Bumbling Bee

This is a spot from an italian estate agency (we are governed by the right-wing party)

The woman says "Ridiculous..."

The old lady is not in her home. She is at work. She's meant to be what in Italian is called "la portinaia", aka a cross between a doorwoman and cleaner of a residential building. She's in her small "office" space, at the entrance of the building, from where she can survey the coming and goings of the inhabitants. It's a job that has mostly disappeared, but is culturally very clear to us as having the connotation of "potentially gossipy, one-million-percent judgmental woman who sees everything that goes on in the apartment complex, knows everyone and their secrets, and has Strong Opinions™️".

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I, knowing that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, waited carefully for the lab director to be deep in conversation with someone else on the other side of the laboratory. And then I took my chance.

Test tubes, as it turns out, are really bad as shot glasses. Their shape turns any liquid inside into a stream, so you really can't knock it back quickly - it takes a couple seconds. Additionally, the best way I can describe the taste of virus concentrate was "sterile rot". A very unique kind of bad! Made worse by the test tube's inefficiency as a shot glass.

(by the way we were studying bacteriophages, not animal viruses. these viruses are too specialized on attacking prokaryotes to even recognize our cells as targets at all, according to studies.)

(but also like. if the viruses managed to successfully switch hosts and killed me with a violent infection, itd still be worth it.)

The Valley of Bowser 1 level in Super Mario World features Chargin' Chucks that destroy blocks. By carefully creating a staircase for a Chargin' Chuck in the manner shown in the footage, while strategically scrolling the camera with L and R so that he can run through some blocks offscreen and leave them intact, it is possible for him to run up to the ceiling of the passage and destroy it.

This allows Mario to enter the area within the ground, which is of course supposed to be impossible. The collision inside the ground is often invisible, and walking into an area of ground extending to the bottom of the level will cause Mario to fall through the entirety of it and die.

Source: olivias-glitches

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

Also, for those saying that this wheelchair looks uncomfortable or that the dimensions wouldn’t work for them etc… this picture is of a wheelchair that is custom made for a specific user. It’s functionality comes specifically from its custom fit which allows the user to self propel comfortably and easily do maneuvers like jumping curbs, etc which regular hospital chairs (one size fits none) do not allow.

However, the website and designs (which were designed, built, and tested by a full time wheelchair user for other wheelchair users) seeks to provide DIY info that is helpful regardless of one’s needs. Meaning that you can decide if a higher or lower backrest is better for you or if you need a bigger cushion or a different foot rest or push handles or whatever. And since it’s s cheap and easily repairable it can also be updated for the user’s changing needs as their disability progresses.

It is obviously less ideal than other options and users need to know enough to protect themselves from injury from pressure sores and repetitive movement just like any chair. But for the thousands upon thousands who have no other option because they don’t have manufacturing companies available in their country or because insurance wont allow it or because their doctor doesn’t think they need it or because airlines damages their chair and wont replace it, this may be their only viable option.

Plus, if you want to know more about how design affects usability (its super cool I promise) there are also a ton of test videos which show side by side comparisons of custom chairs vs DIY chairs vs hospital chairs performing various functions to demonstrate the importance of custom fit over materials. Because if you can expend half the effort to go the same distance, that is HUGE.

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

Also, for those saying that this wheelchair looks uncomfortable or that the dimensions wouldn’t work for them etc… this picture is of a wheelchair that is custom made for a specific user. It’s functionality comes specifically from its custom fit which allows the user to self propel comfortably and easily do maneuvers like jumping curbs, etc which regular hospital chairs (one size fits none) do not allow.

However, the website and designs (which were designed, built, and tested by a full time wheelchair user for other wheelchair users) seeks to provide DIY info that is helpful regardless of one’s needs. Meaning that you can decide if a higher or lower backrest is better for you or if you need a bigger cushion or a different foot rest or push handles or whatever. And since it’s s cheap and easily repairable it can also be updated for the user’s changing needs as their disability progresses.

It is obviously less ideal than other options and users need to know enough to protect themselves from injury from pressure sores and repetitive movement just like any chair. But for the thousands upon thousands who have no other option because they don’t have manufacturing companies available in their country or because insurance wont allow it or because their doctor doesn’t think they need it or because airlines damages their chair and wont replace it, this may be their only viable option.

Plus, if you want to know more about how design affects usability (its super cool I promise) there are also a ton of test videos which show side by side comparisons of custom chairs vs DIY chairs vs hospital chairs performing various functions to demonstrate the importance of custom fit over materials. Because if you can expend half the effort to go the same distance, that is HUGE.

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

Also, for those saying that this wheelchair looks uncomfortable or that the dimensions wouldn’t work for them etc… this picture is of a wheelchair that is custom made for a specific user. It’s functionality comes specifically from its custom fit which allows the user to self propel comfortably and easily do maneuvers like jumping curbs, etc which regular hospital chairs (one size fits none) do not allow.

However, the website and designs (which were designed, built, and tested by a full time wheelchair user for other wheelchair users) seeks to provide DIY info that is helpful regardless of one’s needs. Meaning that you can decide if a higher or lower backrest is better for you or if you need a bigger cushion or a different foot rest or push handles or whatever. And since it’s s cheap and easily repairable it can also be updated for the user’s changing needs as their disability progresses.

It is obviously less ideal than other options and users need to know enough to protect themselves from injury from pressure sores and repetitive movement just like any chair. But for the thousands upon thousands who have no other option because they don’t have manufacturing companies available in their country or because insurance wont allow it or because their doctor doesn’t think they need it or because airlines damages their chair and wont replace it, this may be their only viable option.

Plus, if you want to know more about how design affects usability (its super cool I promise) there are also a ton of test videos which show side by side comparisons of custom chairs vs DIY chairs vs hospital chairs performing various functions to demonstrate the importance of custom fit over materials. Because if you can expend half the effort to go the same distance, that is HUGE.