2026-03-28 09:08:03
FYI you can use a steam iron or hand steamer to "re-inflate" collapsed PU foam, memory foam, etc. It's fuckin' witchcraft. Just did it on a mattress topper and may have saved myself €100 by dodging a replacement. Looky: https://youtu.be/5rndD6tzZPo
Back in the day - gee now I sound like an old geezer - we would put high-foam detergent into fountains (like the Mulholland fountain near Griffith Park in LA or the descending fountain at UCLA), or we would add sugar or fertilizers to still pools (in order to create a rapid growth of pond scum).
I foresee something like that happening to el cheato's new-blue painted reflecting pool on the mall.
What a disgrace, what a moron, what a vandal, and what grossly poor taste - all bu…
Another lovely piece for the FoAM anarchives by @…, this one on community and coalition building, with me as one of the interviewees https://anarchive.fo.am/silver/communi
A Bay Area startup that manufactures drones to tackle wildfires has just signed its first customer, the Aspen Fire Protection District.
The company, Seneca, recently announced that its fleet of five drones (dubbed a “strike team”) would be coming to the famed Colorado ski town this summer,
making Aspen the first wildfire agency in America to add these types of aircraft to its arsenal.
prewedding foam party
Last week I made GF cardamom buns as part of my Easter dinner. But I had a first pass where I put the psyllium husk into the dry ingredients instead of the proofed yeast & milk (where it would gel). I held onto that batch of dry ingredients and salvaged it yesterday.
The buns came out well, but spread quite a lot. They still had a good texture and density, so I don’t know how much my psyllium oops was a factor.
Still learning GF yeasted baking.
It's done, I successfully defended my #PhD! 🤩
My amazing colleagues @… made this gorgeous hat for me 😍
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Swell Maps:
🎵 Foam Rubber Wedding
#SwellMaps
https://swellmapsc21.bandcamp.com/track/foam-rubber-wedding
Brought home some #espresso beans. Pulled a shot on a Bambino Plus with default settings, then made a cappuccino on the same machine. Tomorrow I'll try with the Flair 58.
Thanks to @… for the lovely mug (it’s not blurry IRL).
Just got advertised "protein cold foam". Sounds like the kind of product they'd make in a Carry On movie.
The van's metalwork is exposed in the back and it is far from actually cosy in there so the job today has been to cover the entire insides in a foam insulation.
Seems to have gone okay. I certainly have lots of spare left over, only used about half.
Even had time to start on the covering of the wood and insulation with the vinyl blue wood-effect wallpaper.
Hopefully more of that wallpapering can be done tomorrow though I fear I will run out because I seem to have ordered three mini-rolls of extra rather than three large rolls like I wanted. 🤞 Probably end up having to leave some till next weekend when I run out.
The Carpet has arrived the wrong color too. Boo. Wonder if I'll just accept the black or try and handle the returns process to get the red I wanted.
#diy #vanLife #microCamper