Data security is always a concern when getting rid of an old computer. Gocke and I have come up with a new method to guarantee your privacy. I think it’s a real money making scheme. Watch and learn.

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Possibly to settle a dispute about the ease with which one can install commando public sculpture in Philadelphia, Wilkes-Barre’s Paul Carson spent a week of free time building this giant 12 sided die. Last weekend we installed it on the vacant lot in Philadelphia where our Pink Tank resides.

The TE crew has one more sculpture planned for the lot. We aim to bring some levity to the neighborhood by creating a giant nerd sculpture garden. For giant nerds.

You can see more of Paul at work in his Flickr set Big D12

As always, you can see the rest of the Dispatch From the TE Labs videos here on Tango Echo, under the tag telabs

In the last TE video, I showed some of the clips of fun we’ve had over the years with air cannons. In this video, I explain how our newest cannon works.

I’ve been playing with the format of the TE Labs videos lately and I’d like some feedback from our viewers – Do you like this video, with some informative content, or do you only want the smashing and crashing and vaporized meat? Get in touch.

There is even more detail about how to build a cannon like this on in the PopSci article How to Build My Newest Air Cannon.

The TE crew has had plenty of fun with air cannons over the past few years. From blowing up a bar window with the pirate cannon to vaporizing meat in the ghetto, the same concept has defined all of our cannons: Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke.

Also check out this video for more about how the newest TE cannon works.

There was a VW Beetle in the shop’s yard that had out lived its usefulness. Before I sent it on its merry way to the scrap yard, Vinny came over to help me find out how difficult it is to crush a Bug. And hit it with an axe. And set it on fire.

If you were wondering, a VW Super Beetle weighs 1000 lbs without the engine, transaxle, and wheels. In today’s scrap market, that’s worth $92, which is about $92 more than we paid for the car.

It’s another Dispatch From the TE Labs!