http://thetalik.net Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:35:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a while since I've done any engineering/DIY posts so today I'll change that and show you how to make your very own MacBook Pro stand. Here are the materials you will need:1.5x1.5 foot sheets .25inch of Acrylic (2)Acrylic glueTable sawsandpaper First start by getting out you acrylic sheets and ... http://thetalik.net/2008/03/23/diy-macbook-pro-stand/ Hey all, this is just a quick post to keep you all entertained while I prepare more in depth posts. Last year I took a little weekend trip to Fermilab with my school. Needless to say it was pretty cool. We got to see a lot of the equipment that ... http://thetalik.net/2008/03/12/fermilab/ As I'm sure many of you are aware of, over the past year I have really started to take a liking to the sport of unicycling. So how did I get into this strange sport you might ask and how am I doing at it? Well here we go...  It all ... http://thetalik.net/2008/03/06/unicycling/ While I continue to work on some upcoming posts here are some wildlife pictures at school last year, hope you enjoy:[gallery=15]more pictures...  http://thetalik.net/2008/02/23/wildlife-photography/ So, by this time I'm sure that many of you are at least aware of the what happened at NIU on thursday. It was a crazy day there were all sorts of things going on. Over the course of the day I took a few pictures to document the ... http://thetalik.net/2008/02/18/niu-shooting/ if you are anything like me you have probably wondered what it's like to work as a designer at Lego. Well I just read this interview that boing boing had with Lego Bjarne P. Tvskov a designer for lego during their heyday. Check it out! http://thetalik.net/2008/02/12/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-lego-designer/ So I just read about this company called Rotoblock. The company is basaed in Santa Rosa California and is working on a type of engine called a toroidal internal combustion engine. The torodial engine made by Rotoblock is an evolution of the oscillating piston engine (O.P.E) designed by Dr. Monti ... http://thetalik.net/2008/02/12/toroidal-internal-combustion-engine/ So in an effort to get back into this whole blogging ordeal I'm going to start of with a nice interesting post.Over winter break my brother, mom, and I decided to organize our Lego collection. At the end of the tedious process of assembling and finding the various legos I ... http://thetalik.net/2008/02/11/legos/ My sister's room has always been quite a mess. Just recently when she was cleaning she came downstairs with an obscene amount of plastic water bottles. I saw this and was reminded of [Dantes Inferno](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy) and the Horders of the forth circle. Pretty funny so I thought I'd post it. If ... http://thetalik.net/2006/05/26/abandon-hope-all-ye-who-enter-here/ Those of you who haven't seen Spinal Tap may not to apreciate this find to its full extent, but I recently stumbled upon this dial at school. The special thing about it of course is that the numbers don't just stop at ten, no no they go all the way ... http://thetalik.net/2006/04/30/it-goes-to-eleven/