On this week’s episode, Will checks the door, Joey delays his gratification, and Norm ponders the true meaning of Christmas. All that, plus the Instagram TOS kerfuffle, Google dominating iOS, Twitter archives, the year in review, the problem with gift guides, and the final fake outtakes of the year.
One Day Builds
Adam embarks on one of his most ambitious builds yet: fulfil…
Show And Tell
Adam recently completed a build of the royal St. Edwards cro…
Making
Viewers often ask to see Adam working in real-time, so this …
One Day Builds
Adam and Norm assemble a beautifully machined replica prop k…
One Day Builds
One of the ways Adam has been getting through lockdown has b…
Making
Adam unboxes and performs a quick test of this novel new hel…
Making
When Adam visited Weta Workshop early last year, he stopped …
One Day Builds
Adam tackles a shop shelf build that he's been putting off f…
Show And Tell
Time for a model kit build! This steampunk-inspired mechanic…
One Day Builds
Adam reveals his surprise Christmas present for his wife--a …
watch the last day of tested christmas first before you watch or listen to the podcast! it’ll explain things: http://mdvip-tested.md-staging.com/art/452405-12-days-tested-christmas-holy-wow/
Midnight In The Garden Of Evel Knievel
…Apparently a real book title…
This site redesign makes it much more enjoyable to visit the podcast page.
I guess it has been confirmed that Will and Norm have assimilated. Hearing that their Twitter history is mostly the same is amusing.
Abner Ravenwood? You know, the new Blu-ray set is pretty great, and it may just have been too long since you guys have seen ‘Raiders.
Ah yes, the episode where Will mixes up Ben Stiller and Ben Affleck. Great episode.
lol i was thinking of avner ronen, the creator of boxee.
Great episode, Happy holidays and new years tested crew
If you need an excuse to go to Boston next year do PAX east in march im sure there’s a bunch of stuff there perfect for you guys to cover 🙂
I’m from the Philly area, there’s alot of historical stuff other then that nothing really jumping out at me right now. if i find anything interesting ill send some tips.
Happy holidays, Tested!
There is an option in amazon to turn off browsing history or delete items from it. That should adjust the recommendations
I’m pretty sure that Adam does in fact have a Indy Sr. Journal that he made. He made like 10 of it and used the spares for prop-trades. Not sure where I heard him talk about it, but its out there somewhere.
Edit: found this,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonniegrrl/2468481521/in/photostream/
Edit2: Yes, Will, lithography does basically mean “stone writing”, referring to the original lithography printing plates being stones that were ground flat. Offset-lithography is the leading printing technology today, but sadly no stones involved. 🙂
Great episode, thanks for a year of awesome content, guys.
Will, the Stainless King series of Thermos bottles has a ‘drink bottle‘ version now. You should do a review of that one too if you can. The Stainless King line is my favorite, and this new bottle has the same sort of drink ability of the Zojirushi bottles. The metal latch thing isn’t as nice as the switch on the Zojirushi bottles, but it’s nice and big at 24oz.
http://www.thermos.com/products/stainless-king-leak-proof-drink-bottle.aspx
Will, Norm, and Joey are a good combination for the podcast. Still, I can’t help but miss Gary.
This. you guys are supposed to know this stuff!
I was one of the people who waited till the Google Maps app was released to upgrade my iPhone 4S to iOS 6. Being able to update apps without entering my password is the only useful feature I’ve come across so far.
So Will, if Norm were to wear his Avengers shirts, would he then be Avenged Sevenfold? Or would simply being gifted them do?
These are the mysteries awaiting us in 2013!
Great job guys and thanks for all insightful content, less so for the less insightful content ;oP
Japanese gets good compression for a number of reasons. I’m no expert so anybody fluent can feel free to correct me.
Here is the Golden Tweet in question. I’ve highlighted the kanji in it, those are the meaning-densest part. Each solo or pair is likely a whole word. And it’s exactly 140 characters too.
公式ブログが無いのでこちらで報告させて頂きます。私、山寺宏一は昨日6月17日に声優の田中理恵さんと入籍致しました。人生を共に歩んで行く素晴らしいパートナーと巡り会えた事に感謝します。互いを信頼し、支え合い、笑顔あふれる家庭を築いて行こうと思います。暖かく見守って頂けたら幸いです。
So what’s the mat thing on the table in front of Norm?
To counteract your Twitter feeds being filled with “guys” you should say “hey girl hey” instead.
Hopefully they can get Gary in for the first show of the year. I don’t think it would be too late for 2013 predictions then.
Compression from names too, assuming it’s a Japanese name or the name is shorter when written in katakana.
I don’t have a suitable microphone to mail in a proper question, but I still have a “would you rather” for you guys.
So, you know the classic ‘horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses and the recently resurrected ‘bat vs knife’ ones? I’d like to combine those two. Would you rather defend against one bat-sized knife or a hundred knife-sized bats?
How are they attacking you? I dunno… they’re haunted or something. Tiny invisible aliens, or maybe Jedis or tractor beams. Whatever. They float and attack you until you either die or trap them.
The lower receiver is the bit that lets you change the action of the rifle. The “action” is how the rifle feeds and fires, therefore you could make a full automatic weapon in your home. I assume that’s the real worry, because making a gun isn’t that big of a deal when you need a $2000 machine to make a rifle that would probably cost you $1000-$1500, and it’ll work about 30% of the time and last at most 30 rounds.
Considering that the barrel of a military assault rifle can rupture violently just because of some water or grit in there, I don’t think that 3D printing is going to be an effective way of doing anything but getting yourself killed when the round going off just explodes the thing in your hand after the nth shot.
Hell, my Airsoft rifle has trouble feeding BBs with a semi-automatic action, and it’s mostly made of metal.
I don’t think metal 3D printing will be easier and cheaper than available options any time soon. It’ll be a long ass time before 3D printing is accessible to actual people that could create a gun or any part of a gun that functions properly.
You could argue that it only needs to make one shot, and that’s true, but you know what? You can buy pretty much the same handgun that the Marine Corps uses pretty easily and for about $600. I’d like to see someone make a 3D printer that can make so much as one of those little Lego missile launchers.
Holy shit! That’s the Hot Toys Batman Begins/The Dark Knight Tumbler on the table next to Joey!