Fireplace

I have been meaning to post this for sometime but....
such is life.

I did not design the fireplace surrounding but did the metal work around it. I had the Chemetal cut to size and cut and painted the accent bars. The hard part was getting it on the wall but contact cement and a second set of hands, done and done.

The Wrong Garden

So I have not posted in a while.

I came across this.
James Dyson and Jim Honey designed a garden for for the Chelsea Garden show 2003.
James Dyson designed the water feature for the garden inspired by M.C. Escher.

"One of these is an optical illusion that shows water going uphill and round and round the four sides of a square perpetually. I wanted to create a series of cascades that are all on the same level - an everlasting waterfall."

I don't know how this has not made it to my radar until now. It is one of the best water pieces I have seen. The way it works is even better, make it look like the water is flowing up hill.

I always thought that working for Dyson would be sweet, because it strikes me as a place that there is no bad idea. This work by Dyson proves to me that, he thinks that there is no bad idea.

Here is the Telegraph article and the BBC story.

The official site.

Sea of Tranquility

The Moon Landing forty years ago.

and
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage on CNN this morning talking about the "Moon Myths"

The launch of Apollo 11

The video of the launch of Apollo 11 forty years out.

Minnesota Wins

UMNSVP - Centaurus

The University of Minnesota won the 2009 Formula Sun Grand Prix, in both amount of laps and fastest lap. The U's Solar Vehicle Centaurus did 487 laps over the three days as well as the fastest lap time 0:02:20 on a 1.7 mile track. Check the full results here.
The Star Tribune has an article here.
The University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project web page, twitter, and flicker.
The team has started work on Centaurus II.
Solar cars always seem to look like something out of the future a weird UFO or something.

flying cars

Gotta love Top Gear (even if it was on CollegeHumor).

Watch Car Darts and more funny videos on CollegeHumor

Work Space

New Saw Table

Old Saw Table

I always seem to be building or rebuilding the table for my radial arm saw and I got my hands on some narrow cabinets, you can never have to many drawers. As soon as I get my work space all set up something else gets build or rebuilt. Workshops are the never ending projects all to them selves.

Anyway free stuff rocks.