Explosion!: Gummy Bear + Potassium Chlorate
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Ah, simple pleasure. Thy name is exploding Gummy Bear. Molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently with sugar. Gummy bears have lots of sugar in them. Via Walyou, whose treatment of the English language is disconcerting, at best. Find science kits on Ebay
An Atari Would Have Been Cheaper: Human-Powered 8-Bit Music Video
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Taking a cue from the Ok Go music video playbook, the band Hollerado filmed a clever analog “8-bit” music video (in one take!) for their song ”Americanarama”. Via Unique Daily, who appreciates the Space Invaders, but finds it hard to commit three minutes to anything but an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine or better. Find 8-bit t-shirts [...]
A Victory for Mini-People Everywhere: Baby’s “The Last Airbender” Haircut
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010This baby’s haircut is every good thing that The Last Airbender movie wasn’t: creative, artful, respectful of the source material, not directed by M. Night Shyamalan, and fuzzy. Via Jenn’s Wonder Wall, thinks the movie would have been at least 17% better with more fuzziness. Find plush Airbender Momo toys on Ebay
Skills that Pay the (Very Small) Bills: 2010 World Yo-Yo Contest Winner
Thursday, August 26th, 2010This guy has got some ninja-level yo-yo-ing skills. In fact, this might be one of those rare cases where the inverse relationship between impressing other nerds* and being sexually-attractive to women doesn’t actually apply. Ha, ha, just kidding. Of course it still applies. Via Laughing Squid, who doesn’t discriminate against people in an inverse relationship. * [...]
Nerdsplosion: Trekkie Sings Lyrics to Star Trek: The Next Generation Theme Song
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010I’ve been sitting on this video for about three days, but an out-of-town work conference (hello, prostitutes!) has temporarily severed my usually-constant intravenous connection to the internetwebs. Hence: the sporadic posting this week. I’ll be back home and re-connected this evening. But in the meantime, I will no longer be kept from helping another grossly-misguided [...]
Not Even Good in Theory: Kid’s Batman Symbol Buzz Cut
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010True story: in 8th grade, I tried to shave two stripes into my hair just above my ear. (Because Vanilla Ice, that’s why.) They ended up more “gaps” than “stripes,” and there was even a gash in one of the gaps where the electric razor had been pressed to my skull too hard(!). My point is [...]
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