The Eludium X-15 Explosive Space Modulator.

The Eludium X-15 Explosive Space Modulator.

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Aw yeah. Back when NASA and the USAF were still loaded with Borderline Sociopathic Boys, strapping rockets to their butts and whizzing around the barrier between Earth and outer space. Everyone manning the consoles back at the base has a whiffle you set your watch to. There’s no fuel economy stickers in the plane windows yet. We were still naming our airplanes cool things like “X-15.” Heads up, NASA and the US military: If your plane/rocket doesn’t sound like it was named by Marvin the Martian, you’ve failed.

You’ve also got to love the interview with the X-15 design engineer. You know you covet his shop teacher eyeglasses. You can almost hear the pen leaking into his pocket protector inside his suit jacket. When he holds up a little model of the X-15, and you can see the slide-rule callouses on his hands. Old Skool, man.

Pogo Stick Dystopia

Pogo Stick Dystopia

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Interestingly,”Pogo Stick Dystopia” is the name of my Oingo Boingo tribute band. But I digress.

(Thanks to Charles Schneider for sending this one along. He’s a pip)

How To Make a Bath Bomb

How To Make a Bath Bomb

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Finally, some news you can use, especially if you’re one of those guys who isn’t in touch with your feminine side. As you know, if you want to get in touch with her feminine side, and maybe the bits around the front, you’re going to have to get in touch with your feminine side first. So, instead of using your significant other’s tupperware to change your outboard motor oil, and then giving it a GoJo rinse and putting it back in the cupboard, why not make a delightful bath bomb for her? It’s easy and fun, and as you can see at the end of the video, you can use it to bathe yourself. For girls, fancy soap applied to themselves is great and all, but any kind of soap applied to their boyfriends is miles better.

Coulda Woulda Shoulda

Coulda Woulda Shoulda

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You know, with that amount of technical skill, you could have changed the brake shoes and pads in your car. You could have fixed the washing machine instead of buying a new one. You could have installed the icemaker water line. You could have put a new mortise lock on your back door. You know, the one that keeps sticking and requires you to jiggle the key.

You could have fixed the X-Box eject tray that keeps sticking when you hit the disc eject button. You could have gotten your grandmother’s VCR to stop blinking 12. You could have cleaned your oven.

In short, you could have done something besides make a steampunk ray gun. However, that would have rendered you entirely unprepared for your Halloween steampunk cosplay party. Good call.