Spark of Madness @hellcatblues - Tumblr Blog

So I do 3D modeling and printing as a hobby, and a few weeks ago I designed wheel guards meant to prevent office chairs from running over cables and clothes... or your pet's tail.

I got the idea from cowcatchers old locomotives used to have.

Anyways, yesterday I uploaded the model to Thingiverse, and just hours after uploading it, the Community Relationship Manager of the whole website left a comment suggesting I enter the model into a competition that's currently being held on the site.

So I did... and now it's in third place not even a day later. First place is $500, but the competition still has a month to go.

Then the Community Manager contacted me again, telling me they want to feature my model in an upcoming design promotion.

Just, what is happening? I mostly made this thing for myself in, like, an hour, and now it's suddenly super popular? This is all a little bit overwhelming 😵‍💫

Other models I worked on for weeks didn't get nearly as popular. I swear, it's impossible to predict what people will like.

Anyways, if you want to print the wheel guards yourself, you can get the model here or here.

I also made a quiet version you can stick furniture felt pads on.

porterdavis

no-longer-another-bondi-blonde

middleagedbummer

What a glorious day that will be!! 💯❤️❤️❤️❤️

hope-for-the-planet

California is installing zero-emission electric appliances and energy-saving upgrades at no cost to low-income households across the state u

Under the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program, California is providing no-cost, zero-emissions appliances like induction stoves and heat pumps to low-income households. The program covers single family, multifamily, and mobile homes and also include other efficiency upgrades like smart thermostats, LED lighting, and better duct sealing and insulation.

Worth noting, is that these appliances improve not only energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, but are also cheaper to operate and significantly improve indoor air quality.

jeyneofpoole

nolan’s odyssey is such a textbook study on the idiocy and dangers of presentism. yes of course penelope is a modern day feminist who wants to rule ithaca by herself. they make telemachus say that GREECE IS THE GREATEST CIVILIZATION IN THE WORLD as if the entire point of the massing of achaeans at troy for one unified cause isn’t spectacular precisely because THERE IS NO CONCEPT OF A UNIFIED GREECE NATIONS DO NOT EXISTTTTTT YETTTTT. literally 101 on historical writing is making sure that you’re avoiding strict periodization because the people living in a “period” will not identify themselves that way. ever. five million cheeky nods to “the sea peoples” but we’re being cute and coy and calling them “the people from the sea.” the obsession with xenia but refusal to call it xenia yes let’s say “zeus’s law” a hundred times and reduce it to the literal expectation that any stranger could be a god in disguise. how was penelope just hanging out in the main hall of the palace with her husband’s dinner guests while they were playing with weapons with her HAIR COMPLETELY DOWN no veil no nothing just chilling casually. comical. stoppppp making movies that engage in historical viewpoints if you’re going to slather a modernized coat of paint over the top. “the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.” or fucking whatever.

foreverlogical

This searchable database tracks the crimes committed by Jan. 6th insurrectionists before and after their violent attack on our Capitol. This tracker is updated weekly.

materialsscienceandengineering

DEEP installs Vanguard habitat at Tennessee Reef

The subsea habitat is the first open-ocean deployment of its kind in the United States in 40 years, with parts produced using DEEP's WAAM service to contain program costs

Ocean engineering firm DEEP has completed installation of Vanguard, its pilot subsea human habitat, on the seafloor at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The company claims it is the first open-ocean subsea human habitat built, tested and deployed in the United States in 40 years. The habitat sits 17 meters (56 feet) below the sea surface and is designed to house up to four aquanauts for missions of five days or longer. First open-ocean deployment in 40 years DEEP has moved into sea acceptance testing and commissioning, the final steps before classification by DNV, the maritime classification society that has advised on the design and build. Crew training will follow, ahead of research missions expected to cover coral reef restoration, reef monitoring, climate impact studies, human performance research and extreme-environment training.

progressivepower

Mamdani joined inmates at the Rikers Island jail to watch England's WorldCup semifinal against #Argentina #England #WorldCup

mixelation

we as a society have GOT to accept that it is okay if we get blocked. you do not have the right to interact with every single person on the internet. "but then i can't interact with their content" yes that is the point "but i didn't do anything" no one owes you an explanation and you don't have to have "done something" to be blocked. let it go

dreamilypurpleoutcast

Donald Trump and Republicans have destroyed our country in every way possible, economically, environmentally and politically. Americans are suffering and the entire world is laughing at our incompetent Republican government. And what are they spending their time doing? Not trying to fix any of the problems they created, no they’re trying to rig elections so they can screw our country up even more.

On November 3rd it’s time to end the insanity.

#truth #america #President #UnitedStates #government #Congress