After talking about how it takes a whack of skilled experts to make the stuff most of us take for granted, Andy from How to Make Everything comes to the conclusion that minting your own currency is a dangerous resource-intense pain in the ass.
Surprise: making your own coins is a dangerous pain in the ass
Let's turn lead into gold, shall we?
Similar to superheroes, alchemy is one of those concepts that isn't real, but I wish it were. Theoretically, the idea makes sense—for those of us who know nothing about science. Rearranging the atoms and molecules that occur in an object to turn it into another substance seems entirely plausible to me. However, barring those weird… READ THE REST
Have you ever wanted to spend $1000 to eat a wagyu steak coated in 24-karat gold? Now you can!
A few weeks back, a restaurant receipt went weirdly viral on Twitter, because it was, well, wow. I was personally thrown by the "scare quotes" around the "spaghetti" which apparently $80 per "serving." After looking at the menu for Miami's Nusr-Et Steakhouse, at least that part made a little more sense. Because apparently the "spaghetti"… READ THE REST
Men busted for smuggling gold under their toupées
Over the weekend, customs officials at India's Delhi Airport nabbed two men attempting to smuggle gold under their toupées. Several others were arrested for smuggling gold using more traditional methods such as sewing it inside their underwear and jamming it up their butts. The men were flying in from Dubai. From India TV: Identified as… READ THE REST
Got a home repair project? This HD endoscope camera can give you a closer look
As much as you hate it, sometimes we have to search for things in places we never want to go, like the kitchen sink's drain, the dusty attic, or the spider-web-laden area underneath the house. Your shrieks might just bring music to their ears! But as much as we don't want to see what's in these… READ THE REST
With Buildix Pro, you don't have to be a pro developer to make a killer website
Whether you have your own cookie business or run a celebrity gossip blog, having an unimpressive landing page can really slow things down. Sure, hiring a professional developer to create a website would be awesome, but their rates can be pretty steep, and that's not something you want to budget for these days. Just because… READ THE REST
Send untouched files and useless apps to the dump with this app for Macs
How much of your Mac's storage space is actually stuff you use? Odds are good a significant portion of your hard drive is filled with untouched downloads, duplicate files, and apps you forgot existed. You may not have noticed it, but the gradual slowing of your computer could be due to all those files just sitting… READ THE REST
