{"id":1707,"date":"2016-10-28T13:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2016-10-28T13:15:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T18:15:48","slug":"links-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2016\/links-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Links!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/origin-of-leatherman\" rel=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/origin-of-leatherman\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1717\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2016\/links-2\/leatherman-before-and-after-700x495\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leatherman-before-and-after-700x495.jpg?fit=700%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,495\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"leatherman-before-and-after-700&#215;495\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leatherman-before-and-after-700x495.jpg?fit=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leatherman-before-and-after-700x495.jpg?fit=700%2C495&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"wp-image-1717\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leatherman-before-and-after-700x495.jpg?resize=500%2C354\" alt=\"Origin Of Leatherman\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leatherman-before-and-after-700x495.jpg?resize=700%2C495&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/leatherman-before-and-after-700x495.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/scienceinnyc\/\">My new favorite new thing on IG.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; That &gt;||&lt; Button in the elevator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/28\/us\/placebo-buttons-elevators-crosswalks.html\">is just a placebo<\/a>?\u00a0WOW.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; This\u00a0Instructable on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Measure-the-Moisture-Content-of-Your-Firewood-With\/\">How to check moisture content in wood with only a Multimeter<\/a>\u00a0is a really useful hack.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; If you are a fan of Steampunk art, <a href=\"http:\/\/tabletopwhale.com\/2016\/09\/28\/how-to-build-a-human-heart.html\">here&#8217;s how to build a human heart<\/a> (<em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notcot.org\/\">notcot<\/a><\/em>)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; The history of Leatherman is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/origin-of-leatherman\">great small business story <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; and I really loved seeing the original Leatherman prototype (pic above) .\u00a0(<em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notcot.org\/\">notcot<\/a><\/em>)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tW8HNAlUXxU\">Extremely entertaining video<\/a> on how to machine a cube to be (nearly) perfectly square.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2016\/10\/20\/are-todays-engineers-worse\/\">Nice post<\/a> from the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/\">Hackaday<\/a> blog asking how today&#8217;s engineers match up to yesterday&#8217;s.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Though I don&#8217;t really buy the whole &#8220;things were better back in the old days&#8221; line, this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancient-origins.net\/news-history-archaeology\/researchers-discover-secret-recipe-roman-concrete-020141\">ancient Roman concrete recipe<\/a> rocks!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Insane <a href=\"http:\/\/hackaday.com\/2016\/10\/03\/homemade-capacitors-of-a-mad-scientist\/\">home-made high-capacity capacitors<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Do not try this at home (or ANYWHERE)!<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; This time of the year reminds me of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/inhabitat.com\/nyc\/photos-hurricane-sandy-already-flooding-brooklyn\/\">Hurricane Sandy<\/a>, so <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/09\/new-york-future-flooding-climate-change.html\">this New York Magazine article<\/a> is\u00a0especially haunting.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; iOS 10 has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idownloadblog.com\/2016\/09\/13\/100-best-new-ios-10-features\/\">loads<\/a> of cool stuff.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; As if we need another reason\u00a0to be wary of\u00a0email links &#8211; if you lose your iPhone\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/this-is-what-apple-should-tell-you-when-you-lose-your-iphone-8f07cf73cf82#.fg6dewohp\">beware of scammers posing as Apple<\/a>\u00a0who attempt to steal your password.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>&#8211; Every little bit helps:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.curbed.com\/2016\/9\/22\/13019420\/urban-design-community-building-placemaking\"> 101 Small ways<\/a> you can improve your city (<em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swiss-miss.com\/\">swissmiss<\/a><\/em>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0My new favorite new thing on IG. &#8211; That &gt;||&lt; Button in the elevator is just a placebo?\u00a0WOW. &#8211; This\u00a0Instructable on\u00a0How to check moisture content in wood with only a Multimeter\u00a0is a really useful hack. &#8211; 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