Snowzilla in Mattapan
The MBTA uses a Korean War-era jet engine mounted on a train to keep a short section of the Mattapan line clear of snow.
Month: February 2011
Make: Online migration progress report
It is I, your friendly, neighborhood Spiderman (or an unreasonable facsimile)! I just wanted to give you extraordinarily patient makers a quick update on where we are in our efforts to migrate to WordPress, move into the cloud, and upgrade our antiquated commenting system. We managed to get the IE8/Opera 11 bug fixed. We had […]
No-Knead Bread
If you have not tried this no-knead bread recipe by Jim Lahey, all I can say is: Give it a try! I’ve made it twice, and the results are amazing. The crust ends up being crackly, just like professional bakery bread, and the inside is soft and chewy. The secret is steam. Professional bakers use […]
Vanitas
There’s been a flurry of anatomical posts recently here on Craftzine. And today, to add to the honorable collection, is Spanish artist Fernando Vicente and his magnificent vanitas collection. Vogue.
Improvised helmets in the streets of Cairo
Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA Kyle Wiens, of iFixit, sent us the link to this photo essay from the UK Guardian showing Egyptian protesters improvising helmets in the heat of battle. Protesters are also rerouting power from street lights to recharge their cell phone. One twitter user jokingly dubbed this […]
Trash to Treasure Garden Railway
I took my toddler to the Garden Railway at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park yesterday, and it was a smash hit for both of us. He was obsessed with the “choo choos,” and I was enthralled by the incredible scenery: when you looked closely, each San Francisco landmark was made from recycling. […]
The quest for a rechargeable lithium-air battery
So-called “air batteries,” in which one of the reacting chemical species is atmospheric oxygen, are already widely employed, for instance, in hearing-aid batteries, which are commonly zinc-air cells with a piece of adhesive film that must be removed before use to allow atmospheric oxygen onto the cathode.
