simon: Beirut! Beirut! Beirut!]

Posted by Vanderleun at Mar 14, 2005 9:48 AM | Comments (2) | QuickLink:

Minim of the Moment

He who would achieve great things must first be born.

[MINIM 44 From: MINIMS by Tom Weller]

Posted by Vanderleun at Jan 21, 2005 10:27 AM | QuickLink:

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Laguna Beach, Sunset, December 17, 2004
Photo by Sheryl Van der Leun

Posted by Vanderleun at Dec 18, 2004 12:26 PM | Comments (6) | QuickLink:

OUR GIFT TO YOU: American Digest Dysfunctional Christmas Gift Tags

Here's the four most Dysfunctional Gift Tags of our 2004 edition. There's something here for everyone on your list!

All gift tags are proportionally sized to fit on those business card forms you can get for use with a laser printer. You'll have to fool around with the Print Percentage (%) to tweak them into your printer. All were created and built to exacting tolerances by my wife, Sheryl Van der Leun.

To use them you have TWO options:

1) Click on the image and then save the image to your drive. (No, there will not be a tutorial on this. What am I, a Paper Clip?)

2) Click on the link called "Download All Images" at the end of this item for a 221K PDF file suitable for printing or framing.

Our Free Gift from our house to your house. Let us know what you think and any reactions to the ones you use.

Hint: The little black circle is where you punch the hole and insert the string to make it a gift tag.

DOWNLOAD ALL IMAGES One sheet PDF (211K)

Posted by Vanderleun at Dec 14, 2004 2:50 PM | Comments (1) | QuickLink:

Why We Are In Iraq: The Short, Illustrated Explanation

You'll get further with a kind word and a gun
than with a kind word alone.

-- From Tom Weller's Minims

Posted by Vanderleun at Dec 4, 2004 1:05 PM | QuickLink:

Awww, Puppies .... (by Nintendo)

The utterly virtual but still cute and modestly amazing Nintendo Pups!

They cute too!

Posted by Vanderleun at Nov 29, 2004 8:02 PM | Comments (1) | QuickLink:

The Galaxy Crystal

Our Neighborhood, 35,000 Lightyears to the Inch

The Galaxy Crystal is a cosmic paperweight: an optically perfect glass block 3" square by 1 1/2" deep, laser etched with a 3D model of the Milky Way.

Data for this sculpture comes from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

For sale at: Bathsheba Grossman - Galaxy Crystal

Posted by Vanderleun at Nov 13, 2004 12:17 PM | QuickLink:

Sometimes You're the Windshield: Web Entertainment for a Slow Day

Okay, the first thing you do is get yourself an mp3 of Dire Straits - The Bug cranked up on your system.

Then, get in the groove, and click on over to Pillage Idiot: A Rockefeller Republican. Scroll down to the animated gif at the bottom and, well, rock on.

Works for both Republicans and Democrats - but for different reasons.

(Okay, okay -- simple minded, but it has been a long day and I'm out of here....)

Posted by Vanderleun at Nov 8, 2004 4:01 PM | Comments (1) | QuickLink:

CELEBRATE!: Two Short Videos for the Kerry Post-Concession Party

1) I WILL SURVIVE!
[Quicktime, 3 megs.]

2) I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!
[Quicktime, 4 megs.]

We're looking for other upbeat numbers to help the fallen face the dawn and party like it is 1999. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Posted by Vanderleun at Oct 21, 2004 12:50 PM | Comments (1) | QuickLink:

Wrong. Just very, very wrong.

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AP

Sometimes I have to wonder if this civilization really is worth saving.

Posted by Vanderleun at Oct 7, 2004 1:57 PM | Comments (3) | QuickLink:

Movie Most Unlikely to Be Applauded at Cannes or Given an Oscar

Citizens United
My favorite line from the trailer. (An ernest gray haired woman at the fringe of a demonstration in New York City: "When you talk about a dictator, there's pros and there's cons...
CUT TO: Man tied to post in middle east with his back being whipped to the bone.
".... If a dictator provides free health care, I like that dictator. If a dictator provides a free university education, I like that dictator."
CUT TO: Taliban woman being shot in the head in soccer stadium.

Posted by Vanderleun at Sep 17, 2004 9:21 AM | Comments (2) | QuickLink:

HIX NIX CAMPAIGN PIX

NOW PLAYING AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE: The Living Room Candidate....

PRESIDENTIAL....

CAMPAIGN....

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Posted by Vanderleun at Jul 14, 2004 10:40 PM | QuickLink:

Long Before Birth

Baby 'walking' in the womb

Scans uncover secrets of the womb

A new type of ultrasound scan has produced vivid pictures of a 12 week-old foetus "walking" in the womb.

The new images also show foetuses apparently yawning and rubbing its eyes - Scans uncover secrets of the womb
Pointer via: PhotoDude.

Poem Before Birth

water, water,
flesh-cord feeding
taut bundle
of woman's belly.

the brow of the child
is first to form,
while gills still
pulse in the jostled quiet.

the strong sleep
before birth hypnotizes
until shock of tongs and thrusting thighs
obliterates

the song of falling haze,
blue-red
veins, translucent
skin,

breath, heartbeat
and hunger.
tears and a sometimes
return to the silence.

stars in their cool
pond, bright blankness.
the depth
and the old remembering.

the wave
without the water.

-- Berkeley, California, 1966

Posted by Vanderleun at Jul 4, 2004 4:31 PM | QuickLink:

A Thing Called "Slicer"

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE PLOT OR PUNCH OF "FINDING NEMO," but RNA Interference Animated will still prove to be one of the more fascinating depictions of cutting edge genetic visualization.

Posted by Vanderleun at Jun 11, 2004 1:40 PM | QuickLink: