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Oobleck is Non-Newtonian (corn starch and water). As this video demonstrates, it does not behave like a typical liquid, and spontaneously changes into bizarre shapes in a “solid” state when stress is applied. If you have a large subwoofer and baking pan at home, you can do the same experiment. [...]  July 30, 2008 | category: personal Back in April I knew that my sister was planning on getting married sometime in July, but I didn’t know which weekend it would be. It just so happened that it was on the same weekend as Comicon this year, which was bittersweet but good in the end. I was working overtime to get [...] July 24, 2008 | category: animal kingdom Did you know that some dogs can learn to talk? We have a neighbor with a couple of dogs, and I heard one whining yesterday. It started to make noises sort of like these creatures in the video. It sure surprised me. I thought maybe the dog had captured someone and was holding them [...]
When I’m looking for some real hip hop, I’ve always got to dig deep. Thankfully there are bands out there with a natural metronome of pacing, lyrical rhythm, and style, all wrapped up in a bun of philosophy and content. Flobots, I feel, satisfies this checklist. Their album, Fight With Tools is a mix between many ideas, and It’s sure to provoke agreements and disagreements on the myriad of social and political concepts it explores.
July 22, 2008 | category: music Here’s a trio of people playing music on an iphone, ipod, and nintendo ds. July 21, 2008 | category: science Astonishing new photos by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Probe reveal a detailed and carven landscape, much like the canyons, valleys, and waterways of our own planet. It makes me wonder what those empty spaces were like when they were filled with water….  A view of Echus Chasma, one of the largest water source regions on Mars, showing a network of valleys
 Located on the eastern part of Echus Chasma is this cliff which is up to 4,000 metres high continue reading mars surface shaped by rivers, streams, waterfalls July 18, 2008 | category: my work In this picture here you can see the character Frog from the game Chrono Trigger on the left, and Steamboat Willie on the right. Why is there a plus sign between the two? akira toriyama and disney …because those are the two styles I am combining to re-create the characters for the painting [...] July 17, 2008 | category: animation Hahahaha. I found this my friend Alex’s blog. This is so weird and quirky. I could imagine a whole series of animated shorts done in this style. I hope to see more of these in the future. It seems a wonder that toucans don’t fall on their faces, so enormous are the beaks of these South American birds. One large species, the toco toucan, has an orange-yellow bill six to nine inches long, about a third of the bird’s length. But the toucan’s beak is ingeniously designed to be both [...] This type of design, if successful, will revolutionize the interplay between large-scale architecture and the environment. Not only will the skyscraper be capable of morphing into different shapes and patterns, but will also take advantage of the wind to help power itself as a self-sufficient system. Leave it to Dubai, the United Arab [...] July 14, 2008 | category: animal kingdom Aye-ayes can be found only on the island of Madagascar. These rare animals may not look like primates at first glance, but they are related to chimpanzees, apes, and humans. Aye-ayes are dark brown or black and are distinguished by a bushy tail that is larger than their body. They also feature big [...] July 13, 2008 | category: my work It was a difficult choice, trying to figure out what characters to paint for the I am 8 Bit show. Someone asked me, “Why don’t you paint the Chrono Trigger characters?” That was a great idea. With the upcoming release on the Nintendo DS, and the fact it is one of my favorite games [...] |
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