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I’m amazed that this is possible. Jim Dingilian adds a layer of soot inside bottles and then etches at the surface until he makes sharp looking landscapes. If you’re in New York City, you can visit an exhibit of his work that opened yesterday.
Link and Exhibit Website -via Craft | Photo: MacKenzie Fine Art
Bill Hammack, the Engineer Guy, explains how a smoke detector works. It’s pretty geeky, which makes me marvel at the people who designed these things. Smoke detectors are very handy! Every time ours goes off, the kids run downstairs because they know dinner must be ready. -Thanks, Bill!
Bad puppy? How about bad puppy owner? Zeng Ziguang of Wuchang, Hebei Province, China, has taught his puppy to smoke:
He now claims the dog is addicted to tobacco and gets through a packet of cigarettes a day.
"He hated the smell of smoke to begin with. But I trained him to get used to it by blowing smoke at him," said Zeng.
"Gradually Blackie got used to the smell and I started putting the lit cigarette into his mouth. Each time he did that, I would reward him with food."
This looks way cool. You can ignite the particles in a stream of smoke! It’s not so cool when you think about how this would work in a burning house. -via reddit
Quite possibly the best Halloween prop ever.
via UniqueDaily.
Researchers have taken another look at the famous Whitehall study of over 18,000 middle-aged London men and found that a single measurement of three factors predicted mortality better than any other measures. Those with the three risk factors, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking, had three times the risk of death from cardiovascular problems and a life expectancy that was ten years shorter than those without the three risk factors. The men were examined in 1967-1970 and followed for 38 years. The 4811 surviving subjects were reexamined in 1997.
Dr Robert Clarke (University of Oxford, UK) and colleagues report their findings online September 17, 2009 in BMJ. And when they used more extreme categorization of risk factors, including body-mass index (BMI), diabetes mellitus/glucose intolerance, and employment grade, life expectancy differed by up to 15 years.
Clarke says there has been uncertainty about the limits of life expectancy and the relevance of cardiovascular risk factors for its prediction. “What is unique about this study is the prolonged follow-up; it enables us to put a figure on the life-limiting effects of these risk factors,” he told heartwire.
(image credit: Flickr user Thomas Hawk)
From the Upcoming 
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You’ll find a discussion in this forum.
“Slice an onion, separate into rings, and stack it to make a cone. Then
fill with oil and water, and get annoying restaurant patrons to lean in
really close with their cameraphones to see what percentage of their
eyebrows you can remove. Optionally, add soy sauce for lava.”
- via videosift
