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  1. “Science explains how things work, it doesn’t always answer why they exist”*…

    Still, it’s cool to know how things work. In a continuing series of “tear-downs,” Bryan Macomber obliges in the most elegant of ways…

    Are you curious why a clicky Pen… clicks? How a Zippo Lighter flips open? Or what lives inside a Pez Dispenser?

    I’ve illustrated tear-downs and break-downs of everyday products that you may have taken for granted. Let’s take a look inside and understand how they work. Click around, have fun and maybe learn something new!…

    An illustrated celebration of the engineering around us: “Mechanical Pencil.”

    * (Paraphrase of) Isaac Newton

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    As we muse on the mechanical, we might recall that it was on this date (according to most sources, though a few cite the 12th or the 19th of June) in 1902 that Philadelphia restauranteurs Frank Hardart and Joe Horn opened the first Automat in the U.S. A cavernous, waiterless establishment that was a combination of fast (but fresh) food, vending, and a cafeteria. Customers put nickels into slots beside small glass-doored compartments in the Automats and turned a knob. In the compartment next to the slot, food revolved into place for the customer to receive through the glass door.

    Horn & Hardart Automats expanded into a chain reaching Manhattan in 1912. With their uniform recipes and centralized commissary system of supplying their restaurants, the Automats were America’s first major fast-food chain.

    For more on how they worked, see “Meet Me at the Automat” and the charming documentary “The Automat.”

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    #automat #breakDown #BryanMacomber #cafeteria #culture #dataVisualization #engineering #fastFood #FrankHardart #history #HornAndHardart #JoeHorn #mechanicalEngineering #mechanicalPencil #restaurant #tearDown
  2. Yes, the firm cafeteria had green eggs this morning.
    And corned beef and cabbage for lunch. (I got the eye-talian soup-&-sandwich.)
    #BigLaw #WorldTrade #7WTC #law #firm #HighRise #cafeteria #salami #sausage #soup #Saint #Patricks #Day #today

  3. Seen last week at #Lyon 🇫🇷 Part-Dieu station, while waiting for my connecting train: the #Renfe 🇪🇸 #AVE Class S-100 high speed train, a close relative of the #SNCF TGV-Atlantique. The train was about to leave for #Barcelona. The car with two rows of windows, one on top of the other, is the #Cafeteria #DiningCar.

  4. The Horn & Hardart chain of ‘automat’ diners ceased to exist 35 years ago, yet this remnant of their advertising past clings on in Manhattan.

    untapped new york has the full story: untappedcities.com/spot-a-ghos.

    Photo: Robyn Roth-Moise.

    Location: maps.app.goo.gl/7ani3SRFUgm2pV

    #Ghostsigns #Manhattan #NewYork #Automat #Cafeteria

  5. Fullbody commission for @KitoNishiki 🎄✨
    in this Christmas, Juoko got the help of some magical cookies! feat. @shiroganeryo and I as the cookies mixing dough!! thank you for including us 💖
    and thank you so much for buying ♡

    #furry #furryArt #furryFandom #cat #orangeCat #christmas #cafeteria #gingerbread #mastoart #artist #digitalart #commission

  6. ☕️ Tive uma experiência VIP em Santa Maria! No Quinta Regaleira, na José Bonifácio, tomei um capuccino com fanart de ursinho no creme e uma banoffee gourmet divina por R$ 30. Aquele momento de "já pensou se minha irmã visse?". Saí agradecendo às atendentes e pensando: pequenos luxos são os melhores. #SantaMaria #Cafeteria #Gourmet #PequenosLuxos #RS

  7. ARTE PIN UP 50’s

    Aquellas cafeterías estadounidenses de los 50’s, icónico.

    #cafeteria #dailyprompt #rock #USA

  8. 🐱‍💻 Oh, look, another "revolutionary" OS on #GitHub that promises to be modern but probably just exists to create new ways to crash your computer. 🚀 "CharlotteOS" sounds like it's trying to be the cool kid at the playground, but it's skipping the basics and heading straight to the AI-driven #cafeteria without eating its veggies first. 🍽️
    github.com/charlotte-os/Catten #revolutionaryOS #CharlotteOS #techhumor #AIdriven #HackerNews #ngated

  9. Estou organizando uma reunião e oficina artística aqui em Porto Alegre! Venha conhecer esquisitinhos como nós neste sábado! <3
    #meet #art #oficina #poa #portoalegre #cafeteria #café #evento #eventos #arte #artistas #indie