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A web site devoted to connecting things. I need to connect
my generator head to my 40 HP engine. I need to connect
these two pvc pipes. I need to connect this pet bottle to a
garden hose. I need to connect these two solid aluminum
bars end-to-end without heat. I need to connect two
straps,
ropes, strings, ends of yarn, hair. I need to connect
something
with that ugly ass concrete floor on my closed-in porch. I
need to connect a rope with a limb that is way, way, way
the
fuck up there.
Connect
http://uk.ask.com/wiki/Cross-stitch
Enjoy the joy of Cross stiching. [skinflaps, Jan 06 2012]
Audio Connectors
http://www.google.c...oAQ&biw=991&bih=653
and adapters [csea, Jan 07 2012]
Sounds like a job for these guys.
http://www.youtube....watch?v=1f-kfRREA8M
[doctorremulac3, Jan 08 2012]
Elmer's glue
http://www.google.c...oAQ&biw=991&bih=653
The logo [csea, Jan 09 2012]
Adhesion Science Overview
http://www.adhesive...cienceOverview.aspx
Sticky stuff. [csea, Jan 10 2012]
[link]
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If you have a bow and arrow and some lightweight string, I can help you connect your rope with the limb that is way, way ...up there. |
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predicts that this would quickly turn into a fetish dating site... |
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Ha! I kept thing that as I was writing it. |
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@ [jurist] if you haul the rope up and over, how do
you disconnect it? |
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I think this would be a very good website. You could
call it "Only connect". |
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I could see many Red Green types coming out of the woodwork. |
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[nomocrow], the arrow with the lightweight string attached goes up and over the limb. An end of the string is attached to the midpoint of the rope, and the doubled rope is hauled over the limb and back to ground level. The two loose ends of the rope are fed through the midpoint loop of the rope, where the lightweight string is still attached. The loose rope ends of the rope are then pulled taut to create a hitch over the tree limb. If you want to disconnect the hitch at a future time you merely pull on the still-attached lightweight string, which will loosen the hitch and pull the midpoint loop back to ground. Easy-peasy, unless you had an entirely different sort of connection in mind. [And, it might be pointed out, disconnection was never a featured element nor specification in the original idea in any case.] |
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Ok, so some string and bow and arrow covers one problem, and lots of duct tape would seem to cover all of the others. |
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(Stupid question, why not do a woodwork type joint on the aluminium bars?) |
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Error: Can't connect to server... |
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This is brilliant! (Somewhere, Rube Goldberg is salivating) [+] |
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Maybe a portfolio project for a designer of content
management systems -- seems like a limiting case of
a wicki: a publicly editable ontology. |
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Once it grew to reasonable size, you could use it for
competitions. What's the shortest number of edges
that will allow you to connect your 40 HP engine
with a limb that is way, way the f*ck up there? |
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That depends; do you want the limb to turn, or just
support the engine? |
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The limb should remain stationary, and the tree
rotate. |
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That sort of question does, though, illustrate an
interesting problem for the implementation of this
idea. |
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Torque generation and firm anchoring will be the primary
concerns if the entire tree is to rotate. I reccomend a
hardpoint-adjacent tree and drastic gear reduction, to
begin with. Of course, this all depends on the type of tree
involved; are we talking bonsai or redwood? |
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//bonsai or redwood?// Is [nomocrow] a human
being? They said the limb was \\way the f*ck up
there\\ so, unlikely to be bonsai, under that
assumption. |
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//an interesting problem for the implementation//
This does seem like a
web ontology -- one in which the "connects"
relationship is extensively developed and refined. |
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There's a civilisation in a far off galaxy who got into a lot
of trouble because they unfortunately listened to one self
styled philosopher who said: |
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"Listen guys, it's simple: if you want to know how to
connect things together, all you need to do is work out
how to disconnect them and then do the opposite." |
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After some very unsuccessful attempts at cryogenic
welding they finally pulled his tentacle off and said "Get
out of that, smarty pants". |
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// unlikely to be bonsai // |
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We disagree. It could be bonsai, but placed on a high window ledge. |
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// they finally pulled his tentacle off // |
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Oh, HIM. He tells everyone in the Cantina that it's a war wound, you know. |
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//high window ledge// True, true. Or [nomocrow]
could be standing at the bottom of a deep hole*. |
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*in which case, the solution is to strap large
boxes to their feet. |
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All kidding aside, I think this idea has serious merit. It
would be nice to have somewhere to turn when I need to
mate a Porsche flat-6 to an AW4 transmission, or connect
the tower regulator from my 75/25 tank to my father's
anaesthesia machine (not that I would ever, ever do such a
thing, even in an emergency, because that would be
irresponsible and negligent and a huge insurance no-no). In
the second example, which is completely theoretical, this
website and/or app might theoretically have saved
someone fifteen frantic theoretical minutes spent trying to
find the right theoretical fitting while a theoretical dog
was theoretically dying on the surgery table. |
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In theory, the right fitting was found, the O2 restored, and
the dog lived. |
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Would be nice to include software. "I need to connect my webcam to a Flash face-recognition app and interface it somehow with a database". |
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Ok - you'll need an XYZ and an ABC. |
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Make it a forum. Implement synonym-finding technology* and a simple form: |
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I want to connect _____ to _____. It looks for synonyms in case your question's already answered somewhere. Then it has a box for additional comments (all I have is a blowtorch and a pack of chewing gum; the connection needs to be strong enough to support a pony), then you open it up for discussion. |
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After the original poster has found a connection, they can mark what they did down for the archives. |
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*probably found somewhere in deep space, or encrypted in the crystal structures of a particular small vault of diamonds in a cave in the Amazon rainforest. |
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I am frequently asked "how do I connect this (microphone, DVD player, preamp, XLR, SCARF, etc, etc) to this (power amp, terminal block, wall wart, etc, etc.)" |
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So I have developed a fairly large collection of audio /video adapters. The longest set I can remember involved HI>LO Z impedance transformers, preamp, XLR>RCA phono connectors, 1/4" stereo male plug to 1/8" stereo female, BNC M/F "T"s and banana plugs / sockets. |
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I also carry a soldering iron and solder, various connectors and wire / cable. |
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I dream of the ultimate adapter kit to connect any signal to any other. [link] |
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This reminds me of the time my Charge Nurse commanded
me to figure out a way to connect an IMed IV Pump, to a
rectal tube. The trick was to make it work, and be leak-
proof. Two, totally different creatures, being required to
interact. I would compare this, to connecting a fire hose to
a watering can. They both carry fluids, but vastly different
jobs to do. |
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// my Charge Nurse commanded me to figure out a way to connect an IMed IV Pump, to a rectal tube // |
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Was this for a legitimate medical reason, or was it for some sort of consenting-adults-in-private "entertainment" ? If the latter, no further explanation is needed or desired. |
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I'd like this site if it had a long list of material properties you had to check, surface textures you needed to specify, estimated ambient temperature, humidity, time to dry etc and it just popped up a picture of Elmer's glue no matter what you put in. |
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"Mazonite to lungfish in a 30% boron atmosphere: Elmer's Glue" |
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"Dog cheese to cat leather at 30 fathoms: Elmer's Glue" |
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Do they still have that cow on the glue bottle all happy that it's bones were used to make the product inside? |
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//Do they still have that cow on the glue bottle// |
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Yup. Except it's a bull. [link] |
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That's a bull? I think the Elmer's glue bull is into
broadway show tunes and taking accessorizing to
exiting new levels. Or at least it was until it's bones
were ground up to make Elmer's glue. |
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Good idea, this.
I wanna connect steel and aluminum bike frame components together to build my recumbent trike. |
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There already is a website devoted to gluing this to that. It's called
www.thistothat.com/ But it's worth extending it. |
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My fairly extensive imperical experience in attaching physical things to other thinks stems from a youthful proclivity towards breaking things apart. |
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It's always important to consider the environment in which (re) attached objects are expected to remain together (humidity, temperature, stress, etc.) |
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See [link] for an overview of adhesive science. |
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