Month: February 2011

The daily trading of the Dow Jones industrial average determines the songwriting here, translating the ups and downs of 2010’s market into musical notes. Using a five-note scale spanning three octaves, pitch is determined by each day’s closing level.

Heavy trading volume – most notably on the day of the May 6 ‘Flash Crash’ – leads to high musical volume. Notice the piano tends to play quietly around holidays. The notes are generally clustered in series of five, representing Mondays through Fridays. Follow along with the graph to experience the market in a (somewhat) musical way.

Click here to play the Dow Piano…

Animal-ipstick creations are made using water-based Halloween face paint to create lips that look like animals.

There are many recipes around for ways of making slime, lots based on PVA glue. This recipe is however a bit different, and is very similar to the commercially available slime toys. It has a key advantage that the materials are cheap and so large quantities are possible. You could even fill a bath full if you wanted to!

Gather the materials together. You will need;

Guar Gum- This is available from health food shops.
Borax (sodium tetraborate)- Can be found in supermarkets as a water softener with laundry items. Check it doesn’t have anything else added to it.
Glycerine- available from chemists or the baking/ cake decorating aisle of the supermarket
Colouring- food colour, poster or powder paint
Suitable container to mix in
Scales
Wooden spoon, whisk or similar

Measure out the following quantities of materials. I use plastic cups to do this, but a piece of folded paper will work as well. Quantities do not have to be precise, but it may help you make a batch the same in the future if you can be fairly accurate.

The water can go into the mixing container straight away.

Guar Gum 10 grams (1%)
Borax 10 grams (1%)
Glycerine 10 grams (1%)
HOT water 1 litre

Step 2 – Click here…

In case you were wondering 1 byte = 8 bits.

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A new class of vehicle to the field of fire appliance design that is capable of reconnaissance as well as suppression will be introduced by Amatoya. As indicated by research, there is a need to develop an advanced and highly specialized light tanker which must function primarily as areconnaissance vehicle while providing unparalleled vehicle and crew safety/survivability. It also need to maintain superior off road capabilities and possess appropriate fire suppression technology for the purpose of initial response and front line defense.