3D printers, now with expanded versatility

First, a 3D printer that prints in food. A replicator it is not (yet), but getting closer. It can print a pizza. http://www.startrek.com/article/star-trek-replicator-nearing-reality

The next is a 3D printer that can make much, much tougher parts, by printing in carbon fiber. http://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-worlds-first-carbon-fiber-3d-printer-1511379510 Carbon fiber can actually do such things as withstand pressure (most high end paintball air tanks are thin carbon fiber), making 3D printed guns and gun parts less stupid of an idea.

The last one I don't have a link for, because it was on TV, but there's discussions of building a 3D printer scaled to print out buildings in layers of concrete. Set it up at the site, hit print, and wait until your house is done.

At some point these things will be able to do a heck of a lot.

Lrn2Rifleman

http://randomthoughtsandguns.blogspot.com/2014/01/long-range-marksmanship-link-heavy-post.html
Everyone wants to be a rifleman/sharpshooter/etc. American Mercenary has some handy dandy tips, cleverly disguised as an avalanche of links.

Space is Bad/Good

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-space-fly-can-be-proof-that-humans-may-not-be-cut-1511603945

Space is bad for you, even if you don't get directly exposed to it. Basically destroyed the immune systems of flies born in space. Except, if you have artificial gravity slightly beyond that of Earth, space is apparently good for you, so there's that.

Space is weird. Lets go to space anyway.

Curse you, Capitalism!

Darn you, Market, and your failure to cater to my absurdly varied and impractically specific desires!

Clearly the problem is capitalism, and has nothing to do with my requirements! And of course the obvious answer is socialism, the master system of meeting all people's specific needs perfectly!


In all seriousness, I am apparently good at finding things that I want that nobody makes. On the other side of the coin, many of these things are things that I can make myself, because engineer, and then make all the money, so it's alright I guess.

A few things I want that I probably can't throw together in my currently-imaginary garage workshop
-A watch with a Geiger counter in it that isn't $500-1500 and limited production (I want one, but not $500+ worth!)
-A pipe-insert version of those e-cigarette things, so I can (kind of) use the pipes I'm considering collecting without cancer, etc.

Hmm, not quite as many things that I can't make as I thought, although I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Now, if you'll pardon me, I'm off to work more on my job hunt so I can afford raw materials for the rest of the list!

Gaming Shenanigans, The List

I came across this a while ago, and have been meaning to post it here several times but have never gotten around to it (that I can remember)

http://theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html?nojs=1

Many of the more sensible things are things that will work in my games. Only a select few of them will get your character killed/maimed/taken away.

Glases/Ear Mount Flashlights

I wind up working in a lot of dark places where I need both hands and have no room to hang a work light (assuming I had one available). I usually wind up holding my Streamlight ProTach 1L in my mouth while I work, which doesn't work as well if I also need to talk to someone to ask for parts or whatever.

There are a few varieties of ear-mount flashlights, but none of them are what I'd call "minimalist"
This one in particular is the most common one that I've seen, and seems the most useful.
I've found a couple glasses mount lights, but they're equally non-minimalist, and usually rather doofy looking to boot, in ways that might work on a pair of work glasses but not for every-day wear.

Has anyone come across a 1AAA or 1AAAA battery LED light? I'm thinking I might need to just make something myself (flashlights aren't particularly complex), designed to either attach to the temples of a pair of glasses or sit comfortably behind the ear like a pen or pencil.


Cap lights are aplenty, but I don't wear a compatible hat particularly often.

Fantasy Gaming Problems

Nothing to do with the mechanics of the game, more to do with me.
 
Whenever I build an interesting character with an interesting weapon, I want a copy of that weapon. Usually I tend towards practical weapons that actually work, and blades are a good bit cheaper than guns, but with blades as a collection thing it's much easier to find massive numbers of them. With guns, I can at least go "Ok, I need a gun to fill this role, can't buy anything else until I've filled all roles I still need guns for". Since the entire purpose behind everything beyond one good sturdy combat knife is "because why not/cool", there's no semblance of need involved. Just want. Lots of want.

At the moment, I want a second SOG Tactical tomahawk (Highly recommended, by the way. Works great, feels great), because the FancyZerker wields a pair of axes. More on that in some other post.
I also want pretty much every sword-machete made by Cold Steel. And their Grosse Messer, and Basket Hilt Broadsword. And training versions from them or other makers for everything. And more people to train with.

Seriously, every time I use a particular class of weapon in a game, I want one.

At least I'll have stuff to decorate my Dwarven fortress with when I build it...
(anyone can make an underground house, but they're usually ugly as sin, which is just wasted potential!)