Aug 29
Watching the Red Hot Nickel Ball
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Aug 22
You might not be able to envision a time when you’re lathe-less and need to cut a glass bottle in two, but when it does happen, you’ll be quite happy you spent three minutes watching ‘CrazyRussianHacker‘ do it with string, alcohol, fire, and water. And even if you don’t ever cut your own glass, this hack is still incredibly fun to watch.
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Aug 11
Yes, it’s basically a trojan horse, convincing you to buy stuff from Amazon’s online store, but at least it’s beautiful. HD display, stereo sound and decent hardware propelled the Kindle Fire HD to second place when it first came out, right behind the original Nexus 7. Still, this is “How Would You Change,” where we ask you to pretend that Jeff Bezos is listening to your ideas and show the world your innovative ideas on where the company can improve matters for generation three.
Aug 07
Getting that perfect golden brown outer layer on a marshmallow is a fine art that occasionally comes at the expense of singed fingers or scalded limbs. And among the countless gadgets that promise to make it easier to access a campfire’s hot coals, this clever fishing rod appears to be particularly effective at keeping you a safe distance from the heat.
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Aug 06
It’s summer, which means it’s the time for open flame charring our dinners to perfection. Just like dad did it. Just like dad’s paleolithic forefathers did it.
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Aug 06
In practice, strike-anywhere matches are super simple; just hit things until fire starts. But there’s actually a whole bunch of chemistry hiding in those little red and white tips, and even the sticks below them.
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Aug 01
FLAMEnco: The Flame Throwing Guitar
Posted in: Today's ChiliEvery guitarist wants a guitar that will set the stage on fire. This is that guitar – literally. Don Juan De Pyro turned his guitar into a flamethrower that initially could shoot multicolored flames up to six feet for about 40 seconds. He calls it the FLAMEnco guitar.
He tinkered with it some more and now it can shoot 18-foot long colored flames. Don uses a new super compact burster system that works with a Mark 3 constant flame system. Mark 1, 2, 3 and 6 can all be controlled remotely off-stage with the help of a RF remote receiver.
I was hoping for a version of Light my Fire in the video, but sadly it didn’t happen. This thing looks great in action – though it’s probably best used only in outdoor venues.
[via Hack a Day via Damn Geeky]
Jul 31
Shooting Challenge: Grill
Posted in: Today's Chili
Yes, most food photography is boring. But most food photography doesn’t involve meat, flames, and char. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, I want you to photograph food in flaming action. Photograph food on the grill.
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Jul 18
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you mixed Mercury(II) thiocyanate (Hg(SCN)2) and Ammonium chromate (NH4)2CrO4 together and then lit it on fire? NO?! What’s wrong with you? It’s unbelievably hellish and impossibly alien combined with one burning force of what the horrifically kraken insane.
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Jul 18
Thermite is one of the most ridiculously dangerous and completely awesome pyro concoctions out there. We’ve already seen it completely devour a laptop
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