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Save Civilization With a Toilet Auger

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Water and Power
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...ting. Because of our crappy crapper, my toilet auger and I had a once-a-week conclave. Unlike a regular plumber’s snake a toilet auger has a graceful bend so that you won’t scratch the porcelain. And it works a lot better than a plunger. Go down to your local hardware store and get one today. Or, better yet, make thee a dry toilet and you’ll never have to flush or use a toilet auger again. But until that day and, my brothers and sisters we’re not...

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Misadventures in Laser Cutting

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Design
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...egree) to assist in printing the woodcut. We made a trip to the art supply store to get a brayer, paper, and some ink. I fashioned a baren, used to press the paper onto the woodcut, out of scrap wood and a doorknob. Problems We managed to pull two not-so-great prints. The problems fall into two categories: materials and concept. First, I should have sanded the birch plywood before laser cutting. The surface of the wood left too rough an impression...

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Saturday Tweets: Big and Trainy

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Saturday Linkages
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...this weird lens flare when trying to document this ridiculous multi-garage situation … pic.twitter.com/2OjTJxMQj3 — Share The Cities (@sharethecities) July 28, 2019 Thrift store shopper scores original drawing by Egon Schiele https://t.co/F9R1WDVFz1 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) July 29, 2019...

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