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2010 REAL ALIEN CONTACT! - Hard Evidence. Everything Is a Remix: Part 4 - Video - The Atlantic. - StumbleUpon. 08.09.09 | by Erik Anderson Whether it’s product branding, package design or projects for ourselves, we’re pleased when we find a solution that’s very effective and creative, while keeping resources to a minimum. This idea is very inexpensive idea and it’s a great way to recycle a wine bottle. See how this simple idea inspired this brand and wine bottle design. It’s been a record year for mosquitoes here in Indianapolis, Indiana and I’d been wanting to add some Tiki-esque torches to the patio to combat the little buggers, and add a little ambiance. Here’s what you’ll need. Empty Wine Bottle (Use any bottle as long as it’s glass and the neck is 1” in diameter. Helpful Tools: Channellocks, adjustable wrench, hacksaw, power screwdriver, and a funnel.

Safety Note: This is for outdoor use only. Building Instructions The Hanger Decide where you want to mount your Recycled Bottle Torch. The Bottle Carefully and tightly wrap the 1/2-inch end of the Coupling with your Teflon Tape. Good Luck! -Erik. 17 Ways To Tie Your Shoelace | CreepyFrog - StumbleUpon. - StumbleUpon. The creators of the Firefox Web browser have revealed further details of a bold plan to release a purely Web-based OS for mobile devices. The Mozilla Foundation’s Boot to Gecko (B2G) project would provide a way for Web applications to access a device’s hardware.

This could let Web apps run just as fast as conventional smart phone apps, and make them easier to port to different platforms. We covered Boot to Gecko in this story last year. Here’s how the foundation describes B2G : “Boot to Gecko is a project to build a[n] OS that runs HTML5, JavaScript and CSS directly on device hardware without the need for an intermediate OS layer. The system will include a rich user experience, new APIs that expose the power of modern mobile phones through simple JavaScript interfaces; a privilege model to safely and consistently deliver these capabilities to websites and apps with the user in control.

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