A domino can knock over another domino about 1.5x larger than itself. A chain of dominos of increasing size makes a kind of mechanical chain reaction that starts with a tiny push and knocks down an impressively large domino. That… Read More ›
Misc
FlipbooKit: lost for words
We’ve built a mechanized device that reaches into the past to find wisdom. Just think of a question, push the button, and the fluttering pages will help guide you. Each card has a selected set of phrases written by luminaries… Read More ›
Texas Teacher Gives ‘Most Likely To Become A Terrorist’ Award
A Texas middle school principal plans to launch an investigation after a 7th-grade student was named “most likely to become a terrorist” in a mock award ceremony “I was shocked,” Lizeth Villanueva, a 13-year-old student at Anthony Aguirre Junior High… Read More ›
How to Draw a Round Hole in Lined Paper
Good luck.
Blow dry your trainers
Tried using a blow dryer on my Acronym Prestos after seeing the post about un-creasing NMD blocks. Worked great! More at reddit. Wow!
A backward society
Great artists are always messengers of Truth. They may not speak through verbal language, or even the written word. But through their personal creativity, they are able to communicate deeper thoughts, and feelings, that conventional language often times cannot. And… Read More ›
Elvis Presley’s Private Jet Is Up for Auction
The musician shared the private jet with his father, Vernon Presley. But since The King’s death, the jet has sat abandoned on a tarmac in Roswell, New Mexico for the past 35 years. Now the aircraft is going up for… Read More ›
Families That Still Rule the World
Look up in New York City and you’ll no doubt see a wooden water tower topping a roof. Resembling rustic grain silos, the towers are an iconic part of the cityscape and quietly keep millions of people alive. (Normal pipes… Read More ›
Man Spends 10 Years Illustrating His Book With MS Paint
Author and now illustrator Pat Hines wrote a book called Camp Redblood and the Essential Revenge which he felt needed illustrations, but he sucked at Photoshop and other digital art programs. So Pat spent 10 years mastering the “classic” PC… Read More ›
Coke Habit
The Summer after 10th grade Mike spent two solid weeks with horrible horrible migraines, dizziness, blind spots and tunnel vision—he didn’t know what it was… This is the story of his Coke Habit. Scary, very scary
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