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Category Archives: Videos
The science behind the way we walk
January 13, 2011 – 7:36 am
Try as you might, you can’t walk in a straight line without a visible guide point, like the Sun or a star. You might think you’re walking straight, but as NPR’s Robert Krulwich reports, a map of your route would reveal you are doomed to walk in circles.
Mother Nature gets mean
January 12, 2011 – 8:02 am
Flash flooding in Queensland, Australia left 10 people confirmed dead and 90 missing. The mayor of Brisbane expects over 19,000 homes to be affected by the flooding.
Below is video of the flood hitting a parking lot full of cars. Also included, a man proving once again that the fine line between bravery and stupidity depends solely on the outcome of one’s actions.
Fan-made NASA promo video
January 11, 2011 – 9:44 am
via The Daily What:
“The Frontier is Everywhere” — breathtaking fan-made NASA promo video, lovingly compiled by YouTuber damewse, and “narrated” by Carl Sagan.
In all of their brilliance, NASA seems to have forgotten to share their hopes and dreams in a way the public can relate to, leaving one of humanities grandest projects with terrible PR and massive funding cuts. I have a lot of ideas for a NASA marketing campaign, but I doubt they’d pay me even minimum wage to work for them.
Dear NASA: Don’t mess this up.
A Visual Representation of Progress
January 4, 2011 – 7:34 am
From The Daily What-Hans Rosling charts the progress of 200 countries in areas of health and wealth over the course of 200 hundred years in just four minutes.
Because I’m a sucker for graphs (and because my mom is going back to work after having more than a week off and if I don’t distract her with a new post she may eat someone).
DIY Dent Repair
December 27, 2010 – 10:32 am
Here’s an easy fix for a small dent in your car and another reason that I love the internet.
The hair dryer heats the metal and the air duster cools it very quickly. Add this to list of things I never would have thought of on my own, but it makes perfect sense when I see it done by someone else.
Thanks to There I Fixed It (Epic Kludges and Jury Rigs). If your house is anything like mine (always “remodeling” never “remodeled”) this blog will make you feel better. Sure, the bathroom’s not done yet, but at least I know how to put in a ceiling fan.
You’ve been mooned
December 21, 2010 – 3:59 pm
Here’s a time-lapse of the lunar eclipse from last night (that I missed because the clouds apparently have no respect for astronomy).
Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse from William Castleman on Vimeo.
Sicko
December 20, 2010 – 3:19 pm
Saturday night I started getting sick. Sunday, I was still worn out. Luckily, my husband was sympathetic.
Paul said, “I don’t like it when you’re sick. You’re mean.”
“Of course I’m mean. I feel like shit and yet I still have to do everything. Unless I’m really, really sick, then I’m sweet and quiet. ”
“I like that better.”
“You’d rather I be deathly ill or completely well?”
“Yes, Man Flu or nothing.”
“Thanks, sweetheart.”
Friday Funny
December 17, 2010 – 10:34 pm
As if animal shows weren’t amusing enough on their own, see what happens when you add a British voice-over.
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