Comments on: One-of-a-kind desk hides a pipe organ and fluidic computer http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 11:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jessica Noneya http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1218988 Jessica Noneya Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1218988 It's the simple fact that it *could* have been, doesn't necessarily mean it would've been. If the person who'd created the fluidic switch lived five hundred years ago, they would've had it so much sooner. It’s the simple fact that it *could* have been, doesn’t necessarily mean it would’ve been. If the person who’d created the fluidic switch lived five hundred years ago, they would’ve had it so much sooner.

]]> By: Hector Cobian http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1218140 Hector Cobian Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1218140 I work with Kagen, I'm his assistant at the woodshop. The sound quality has been much improved; the pipes weren't quite finished when they taped that interview. They are finished now though and there's going to be a show for the desk at Plus Gallery in Denver this weekend. -Hector  P.S. I've been a long-time reader of BB and it feels pretty awesome to see something you've worked on appear on here. I nearly spat out my coffee this morning.  I work with Kagen, I’m his assistant at the woodshop. The sound quality has been much improved; the pipes weren’t quite finished when they taped that interview. They are finished now though and there’s going to be a show for the desk at Plus Gallery in Denver this weekend.
-Hector 

P.S. I’ve been a long-time reader of BB and it feels pretty awesome to see something you’ve worked on appear on here. I nearly spat out my coffee this morning. 

]]> By: professor http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1218126 professor Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1218126 If Kagen Schaefer is a sadist, he's set the master password to be "Yackety Sax"! If Kagen Schaefer is a sadist, he’s set the master password to be “Yackety Sax”!

]]> By: bolamig http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217890 bolamig Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217890 More whistle than pipe organ but man this guy is so brilliant that nobody will ever know where his weed is. More whistle than pipe organ but man this guy is so brilliant that nobody will ever know where his weed is.

]]> By: Gulliver http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217734 Gulliver Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217734 Eat yer heart out Da Vinci! Eat yer heart out Da Vinci!

]]> By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217608 DewiMorgan Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217608 While utterly gorgeous, I'm most delighted and amused by the UI decision to have it shout out your password as you type it in :) Because of this, by Bondian tradition, the compartment should require the five-note melody from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. While utterly gorgeous, I’m most delighted and amused by the UI decision to have it shout out your password as you type it in :)

Because of this, by Bondian tradition, the compartment should require the five-note melody from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

]]> By: Scott Bennett http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217385 Scott Bennett Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217385 I suppose that's a fair point, although I'm not sure exactly what goes on inside this one, or whether it has any historic antecedents. I was more referring to the fact that it's made entirely from wood with hand tools. If you could make a working glider entirely out of wood, then it's fair to say it *could* have been made 500 years ago, if anyone at the time had sufficient understanding of aerodynamics. I suppose that’s a fair point, although I’m not sure exactly what goes on inside this one, or whether it has any historic antecedents. I was more referring to the fact that it’s made entirely from wood with hand tools. If you could make a working glider entirely out of wood, then it’s fair to say it *could* have been made 500 years ago, if anyone at the time had sufficient understanding of aerodynamics.

]]> By: ksallen http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217294 ksallen Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217294 There aren't really any details given on the fluidic computer, but the fluidic switch was invented in 1959, so it's a bit of a stretch to say this could have been constructed 500 years ago. There aren’t really any details given on the fluidic computer, but the fluidic switch was invented in 1959, so it’s a bit of a stretch to say this could have been constructed 500 years ago.

]]> By: Comman Dax http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217216 Comman Dax Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217216 Mr. Woe-to-Hice? Mr. Woe-to-Hice?

]]> By: Ryan Edwards http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217124 Ryan Edwards Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217124 the video here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe4IDGqsDIM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...</a> makes me love it all the more. the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v… makes me love it all the more.

]]> By: BrotherPower http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217060 BrotherPower Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217060 You had me at the beauty of that desk as just a desk. A pipe organ too?! But wait--there's COMPUTER?!? Sold! You had me at the beauty of that desk as just a desk. A pipe organ too?! But wait–there’s COMPUTER?!?

Sold!

]]> By: oohShiny http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/one-of-a-kind-desk-hides-a-pip.html#comment-1217059 oohShiny Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118171#comment-1217059 This is truly worthy of a blog dedicated to wonderful things. :) Thanks for sharing! This is truly worthy of a blog dedicated to wonderful things. :) Thanks for sharing!

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