what's in a techblik?

i've started a blog about tech, geeks and gadgets, and a hearty dose of camaraderie. some of it will make sense. some will make sense drunk...

babel fish translated from dutch->engrish, a blik is as follows:

it has been thinly rolled language that by means of by galvanisation laagje introduced a tin is protected against corrosion. An important application of can is packing foods, such as (tins cans or drankblikjes). The materiaaldikte of drankblikjes are variable. The floor is 0.3 mm dik, the partition 0.11 mm dik and the collar are 0.16 mm dik. The cross-section is optimised so that the blikje are strong enough if there fluid worries about (practises very from) and so that the also easy plat to press is if it is empty. Up to some decades suffered can was used for the making of simple domestic Article (for example for stoffer and can) or for child toy. Can has been replaced in the course of years for many applications by plastic. Advantages of plastic concerning can are among other things: lighter, cheaper, not subject for corrosion, more vormvariatie possible. For packing materials, like in drankblikjes, also dungewalst plate material of an aluminium alloy are used. Thin language is used already age-long, for example for body protection in war in early times. These steel plates were hammered with the hand to the desired cross-section; a very labour-intensive activity. Since in the 19th century mechanical to roll had been invented, had become the however cheap material. By the invention of galvanising was employed it among other things in the food packing industry

so, in a way, all your technology in a can. (or on the can for those of you reading this on the throne...)