» Large Hadron Collider nearly ready
Some awesome photos of this amazing construction.
Peaksite
it's a bit like being forced to watch my home videos
by dave gardner
by dave gardner
» Tetris 1d
My high score is 105400!
Demonstration of a Shepard Tone auditory illusion. You need to replay the video a couple of times to appreciate the effect.
via BoingBoing
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Have you got the balls to stand in front of an audience and be an opera superstar? Great, then let us snatch them away from you using hot water, manual manipulation, sharp scissors and copious amounts of cheap alcohol. Wow, will you hit those high notes then! Opera fans the world over will adore you, and groupies will wear medallions bearing your portrait.
» Apollo Control Panel
Imagine what the manual looks like ;-)
via Anarchaia
» List of problems solved by MacGyver
I‘m so disappointed that you can‘t build an ultralight airplane with bamboo poles, heavy duty garbage bags, a cement mixer engine, and duct tape.
WarGames
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Nigan:
He does fit the profile perfectly. He‘s intelligent, but an under-achiever; alienated from his parents; has few friends. Classic case for recruitment by the Soviets.
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Arthur Cabot:
Now what does this say about the state of our country, hmm? I mean have you got any insight as to why a bright boy like this would jeopardize the lives of millions.
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Nigan:
No sir. He says he does this sort of thing for fun.
- Arthur Cabot: What!
July 16, 1945: Trinity Day
Lamont Lansing’s book, Day of Trinity, quotes J. Robert Oppenheimer, then near the end of his life:
“As for how we used it, I understand why it happened and appreciate with what nobility those men with whom I’d worked made their decision. But I do not have the feeling that it was done right. The ultimatum to Japan was full of pious platitudes…Our government should have acted with more foresight and clarity in telling the world and Japan what the bomb meant."
via Wired
» Mark Coleran Showreel
Mark Coleran is one of those responsible for many of the computer and device interfaces in feature films that cause us to simultaneously groan and say wow. His résumé includes Predator, James Bond, Tomb Raider, Mr and Mrs Smith, The Island, Harry Potter, The Bourne Identity, Blade 2, and a bunch of others.
via FlowingData
Costs of War
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As a sin eater, you will be responsible for consuming the evil and sins contained within the corpses of normal decent folk…This position involves going to the house of such a dead person and sitting down to a bread and beer supper served up on the bare chest of the dearly departed.
» Northern Holland exploding into colour
Dutch farmers tip-toe through the tulips as their landscape is transformed into a spectacular display of colour.
Improbable Research Collection #101: The net, the flea, the duck and its lover
Improbable TV is a web-based series of three-minute videos. It’s all about research that makes people laugh, then makes them think.