Build Your Own Lava Lamp 197
Manip writes "My new project: 'The difficult part about making your own liquid motion lamp is, of course, the motion. We won't go into the lamp base too much. The store-bought ones use a 40w appliance bulb in a metal housing which directs the heat to the underside of the glass container. If you're making your own base, we recommend installing a dimmer switch so that you can control your heat output.'"
Fun projects (Score:5, Funny)
All the fun of enduring pop-subculture at a fraction of the price. How inspiring
Screw Lava (Score:5, Funny)
Off Topic, But.... (Score:5, Funny)
Good.
Now, how many of those who raised their hand are involved in a relationship with someone.
Ahhh. You in the back. Anyone else? Good.
Thanks.
Next Week On Slashdot: (Score:5, Funny)
Also, the top 10 best ways of looking like RMS!
Comment removed (Score:0, Funny)
Yes, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Off Topic, But.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Off Topic, But.... (Score:2, Funny)
How many
Ahhh. You in the back. Anyone else? Anyone at all?
No? Well, sir, do you have a lava lamp?
Random Numbers. (Score:5, Funny)
Cool. cough. cough. Anyone got a clip?
wbs.
Re:Fun projects (Score:2, Funny)
How would MacGyver do it? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Mirror (Score:2, Funny)
Here's a google mirror [google.com].
My Project. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How would MacGyver do it? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Screw Lava (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, it takes 4 hours to bake a cupcake, but still. Just don't think about adding eggs unless you don't mind a little salmonella.
Re:Off Topic, But.... (Score:5, Funny)
Useless! (Score:3, Funny)
(Not enought SCO news today.. I really HAD to do something to get my fix)
Re:Fun projects (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm... and only a couple of week on the tail of this article [slashdot.org]...
Re:How would MacGyver do it? (Score:2, Funny)
I also think he'd use a button. Probably ground up and used as a catalyst somehow.
Lava Lamps? (Score:5, Funny)
Build your own fire hazzard (Score:4, Funny)
o has no documentation about it's foundation
o is a potential fire hazzard
and pay more than what a well engineered alternative would cost.
Sounds like M$ to me.
Navier-Stokes Equations and Brunt Vaisala Frequenc (Score:1, Funny)
The Navier-Stokes Equations and Brunt Vaisala frequency come to mind.
Of course this simplifies down to F = MA.
God Bless Newton.
Re:The real reason these things went out of fashio (Score:2, Funny)
How to tie-dye a tie... and a tutu, too! (Score:3, Funny)
http://www.comedy-zone.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topi
If anyone knows where this came from, and where I can buy a CD or something with this, please let me know. (I believe I saw this performed on a TV show called Laugh Tracks or something like that, but it predates that show.)
steveha
Hopelessly inefficient... (Score:5, Funny)
With compact flourescent bulbs, there is now absolutely no excuse to emit all that completely pointless waste heat to illuminate your lava lamp! The lamp will be cheaper to run, and the bulb will last longer too!
Just such an American thing to do...
Re:How to tie-dye a tie... and a tutu, too! (Score:2, Funny)
Buy CD-R blank
Record self reciting instructions in jaunty manner
Burn audio recording to CD
Congratulate self on job well-done (optional).
Or if you like, I can perform steps one through three and sell you the resulting CD for $19.95.
Re:Off Topic, But.... (Score:2, Funny)
Of course given a geek with a lava lamp, the big question is whether the geek is a hippie-geek or a computer-geek who wants to generate random numbers...