Polytechnic » cool http://polytechnic.co.uk The personal brain dump of Garrett Coakley Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:48:10 +0000 en hourly 1 Wax seal http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/06/wax-seal http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/06/wax-seal#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:24:00 +0000 garrettc http://scrapbook.polytechnic.co.uk/post/679639874

“Stumbled upon this on ffffound.com. I wouldn’t mind having it,”

said njcalhoun

“Me neither”

said Denise.

Ditto, says I.

]]> http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/06/wax-seal/feed 0 Slow motion Apollo 11 Saturn V launch http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/04/slow-motion-apollo-11-saturn-v-launch http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/04/slow-motion-apollo-11-saturn-v-launch#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:13:09 +0000 garrettc http://scrapbook.polytechnic.co.uk/post/548123342

Stunning slow motion footage of the first 30 seconds of the Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch.

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A robot autonomously folding a pile of 5 previously-unseen towels.

I have a sudden urge to watch Wall-E now.

]]> http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/04/fold-that-for-you-sir/feed 0 Otamatone http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/otamatone http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/otamatone#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:39:46 +0000 garrettc http://scrapbook.polytechnic.co.uk/post/407929129

Santa, if you’re collating your list this early in the year then I want an otamatone please.

]]> http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/otamatone/feed 0 Pop! http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/pop http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/pop#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:26:58 +0000 garrettc http://scrapbook.polytechnic.co.uk/post/381920458

Popping our balloon was the moment of truth for our enterprise, and worked surprisingly well as we were left with a cycling helmet of thick chocolate.

Pimp That Snack — Ten Tonneocks Teacake

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