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Here comes that review we
were talking about. This is part 1 of 3 reviews on products by Edmund
Scientific. You know why? (Because we got 3 kits…) This one was a luminescence
kit. Now, because of one chemical provided in the lab, we decided to trek to
the local high school to the AP Chemistry teacher there for use of his lab and
fume hood. I would have done it at my house, but…I don’t trust my own hood
because I installed it myself.

Turns out…we didn’t use
the hood. Oh well. We do caution you though, that the MDS information on the
liquid solvent (DMS) indicates it is an irritant and is readily absorbed by the skin.
We should have used gloves. I was just really careful. Don’t follow my example.
K?

We unpacked the kit, and
found that it was nicely packed, with very good chemical safeguards. Every
bottle had an MDS sheet attached, which was a real plus. The only thing I found
slightly annoying was the lack of NaOH and beakers. Then again, beakers…I hope
you have if you are going to be doing this type of thing. Deep bowls work too…just
don’t use them afterwards. 😉

Oddly enough, our kit did not come with NaOH so we had to find some
NaOH. Granted, this is not one for the non-chemistry initiated. So, be ready to
follow directions on how to get a specific molar concentration NaOH. And
remember, when it tells you to only poor a few ml of the solution in, follow the directions.

We proceeded with safety
glasses, as it was fairly high concentration NaOH. Our first trial failed quite
miserably, owing to contamination in our beakers as well as a poor
concentration of NaOH. It turned out to be a sickly pale green color. We shook
it vigorously, used magnetic stirring rod on max, and it didn’t work.

Note that the sample on the right is the failed one. The one of the left was our final result

We did it again, with the
clean beaker and was very careful with NaOH, and low and behold, let there be light! We followed
directions and got a fairly bright liquid that glowed bright blue green. Increasing
the concentration of luminol did not affect the brightness, which was an
interesting sidetrack, although after we were through ogling the bright blue
light, we realized it was simply an inherent rate of the reaction. In common
language: ya aint goin to change it.

This was an interesting
kit, very straightforward, and fun. Slightly hard to comprehend chemically for
students, but hey, we’ve taken college chemistry, and it makes sense. This
product was quite nice, and the chemistry teacher was interested in it. You can
check out the home page here and the product page here. We are testing two
other products, which can be found here and here. Good stuff 😀

Moving on from the secret codes of DNA, we see the true use of furbies and microwaves.

(Yes….I do have an obsession over microwaves and high energy physics…)
Check out the one true use of furbies and microwaves, here, and see the light emanating from the furby head.

*Disclaimer: Dont try this at home…unless you have 1) a lab area with a microwave that will not be used for food, and 2) are crazy enough to try. I am proud to say that….I plan on doing  this soon…once i obtain a furby.

😀
Big update here. hehe, dont ask why, I really dont know either.

Heres a person who has 100 supercapacitors. Yes, 100 Cooper PowerStor Series A carbon aerogel capacitors, that run on 2.5 V, 1.5 F…1.5 FARADAYS. These things are nothing like the capacitors you usually see. This guy has em, and doesnt know what to do with em. You guve him an idea, if its the best, he’ll give you 10 of them. I can think of some right off the top of my head, sadly, they all have something to do with destruction, large charges, lethal conditions, etc. But….anyways, check it out here

Speaking about high voltages and dangerous electricity (wait a sec…that pops up at my house like every 6 min…) heres something i want to try…Its got something to do with tesla coils….capacitor banks….Check out the pictures, and the how to pictures, here and here.

And now…speaking of ridiculously powered stuff….ever think of your network card being too….wimpy?…Well…now, it IS.
Presenting, a network card that, ok, lets look at this: 400 mhz cpu, 64 MB dedicated ram, usb 2 ports and cat 6 port. Yes…a network card with RAM AND CPU. SERIOUSLY. Although, i wouldnt complain if i had one….hehe. Check it out here. Sadly, price is not out yet 😛

Since we do NOT have this nic card, our communication methods are horrible. 😛 Which explains why we and the rest of the world got this wrong. (kidding on the reason…) Google is NOT, i repeat NOT just “letting click fraud happen” A huge blogger quoted Eric Schmidt, selectively…and screwed it all up. Thus, Google continues to monitor and catch click fraud…read googles blog, which i find to be more reliable.

On the subject of google….isnt google soo nice? You complain about having a headache, and google sends your acetaminophen ? hehe….
This spawned the comment:

i should write a blog titled “Dear Google, You Make Me Wish I Could
Afford College”.. and end the post with “and please make the check
payable to […]”

This person did indeed send mail to google complaining about how adsense changes gave him headaches. Googles response: Adam Lasnik, a google employee sends him a response, and a packet of acetaminophen. Absolutely Brilliant on googles part. Check it out here

And finally, here is a way to non destructively partition your harddrive. Its a linux program, but…*sound the trumpets, can come as a live cd or live usb package. Run it, and you can create, destroy, resize, check, copy partitions, and file systems. Its pretty nice, i now have it on my usb key, and this is pretty amazing, the timing. Just used it on ipod. 😀 check it out here

Phew…big post. 😛

First thought in my mind: W T F ?
…
Im watching this thing, and i still dont get it…first assumption, maybe theres an airplane (small one….not a huge passenger one) that has a line connected to it, but then, that wouldnt make sense, it wouldnt be able to do those flips…
So i am seriously confused here
Then…at the end of the movie, a link pops up… www.flyingthingz.com
Ok, i think to myself, lets check it out. Turns out, they sell flying DOGHOUSES TOO. Now this is getting interesting.
Scrolling down, you realize that one, its gotten publicity, and two, amazingly…this is probably, actually…real.
Anyways, check out the site with the video, here
and check out their website here

Check it out! this is what happens when you have insane people with lotsa candy and soda. ok…maybe not all the time, but, this is pretty cool. Apparently, theres a chemical reaction that created lots of gas. Check it out here

hmmm….me likes this video yes….
this is really cool, especially the quote “imagine a depth charge…in a bath tub.
BOOM

check it out here

Remember that article we had, with the really cool movie of ferrofluid in action?…well…now, with a few materials you can make the fluid yourself! The catch is…if you want to make the liquid do those nice actions….your going to have to umm…invest in a few thousand bucks, or more of magnetic controlling machinery. BUt…if you have a magnet…you can make it do stuff too!…just, not as complicated. Check it out here
Now…here is the how-to posted here, as a result of the digg effect, i dont know if that site will be open.

PROCEDURE		WHY?
THE FIRST PHASE IS TO PRODUCE FERROUS CHLORIDE FROM FERRIC CHLORIDE (PCB ETCHANT), WHICH WILL LATER BE USED TO PRODUCE MAGNETITE. NOTE THAT COMMERCIAL PCB FLUID IS 1.5M, SO THE AMOUNTS GIVEN BELOW WILL PRODUCE ABOUT 5 G OF MAGNETITE.
1. WITH THE PLASTIC SYRINGE, MEASURE 10ML OF FERRIC CHLORIDE (PCB ETCHANT) INTO A PYREX CUP. ADD 10ML OF DISTILLED WATER.		THIS PORTION OF FeCl3 WILL BE REDUCED TO FeCl2. IT MUST BE DILUTED FIRST BECAUSE OF SOME ADDITIVE IN RADIOSHACK PCB FLUID THAT CAUSES SIDE REACTIONS WITH THE IRON.
2. ADD A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL WOOL. STIR OR SWIRL THE SOLUTION UNTIL IT HAS TURNED BRIGHT GREEN. FILTER WITH A COFFEE FILTER.		FeCl2 IS BRIGHT GREEN AFTER FILTERING. EVEN BEFORE YOU FILTER YOU’LL NOTICE A COLOR CHANGE, BUT THERE WILL BE ‘CRUD’ FLOATING IN IT.
NOW MAGNETITE WILL BE PRECIPITATED FROM A SOLUTION OF FERRIC AND FERROUS CHLORIDE.
3. ADD 20ML OF FERRIC CHLORIDE (PCB ETCHANT) TO THE GREEN FERROUS CHLORIDE SOLUTION		FeCl3 AND FeCl2 REACT IN A 2:1 RATIO. THE CONCENTRATION OF FeCl2 IS HALF THAT OF FeCl3 (SINCE WE ADDED WATER), SO EQUAL VOLUMES PRODUCE THE REQUIRED RATIO.
4. WHILE STIRRING, ADD 150ML OF HOUSEHOLD AMMONIA		THE AMMONIA PARTICIPATES IN A COMPLEX REACTION WITH THE IRON SALTS TO PRODUCE MAGNETITE, Fe3O4, WHICH FALLS OUT OF SOLUTION. THE AMMONIA REACTS WITH THE EXCESS CHLORINE, PRODUCING MAGNETITE POWDER IN AMMONIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION.
THE MAGNETITE WILL NOW BE COATED WITH OLEIC ACID.
5. IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA, HEAT THE SOLUTION TO NEAR BOILING. ADD 5ML OF OLEIC ACID, WITH STIRRING. CONTINUE TO HEAT NEAR BOILING UNTIL THE SMELL OF AMMONIA DISAPPEARS, USUALLY ABOUT AN HOUR.		THE OLEIC ACID REACTS WITH THE AMMONIA TO FORM AMMONIUM OLEATE, A SLIGHTLY SOLUBLE SOAP. THE HEAT CAUSES THE AMMONIUM OLEATE TO BREAK DOWN, AND THE OLEATE ION ENTERS SOLUTION WHILE THE AMMONIA ESCAPES AS A GAS. THE OLEATE ION ATTACHES TO A MAGNETITE PARTICLE, AND IS RECONVERTED TO OLEIC ACID.
THE COATED MAGNETITE WILL NOW BE SUSPENDED IN A CARRIER FLUID.
6. IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA, ADD 100ML OF KEROSENE TO THE COOLED SOLUTION. STIR UNTIL MUCH THE BLACK COLOR HAS LEFT THE WATER AND TRANSFERRED TO THE KEROSENE		WHILE BOTH MAGNETITE AND OLEIC ACID ARE INSOLUBLE IN WATER, OLEIC ACID IS SOLUBLE IN KEROSENE. STIRRING ALLOWS THE OLEIC ACID COATED PARTICLES TO LEAVE THE AQUEOUS PHASE AND ENTER THE KEROSENE
7. POUR OFF AND COLLECT THE KEROSENE LAYER. DISCARD THE WATER. VOILA!		THE KEROSENE HAS SUSPENDED THE MAGNETIC PARTICLES, AND IS NOW A FERROFLUID.

Now…there are three things that are slightly dangerous in this experiment/lab.
#1…DO NOT SPILL the PCB ETCHANT…..don’t smell it either..its umm…pretty reactive….
#2 the ammonia…not too dangerous…but..dont smell it….please…
#3 the kerosene….its FLAMABLE……(need i say more?)

so…do this in a ventilated place….where no one is standing behind you with a flame or torch….*cough* JOE…..
have fun makin this stuff….for me, the materials are comin in…almost there to start makin the stuff. Then..its the magnet collection time 😛

Ok, ive read through this huge long 7 page thing on how to
do this. I decided..this isent a checklist to just go and do. You need to
consolidate. Thus…i have decided to do this for you! I will write it out,
step by step. with prices too! just follow this, and you will be happy. Be sure
that some of the prices may change…its YOUR responsibility to hunt around.

Intel D865VHZL Socket 478 Motherboard
Intel Celeron 345 3.06GHZ 533FSB CPU
512MB PC3200 DDR RAM
450W Power Supply
Premium, Mid-Tower Steel Case w/ extra ventilation

Which, you can find with
the tigerdirect Item #:  TC3J-2070

Link:

Price: $180

Now, what is
critical is the motherboard and the power supply. 450 watts is good for the
number of hdd’s that are going to be put in. The motherboard has many expansion
slots, 7 to be exact. If any time you think 1 TB isent enough, you can always
expand. It has a fast CPU, 512 ram, and has enough video ram for the job. Its
pretty much perfect, especially considering the price

Thus, with this
stuff under the belt, lets go on to the HDD’s.

At shop.com, using
froogle, I found 250 gig DiamondMax Hdd’s selling for $80’s. Their refurbished,
but…they will serve the job. Get four of these, for a total of 1 TB.

Link

DiamondMax Plus 9 250GB Internal Hard Drive(Refurbished)

Price of HDD’s $320

Total Price: 500

I recommend buying a cooling fan for your chipset, such as
this: Masscool 8W0141B1M3G / Socket 775 / Intel Prescott / Aluminum / CPU
Cooling Fan (again…off of tigerdirect)

Item #:  S457-1034

Get that here

9 bucks, and it will let
your stuff live much longer.

So…the total is actually $509!

Putting it together

I refuse to dictate how to
do this step by step. I am sorry..but, if you want 1tb of storage..and you cant
do this….i don’t know what to say. Search around, there are bound to be
how-tos. Ill
just give pointers

Assemble the Comp

Set the hdds as Primary
master and slave, secondary master and slave. Don’t kill the HDDS

Turn it on.

It runs…unless you were an
idiot, and forgot to plug in the plug. Ive done that so many times its not even
funny. Ill
check EVERYTHING, and reinstall everything, and it’s the plug…. Anyways, now…you
have to partition, and install software. I suggest this:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

To partition. You have a
TB…use it wisely, and partition it wisely for your own purposes. I use large
files frequently, so I separate one physical drive, and make it a partition by
itself for use as a scratch disk.

When your done, you should
install your OS, and Sambra. Sambra will make your new file server seem like a
windows file/print server. Its nice…and it will run on any OS that you choose
to use.

Any linux would work….the
author of original idea of this used Puppy linux. I personally don’t like these
small packaged linux installations, but any linux that you find can work. As
long as it isent one of those huge 4 gig distro’s youll be fine! Happy storage
time! Original idea/article from here

voila..and your done!