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Bubbles!

Kirby — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:22:22 +0000

Bubbles!*

*Imagine this said in the voice of the insane fish in the tank in Finding Nemo…

Payback

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:06 +0000

So much awesomeness in one minute of video.

It’s payback time..

The Thinker 3000

Kirby — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:11:31 +0000

Setup #1: I’m a bit of an electronics geek, so the kids have a box of batteries and LEDs and wires and such that they play with and we talk about basic circuit wiring.

Setup #2: All of the kids are on a Calvin and Hobbes jag right now. They have all of the books out from the library and they quote the strips and explain their favourites all the time.

Today I came up from work for dinner and my son Joshua had an invention to demonstrate for me: The Thinker 3000. It’s based on the Cerebral Enhance-O-Tron from Calvin and Hobbes.

YouTube – The Thinker 3000.

Good Way to Ruin a Day at the Beach

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:07:53 +0000

Wow. I’m not sure what I’d do if I saw this coming. Standing and filming it on my cameraphone is NOT one of the answers.

YouTube – A Sunny Beach Day Gets Ruined by a Major Storm in Finland.

What it’s really like to work in a music store

Kirby — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:40:54 +0000

Having hung out in music stores and listened to many people “showing off” their “talents” at high volume, this made me laugh uncontrollably.

The look on this guys face is just amazing.

What it’s really like to work in a music store

Spider Eats a Lightning Bug

Kirby — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:50:05 +0000

What more is there to say?

I wonder if the spider glowed after his meal.

Ant Colony in a Scanner

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:24:15 +0000

So this guy used an old scanner as an ant farm.

Bonus points: the scanner still works. He scanned the ant farm once a week for 5 years, and this ist he resulting movie.

ANTS in my scanner > a five years time-lapse! from françois vautier on Vimeo.

ANTS in my scanner – a five years time-lapse!

That’s Not Moss!

Kirby — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:00:26 +0000

From boingboing.net we find a video of a thick fuzzy patch of moss on a tree.

Oh wait!

that’s not moss!.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGG!

Will It Flush?

Kirby — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:34:18 +0000

You’ve seen the Blendtec commercials where they put all sorts of cool stuff in the blender and let ‘er rip?

Well, here’s the same concept, but from a toilet manufacturer.

Three and a half pounds of dry dog food. 18 large hot dogs. 20 golf balls.

WILL… IT… FLUSH??!!

Airplane! and Zero Hour!

Kirby — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:11:54 +0000

I had no idea that one of my favorite movies as a teen was actually a parody of a 1950′s film.

We must have seen Airplane! a dozen times by the time I graduated high school. After seeing these clips, I don’t think I could watch Zero Hour! all the way through without reciting dialogue from Airplane!