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Slippery Low-Friction Tape

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2008-01-27 13:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Slippery (Low-Friction) Tape This UHMW (ultra-high molecular weight) tape is used wherever you need to reduce friction between two surfaces Typical uses are for cabinet drawers, machine fences of all kinds, and shop jigs such as cut-off boxes A small piece on the cross rail under a drawer will give you a silky-smooth action This is a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Big Wave Trampoline: Slippery When Wet

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2008-06-09 15:17:12 by AndrewD in Coolest Gadgets
...slippery nature of a puddle of water. The tramp is usable dry as well, but the real fun begins after you whip out the hose and fill the trampoline to its water volume capacity The Big Wave Trampoline is made with 11 gauge fully galvanized steel, so harmful rust shouldnt be an issue with the water soaked tramp. The frame standes 35 high (which...
 
 
 
 
 
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Beautiful Walnut Radio Is Actually Artful PC Casemod [Mods]

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2008-12-04 11:20:00 by Mark Wilson in Gizmodo
I've always wanted an old radio, like this 1946 Stromberg Carlson recreation. But it would just be something that I looked at, like, "ooh, neat...now what This particular radio actually has a PC inside. So while the exterior is a tribute to the Ingraham Cabinet Co, an influential design company behind many wooden radio cabinets of the 30s and...
 
 
 
 
 
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Walnut, WW2 era radio casemod by Jeffrey Stephenson

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2008-12-04 13:50:59 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
Usually PC case mods are either ungainly exercises in slobber mouthed dorkiness or "because it's there" affairs, but this gorgeous mod by Jeffrey Stephenson based upon the World War 2 era radio cases of the Ingraham Cabinet Co. is so gorgeous and seductive and walnut that it's hard not to look at the entirety of modern case design as total...
 
 
 
 
 
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SnorePro zaps, records snorers

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2008-12-04 13:14:40 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
Perhaps the most irritating thing about sharing a bedroom with a snorer is their invariable insistence that you are lying That you shake them awake every hour throughout the night, not because they've disturbed your sleep, but because you delight in disturbing theirs . That the bloodshot yolks of your eyes in the morning and the pendulous sacks...
 
 
 
 
 
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Top 11 Geeked-out art cars

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2008-03-13 22:00:42 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
Slippery Brick has compiled a list of eleven awesome geek cars. My fave is the Floppy Disk Car, which I see puttering around Seattle often. I love it 11 awesome geek-themed art cars [Slippery Brick ShareThis
 
 
 
 
 
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Iomega 250GB Camo eGo, For Hardcore FPS Fanatics and Military Wannabe Types

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2008-05-10 02:22:54 by C. S. Magor in The Uber-Review
...slippery surfaces. While not true rugged technology, it is cheap and kinda looks the part As far as specifications go, there is nothing terribly out of the ordinary. It is preformatted for either MAC or Windows, has a capacity of 250GB and has port power. It only offers USB connectivity and weighs in at a little over half a pound. There is an...
 
 
 
 
 
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Star Trike at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con

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2008-07-03 17:50:20 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
Slippery Brick spotted this little nerd trike, and it's a beaut. As seen at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con, it's some sort of Roddenberry mod job, mashing the NCC-1701 up with a three wheeled ATV. Instead of a serial number, the saucer section declares it the "Star Trike." I love it. The perfect thing to maneuver your boneless, gastropoidal frame...
 
 
 
 
 
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Star Trike at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con

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2008-07-03 17:50:20 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
Slippery Brick spotted this little nerd trike, and it's a beaut. As seen at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con, it's some sort of Roddenberry mod job, mashing the NCC-1701 up with a three wheeled ATV. Instead of a serial number, the saucer section declares it the "Star Trike." I love it. The perfect thing to maneuver your boneless, gastropoidal frame...