Erich Weidenhammer
@eweidenh.bsky.social
Scientific Instruments at the University of Toronto
Material culture & SciTech heritage
Sundry 3D printing and design
He/Him
Material culture & SciTech heritage
Sundry 3D printing and design
He/Him
Now that I think about it, giving players a novelty that made the player character completely helpless was a smart way for the arcade version to eat quarters. Not really necessary on the ports. I think that they implemented it on the NES version, though.
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Now that I think about it, giving players a novelty that made the player character completely helpless was a smart way for the arcade version to eat quarters. Not really necessary on the ports. I think that they implemented it on the NES version, though.
I get the hardcore sim framing, but I find that totally incongruent with the "Sopwith Camels in space" combat mechanics. Very unlike, say, DCS which models the minutia of radar and fighting beyond visual range.
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I get the hardcore sim framing, but I find that totally incongruent with the "Sopwith Camels in space" combat mechanics. Very unlike, say, DCS which models the minutia of radar and fighting beyond visual range.
Used to take forever. 8 to 12 weeks is an eternity to wait for a windsurfing G.I. Joe when you're ten.
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Used to take forever. 8 to 12 weeks is an eternity to wait for a windsurfing G.I. Joe when you're ten.
Vaguely recall being shown Arachnophobia in the school gym of my Catholic elementary school.
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Vaguely recall being shown Arachnophobia in the school gym of my Catholic elementary school.
A similar mount for this locally developed "Toronto" mercury lamp from the 1950s- a monochromatic light source for spectroscopy. 3d-printed vertical pieces have channels for fishing line to secure the artifact, which is very front heavy due to the mercury. Do not drop.
#Histsci #3dprinting
#Histsci #3dprinting
October 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A similar mount for this locally developed "Toronto" mercury lamp from the 1950s- a monochromatic light source for spectroscopy. 3d-printed vertical pieces have channels for fishing line to secure the artifact, which is very front heavy due to the mercury. Do not drop.
#Histsci #3dprinting
#Histsci #3dprinting
When JCVD came out they released a teaser trailer in which Van Damme shows up to the casting, interrogates the casting director, then decides that he's going to play himself and tells all of the auditioning actors to get lost.
youtu.be/p6VxMKrDONg?...
youtu.be/p6VxMKrDONg?...
JCVD TEASER Van Damme
YouTube video by Jerome
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
When JCVD came out they released a teaser trailer in which Van Damme shows up to the casting, interrogates the casting director, then decides that he's going to play himself and tells all of the auditioning actors to get lost.
youtu.be/p6VxMKrDONg?...
youtu.be/p6VxMKrDONg?...
These are straightforward to make. The base is a length of MDF baseboard. The 3d-printed guide and 3/8" bit shown here is used to make holes for mounting lengths of hardwood dowel. You glue the socketed, 3d-printed element onto the dowels. This arrangement is standard across several mounts.
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
These are straightforward to make. The base is a length of MDF baseboard. The 3d-printed guide and 3/8" bit shown here is used to make holes for mounting lengths of hardwood dowel. You glue the socketed, 3d-printed element onto the dowels. This arrangement is standard across several mounts.
Here's a pretty basic reinforced mount. I made three of these to support a long and delicate '60s He-Ne laser that forms the top edge of the glass-themed display. That thing was not easy to get into place past all the supporting wires.
#histstm
#histstm
October 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Here's a pretty basic reinforced mount. I made three of these to support a long and delicate '60s He-Ne laser that forms the top edge of the glass-themed display. That thing was not easy to get into place past all the supporting wires.
#histstm
#histstm
Cases and shelves are white. I tried to colour match the mounts to the cases and to keep the shapes simple and rectilinear so that the artifacts stand out.
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Cases and shelves are white. I tried to colour match the mounts to the cases and to keep the shapes simple and rectilinear so that the artifacts stand out.
Embodiment of the no-bullshit aesthetic of the first rate Chinese restaurant.
August 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Embodiment of the no-bullshit aesthetic of the first rate Chinese restaurant.
There's a children's hospital in my city that started a milk homogenization and distribution program in the early 20th c. specifically because so many children were being killed by unsafe milk.
www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...
www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...
History of Nutrition | RI History | SickKids
Learn more about nutritional innovations at SickKids.
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August 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
There's a children's hospital in my city that started a milk homogenization and distribution program in the early 20th c. specifically because so many children were being killed by unsafe milk.
www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...
www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...
Late 1990s they played a Canadian govt. anti alcohol abuse PSA before some movie. It showed a couple of teenagers making submissions to a govt contest before meeting at the mailbox. They smile at each other and leave. Some goof shouts "If they'd been drunk they'd be together!". Theater cracks up.
August 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Late 1990s they played a Canadian govt. anti alcohol abuse PSA before some movie. It showed a couple of teenagers making submissions to a govt contest before meeting at the mailbox. They smile at each other and leave. Some goof shouts "If they'd been drunk they'd be together!". Theater cracks up.
That's U of T physics prof Stephen Morris. They set up that demo for the science outreach day in the summer.
July 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
That's U of T physics prof Stephen Morris. They set up that demo for the science outreach day in the summer.
If there's a tiny upside to this Trump debacle it's that more good people are becoming Canadian.
July 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If there's a tiny upside to this Trump debacle it's that more good people are becoming Canadian.
You can hit the gravestones in the C64 port of Ghosts 'n Goblins as many times as you like but you will never turn into a frog. I guess the C64 lacked the horsepower to make that happen. Still a great port.
July 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You can hit the gravestones in the C64 port of Ghosts 'n Goblins as many times as you like but you will never turn into a frog. I guess the C64 lacked the horsepower to make that happen. Still a great port.
Man, out of curiosity, I went to the footy scran Instagram account where these were posted. 90% of the food looked delicious. These are just cherry picked to fit a stereotype.
July 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Man, out of curiosity, I went to the footy scran Instagram account where these were posted. 90% of the food looked delicious. These are just cherry picked to fit a stereotype.
It's a nice example, with a full set of accessories as well as forms and an instruction booklet. Unfortunately (like many artifacts of this era) the plastic foam lining of the testing chamber is decomposing badly. It took a lot of careful cleaning as the remaining material is very fragile.
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's a nice example, with a full set of accessories as well as forms and an instruction booklet. Unfortunately (like many artifacts of this era) the plastic foam lining of the testing chamber is decomposing badly. It took a lot of careful cleaning as the remaining material is very fragile.
My kid's kindergarten classes have been cancelled for the second day because of a lack of proper air conditioning. This is the case with six Toronto area French schools. Good thing we're spending 2.2 billion on a parking lot so that an Austrian developer can build a private spa.
June 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
My kid's kindergarten classes have been cancelled for the second day because of a lack of proper air conditioning. This is the case with six Toronto area French schools. Good thing we're spending 2.2 billion on a parking lot so that an Austrian developer can build a private spa.