“allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters, trash compactors, juice extractors”
A few links from hither and yon:
The Sound of Ancient Languages Part 1, including Middle Chinese, Middle Kingdom Egyptian, Hittite, Akkadian, and several others, and Part 2, including Proto-Indo European, Sumerian, Old Chinese, and Gothic. CW: AI generated video w/ occasional creepy glitches. (via YouTube rec)
14 minute video showing how rebar is made in a Japanese steel mill, starting with collecting and shredding the scrap iron. (via)
TIL that in my state, vehicles made before 1916 can get a special horseless carriage license plate (ETA link fixed). (via![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
janni)
---L.
Subject quote from Hardware Store, Weird Al Yankovic.
The Sound of Ancient Languages Part 1, including Middle Chinese, Middle Kingdom Egyptian, Hittite, Akkadian, and several others, and Part 2, including Proto-Indo European, Sumerian, Old Chinese, and Gothic. CW: AI generated video w/ occasional creepy glitches. (via YouTube rec)
14 minute video showing how rebar is made in a Japanese steel mill, starting with collecting and shredding the scrap iron. (via)
TIL that in my state, vehicles made before 1916 can get a special horseless carriage license plate (ETA link fixed). (via
janni)---L.
Subject quote from Hardware Store, Weird Al Yankovic.