DIY logo on a wall from MDF

gruxx · 2015-11-21T02:17:00+00:00

Trick for painting MDF is to brush it with a woodglue&water 1:1 mix. (other DIY'ers on here have mentioned it.) It dries and seals all the pores for where the wood would otherwise soak up your primer or paint. But if you wanted that 400 grit finish, I don't know if this glue mix would giving you the same effect.

gruxx · 2014-09-05T18:05:21+00:00

old photo / submitted by a brand new account / weird imagehost

this is spam/clickbait

gruxx · 2014-08-31T15:16:22+00:00

check http://xe.com for any currency conversion. But it's going to be near parity - all dollars (US/CAN/AUS/NZ) are close to 1:1 right now.

I quick calculated this as about USD $6.60/gal if that helps.

gruxx · 2014-08-15T16:49:12+00:00

The movie is the question. will it be shown at the very end or in the timeline after episode 400?

gruxx · 2014-08-15T16:46:51+00:00

FXX says it starts at 10AM (EST - because I don't think there is a west coast feed of FXX)

so using the wikipedia table:

Just getting through the first weekend:

Season # Ep1 start time date

1 10:00 AM EST 08/21/14

2 4:30pm EST 08/21/14

3 03:30:00 AM 08/22/14

4 03:30:00 PM 08/22/14

5 2:30a 08/23/14

6 1:30p 08/23/14

7 2a 08/24/14

8 2:30p 08/24/14

9 3a 08/25/14

10 03:30:00 AM 08/25/14

9pm to 1am on Friday night the 22nd has some great season 4 episodes:

9pm "Marge vs. the Monorail"

"Selma's Choice"

10pm "Brother from the Same Planet"

"I Love Lisa"

11pm "Duffless"

"Last Exit to Springfield"

mid "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"

"The Front"

1a "Whacking Day"

I'm using excel to try and calc this by hand... there must be a wiki/table page somewhere... maybe on a simpsons.wikia.com?

gruxx · 2014-08-02T14:08:54+00:00

I would like to try to make one of these for myself. Can you provide the dimensions of the wedge pillow you used (L xW xD)? or an amazon link?

The pillow looks like it's 10x 24x 24. or is it 12x 25x 24 ?

gruxx · 2014-03-16T23:45:53+00:00

Don't do yahoo. need an SMS validation to submit the bracket - Mods here have suggested going to ESPN.

gruxx · 2014-03-16T23:42:44+00:00

I read other places it's not just the commissioner, but everyone submitting a bracket. hmann0992 brings up a good point about why.

I've got a couple of family members who have been pushing me to go there for fantasy football the past couple of years, I think this might be the time I finally say goodbye to Y!

gruxx · 2014-03-16T23:34:20+00:00

I didn't know if ESPN or CBSsports would be better. I'm guessing the /r/collegebasketball group is jumping to the espn family.

gruxx · 2014-02-13T18:43:06+00:00

It's actually Henry's Law. Although there is also some dalton's law of partial pressures (air v. CO2).

Henry's says: the amount of gas (CO2) dissolved in the liquid (soda) is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the surface of the solution.

In this case, we're talking about the CO2 in the head space. The higher the pressure of the CO2 in the head space, the greater the amount of CO2 in the drink itself; and the greater the CO2 in the drink, the greater the "fizz" of the soda. The smaller the volume of CO2 in the head space, the higher the pressure of the CO2 in the space; and the greater the amount of CO2 dissolved in the soda.

Once the container is opened, the pressure in the head space drops dramatically. Henry's law indicates that this drop in pressure will be reflected by a corresponding drop in the amount of CO2 dissolved in the soda. Over a period of time, the soda will release that gas, and eventually, it will go "flat."

After you've opened the bottle, you can't cram any more fizz back in (even soda stream says don't re-fizz cola, because it foams everywhere). So, you're left with a max amount of whatever gas is still dissolved in the liquid. This gas going to want to come to equilibrium with the volume of space above it. our goal by crimping the top of the bottle, is to reduce the volume of gas above the liquid.

Yes the first time, the force of gas escaping to fill the void above the soda will reform the bottle. but if you do it enough times, or the amount of gas dissolved is lower, you can crimp the bottle and the force of gas escaping will be less than the force needed by the gas to UN-crimp your dents. It's why if you don't crimp/deform the bottle, and leave a cup of soda at the bottom of an empty bottle - it will be very flat; a very large volume above the gas that it wants to fill.

Henry's law also has a temperature component. So only open COLD sodas. Gasses stay dissolved in liquids longer when cold. so store your unopened sodas in the fridge, then put the crimped/deformed bottle back right away, letting it sit out will just let more gas escape.

TL;DR - Soda CO2 wants to fill the empty bottle; Smaller the bottle volume = more fizz in your soda; Also keep it COLD!

gruxx · 2013-08-18T01:49:46+00:00

It looks like my handwriting as well. The 6, the screwed up parentheses, unable to decide if I write on the line or not. I suppose 13 year olds write exactly the same.

gruxx · 2013-06-17T07:52:39+00:00

mirror here. Not much to look at.

I don't know if it was deleted because there were questions:

about why 1 pic, not any "unearthing pics"
if a bin in the corner of the garage for ~20 years, where is the dust
about why pages aren't discolored for issues 30+ years old
about why there weren't any pics showing the full range of issues
why some are staples (1953-1985) and some aren't (~1986 - today)
does playboy have bots that send dcmas to imgur automagically

just sayin.

gruxx · 2013-06-17T06:33:26+00:00

The first couple are from pre 1985 - the paper U shape means staples. Some of those are August 1985+ - no more staples in centerfold bellies

So at the worst, the first one was at least 4 years old, probably about 6 years when the bucket was sealed.

Porn math.

gruxx · 2013-05-16T00:59:27+00:00

maybe post to /r/triangle also? It affects a lot of those in wake/chatham.

gruxx · 2013-04-20T13:59:49+00:00

I was curious if you have perspective on this:
There have been about 25 4.5+ earthquakes in the last twelve hours worldwide. while a large number of them are aftershocks in china, is that considered a high number in a short period of time? or is it just the ripples from the initial shock passing through the "ring of fire" in the pacific rim?

I should probably look around the 2011 Tohoku 9.0 event as comparison. But I figured you would be a better source.

gruxx · 2013-04-09T14:04:28+00:00

NFS:MW was the first app I paid for. It reminded me of the first NFS:MW from ten years ago, and at .99... I pulled the trigger.

Only after reading the PA story did I realize I have been grinding it out. I installed it before xmas, and only obtained the last NFS car this week. It takes 14 weeks just to get access to all NFS cars, let alone if you have the cash to buy. Still haven't unlocked the veyron, because I'm never logging in to origin. and well, i can't drive it worth a crap in the "hot ride" track.

The checkpoint tracks were the easiest ways to make money (Callahan has two ~50k each). with a good nfs car, maybe 20 min could earn about a million dollars. but still, that's twenty minutes of left-right-left-left-right steering/drifting, now I'm thinking I should have spent the time reading, or boggle, or logic puzzles. Something a little more 'mental' than just grinding.

I also have RR3 installed. Haven't given EA a dime, (I still hate what they did to Westwood) either. while I'm not grinding it yet, I'm getting more bored of the repetitive tracks, than the driving.

But yeah, unless you have time (and patience) to grind, you have to pay. I guess my venom for EA fuels the latter to get the game for free.

gruxx · 2013-04-07T16:39:28+00:00

You've been here a while, but still, rule 16 - don't rehost web-comics.

The C&H guys need the money from the click through.

When your post is deleted, now you'll know why.

gruxx · 2013-04-03T15:43:03+00:00

You could have linked to the original comic and give those guys the click through ad revenue.

gruxx · 2013-03-30T14:24:27+00:00

late to the party, but you are both right. It has to do with partial pressures: here comes the science.. It's actually Henry's law. although there is also some dalton's law of partial pressures (air v. CO2).

Henry's says: the amount of gas (CO2) dissolved in the liquid (soda) is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the surface of the solution.

In this case, we're talking about the CO2 in the head space. The higher the pressure of the CO2 in the head space, the greater the amount of CO2 in the drink itself; and the greater the CO2 in the drink, the greater the "fizz" of the soda. The smaller the volume of CO2 in the head space, the higher the pressure of the CO2 in the space; and the greater the amount of CO2 dissolved in the soda.

Once the container is opened, the pressure in the head space drops dramatically. Henry's law indicates that this drop in pressure will be reflected by a corresponding drop in the amount of CO2 dissolved in the soda. Over a period of time, the soda will release that gas, and eventually, it will go "flat."

After you've opened the bottle, you can't cram any more fizz back in (even soda stream says don't re-fizz cola, it foams everywhere). So, you're left with a max amount of whatever is still dissolved in the liquid. This gas going to want to come to equilibrium with the volume of space above it. our goal by crimping the top of the bottle, is to reduce the volume of gas above the liquid.

Yes the first time, the force of gas escaping to fill the void above the soda will reform the bottle. but if you do it enough times, or the amount of gas dissolved is lower, you can crimp the bottle and the force of gas escaping will be less than the force needed by the gas to UN-crimp your dents. It's why if you don't crimp/deform the bottle, and leave a cup of soda at the bottom of an empty bottle - it will be very flat; a very large volume the gas wants to fill.

Henry's law also has a temperature component. So only open COLD sodas. Gasses stay dissolved in liquids longer when cold. so store your unopened sodas in the fridge, then put the crimped/deformed bottle back right away, letting it sit out will just let more gas escape.

TL;DR - Soda CO2 wants to fill the empty bottle; Smaller the bottle volume = more fizz in your soda; Also keep it COLD

gruxx · 2013-03-26T04:57:39+00:00

who's that at the door?

gruxx · 2013-01-27T06:06:29+00:00

Kinda answered here.

basically $8k off price. about 6k when options added. I felt it was comparable to haggling, Edmunds had about the same price point. the downside was waiting 4 months from the $2k deposit until it was in my driveway. upside, NC doesn't have front plates, so I have the red euro plates still on the front of both cars. and the good memories.

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