The elusive Nissan Prius parked next to my car:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9817e1717c.png






Meanwhile, in the older part of the machine room:

:laugh:

^ pretty good. :D

click to play

I don't know why I keep watching this:

Istanbul has weird weather.

It was 50F one late night, then it started raining, followed by a bone chilling cold wind and snow.
Dipped down to 23F with a full on snow storm and 8" accumulation, all in the space of less than 36 hours.

Still snowing.
We are happily stranded at home.
(I stockpiled tea and cigarettes, so we can last quite a while)

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...3ebec068b3.jpg


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...506cc14f3f.jpg

I thought Turkey was supposed to have a moderate climate!

Sign of the times...

This is as moderate as anything gets over here these days.
(Turkish social media is all but a soapbox for hate speech, for example)

And a birdie to you too, sir.

That seems like a lot of asbestos...


Something interesting came out of my oil pan this afternoon:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...f8b8166426.png

It's non-ferrous. And I'm fairly certain it's not even metal. I think it's a rock.

It's casting flash. If you dig through my thread I had the same thing come out.

The BP-Z3 block was made out of stone? Because that's what this is.



Unrelated: I love watching these very slow-paced videos of Germans making stuff, with no annoying music, no narration, no CG, no fancy editing, just... manufacturing.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5de8b76ffe.png

Common core fun

Tesla turbine. Relies on boundary layer effects and not direct impingement. Amazeballs.

Prediction:

Someone will connect a centrifugal air compressor to the output shaft, and claim on Youtube / GoFundMe to have invented an over-unity machine. They will only need a small amount of funding to develop it into a fully working commercial product and / or will find themselves persecuted and suppressed by large corporate interests.

click to play

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...43d1eaf4af.jpg

Car Record Players of the 1950s and 1960s | Early Infotainment Systems- Consumer Reports News

My kid dropped this pose on us yesterday.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6a9a906367.png

Received this box at work today:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...67cd89649b.png

Seriously? Exactly how the fuck am I supposed to to open it, then? Strong language?

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c90905a76e.jpg

I lol'ed

Or you can:
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5e87d535da.png

If you cannot cut the tape, split the tape. The guy in charge of safety at our plant would argue there is a huge difference.
Notice the round metal protrusion on the box opening device below. It is not sharp, it tears the tape. Any cutting would require cut-resistant gloves.
http://www.gerbergear.com/var/gerber...er_fulljpg.jpg
Safety here is kinda weird. I even have to wear a high-vis vest to get to my office, since I cut-through the warehouse where dangerous wild fork lifts roam. Thank god the bright yellow reflective vest keeps them from attacking me.

Workplace safety is overrated. Mehh

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a603ec138d.jpg

Ironically, that would end very badly. The box is full of firestop pillows. These are full of intumescent, a material which expands wildly when exposed to fire.

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0c4eec5dd7.png





There are a couple of spots in the top-floor mechanical space of the Hancock Tower which look a bit like that. Scares the willies out of me.

Oddly enough, I just had firestop training a couple weeks ago with STI. I thought that looked familiar.

Have you checked out their EZ-Path system? It's a lot less of a pain than running through firewalls and having to firestop, especially considering that at least 51% of the opening must be firestop (when sealing cables).
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a469a3ef1c.jpg

Go up on the roof and light one on fire, film it, upload it to youtube. Now. Please? :likecat:

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I 2nd that. Majority rules Joe.

Cats hate costumes.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...2252d63833.jpg

There are plenty of videos out there of intumescent material doing its thing.




Unrelated: random newsroom photos:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...7bc1d3e7b7.png


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...dd798a98fb.png

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d28259e35e.png

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...50233e1637.png



And an unnecessarily large number of updates:

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...99f542d09b.png


And a thing in progress:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...70a2e5935a.png



And an icicle that I pulled off of the inside of my bedroom window:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8d86533235.png




And a thing that was really goddamned hard to calibrate:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b949b6a9cb.png



And one of the many SCBA tanks lying randomly around the office:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e4c0b870fb.png



And, when the fuck did the Honda Accord become a 4WD SUV?

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...40621d67df.png



And a battleaxe that my increasingly senile father thought would be a good birthday gift for my 11 year old niece:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4e69847cb5.png



And me, underwater, looking at stuff:

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e60df552a6.png



And a really interesting handcrafted model of Falkor the Luck Dragon that my sister had commissioned by some lady in Russia:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8fe2ec8b28.png



And a frozen yogurt shop inside a bookstore in Florida. I thought hipster bookstores were supposed to have coffee shops in them? Oh, #Florida...

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...2282323a54.png



And me, balancing dice on dice:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...02167ccd32.png



And a room inside O'Hare Airport that I don't think I was supposed to be able to get into, that I got into:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...cc0bddbbfd.png



And two of the guys who work for me who swear that they didn't plan this:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0fedc1a6ea.png



And a room that I need to figure out how to cram yet more shit into:

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...88157c037a.png





Is that a sufficiently random assortment of photos for this thread?

The point, good sir, is not to see what it does, but to get the Joe Perez narration and reaction :bigtu:

http://wallpaper-gallery.net/images/...om-image-1.jpg

Ehh, you clearly left out the one showing where the fake news is generated. :D

Those carpet tiles piss my eyes off.

I also did a thing
https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...78&oe=58DDC83F

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4e51c67e1c.png







Well, this building was constructed in the 1960s, and to be honest, most of the penetrations are of the "Someone knocked a hole through the cement-block wall with a hammer and chisel 30 years ago" variety. They've already got cable going through them, and so caulking and pillows are really the best solution with regard to fire-safety.

Our annual inspection is tomorrow. Wish me luck.





That's an interesting-looking thing.

What is it?

And while I'll abstain from personal commentary on the carpet tiles, believe it or not, they look pretty good on camera.




The fake-news bureau is in the basement of one of the stagehands' parents downtown. The main newsroom handles real news. :giggle:


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...94998547b0.png






Unrelated: The 7 News van seems to follow me everywhere. LEAVE ME ALONE, ABC!

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6cd474b81b.png




Unrelated to unrelated:

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9153c7ee2b.png

You would know if you participated in the gang bang more often (I love how that sounds out of context).

Its a 3D printer kit.

Ah, yes- I see the roll of "skin color" filament now.

Twins. Same mother, same father:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d59f586015.png

joe i think youd appreciate all the printed all pictures i have in my cube...

My cubicle wall...
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...052e0de911.jpg

Yay.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0c9e721c9f.jpg

Like a boss. :bigtu:

We been fabricatin' all kinna shit up in here.

Such wire. So detail. Many power.


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d535660052.png

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...5b34928aa7.png

I literally LOLed at the TIE bomber ejection. Gonna find a copy of that and frame it for myself.

Reminds me of this, which is sure to fuck with the nerds:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8cfc1801fe.png

I posted that 5-10 pages back. No response.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...a73b4e9d33.png


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d0bfbcfe9b.png


this is my collection of stuff I've found around the office. the Lens cup and rubix cube are my own contributions, everything else I've scavenged.



https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...83d18c035b.png

This let's everyone know what they are dealing with. I've been having a lot of Snickers Moments the last few weeks.

poor poor doggie:

I did. :confused:

https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Picard-Wtf.jpg

Since we're posting office photos...

My "official" office:

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...23efcef87f.png



My "unofficial" office, in which I actually do useful work:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b8979bd1ea.png

FLORIDAAAAA!

Rear facing child safety seats? Check.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z11D9_17WZ...ng%2B00301.jpg

Google "tie fighter ejection" if you don't like this version:

http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uplo...y-Ejection.jpg

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...805ca51f17.jpg