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I think this quote is hilarious as if the webpage saves me from going to the mall to buy pewter ingots and casting thermometers.

Douwe Egberts really bad coffee how is it made?

For those of you who are curious how this terrible stuff is made I had the chance to take apart one of the cartridges. It is sort of like a toner cartridge for a printer with a little tube at the end and a chip that is read by the machine.

Above is the box. The box is open only on one end so water is not provided from the top to flow through. It seems that this little tube injects the sludge (i would guess simply coffee concentrate) into the hot water provided by the water input. 

lost wax hand bottle opener.

Have wanted to cast my own bottle opener for quite some time. I don't really trust zinc because of how brittle it is to make the mechanical aspect of the opener so I have decided to coat an existing bottle opener with the casting.

Built this around a free moosehead bottle opener with wax. Sprued and vented as shown to the left. coated in plaster and burned out in a wood fire. I poured zinc heated in the same fire in a soup can into the mold. this is the first time I have had gotten good wax burnout and pour. Cut sprues with dremel metal cutting blades. May or may not go on to patina it.

right femur anterior painting

Right femur anterior view oil on bristol.

cardamom cookies two different recpies

In front are the crumbly buttery cardamom cookies that i prefer. In back are the more sugar cookie like shown here with lemon butter frosting. For both these recipes I broke them into two batches and added rosemary and sage to one batch.
Crumbly Buttery Cardamon Cookie with Sage and Rosemary Option:
1/2 cup  flour mixed with 1tsp cardamom. (Optional 1/4 tsp powdered sage and rosemary)
Mixed vigorously with
1 stick warm butter
then add
1/4 cup each of powdered sugar and cornstarch.
Freezer for one hour then fridge for 3 hours.
Make half circles of dough with Cookie Scoop then press down with fork on cookie sheet as shown on above and on the right. Bake at 325 for 20min. 

Cardamon Cookie with Lemon Butter Frosting:
 Recipe here: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1910,149181-235192,00.html
 after baking mix 2 tablespoons warm butter with 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Add powdered sugar until a pleasing consistency and frost the cookies.

trees

Here is another painting based on a photo of a piece in the kaufmann medical building.

Dextromethorphan abuse "robotripping" photoshop images.

In case anyone else need images of robots robotripping for a powerpoint like I did here are the ones I made.

bender robotripping

r2d2 robotripping

wall-e robotripping

Ice Sculpture Beer Mug, big pour four.

This amazing thing was made by an ice sculptor at big pour. If you are from/in pittsburgh and don't know what big pour is and like beer or construction click this link: big pour four.

Thunderstorm at the shore inspired painting

Instead of getting done the things i need to get done this week I decided to stop by the Carnegie, photograph my favorites and try to do my own version of them. Here is my painting from looking at Thunderstorm at the shore Martin Johnson Heade. This was done with Holbein Duo Aqua Oil paints on Bristol. I am a big fan of this type of paint that is both water and oil soluble.

Painting from Van Gogh's Wheat Fields After the Rains

Instead of getting done the things i need to get done this week I decided to stop by the Carnegie, photograph my favorites and try to do my own version of them. Here is my painting from looking at van gogh's wheat fields after the rain.This was done with Holbein Duo Aqua Oil paints on canvas. I am a big fan of this type of paint that is both water and oil soluble.

Evaline 2010 halloween party

Slide between floors. Bubble wrap room. Giant Warhol. 3d twister. Pittsburgh Halloween. no live bands or roller coaster though.

Realistic Skeleton costume

Hypnotoad costume

duct tape batman costume

DIY batman duct tape construction

Hypnotoad costume spotted at evaline

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD COSTUME

This amazing hypnotoad costume was made by my buddy and rocked at the evaline party (giant amazing house party in Pittsburgh). Check out how to make this sweet costume on his blog:

DIY HYPNOTOAD COSTUME