Monday, May 30, 2011
Memorial Day
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day, as we remember those who gave their lives in service to our country for the securing and protection of the freedoms we enjoy. May the fallen rest in the Lord's peace.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Just swinging around
Tonight's mesmerizing pendulum action:
From the video's description:
From the video's description:
Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and (seemingly) random motion.
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The period of one complete cycle of the dance is 60 seconds. The length of the longest pendulum has been adjusted so that it executes 51 oscillations in this 60 second period. The length of each successive shorter pendulum is carefully adjusted so that it executes one additional oscillation in this period. Thus, the 15th pendulum (shortest) undergoes 65 oscillations. ...
Saving souls
Today's pro-life talk, from Monsignor O'Reilly, given in London on May 18th, 2011. About 75 minutes. Good stuff. In the latter half of the talk, Monsignor O'Reilly shares some real-life examples of the power of prayer:
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Cleaning out a pit of vipers
Tonight's janitorial video - cleaning out a pit of cobras [probably not the video to watch if you're afraid of snakes]:
Thursday, May 26, 2011
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Monday, May 23, 2011
What was the question? Kirsten Dunst squirms
Today's example of "When you're trying to get out of a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging" - Danish movie director Lars Von Trier goes off on an, uh, tangent during a presser at this year's Cannes Film Festival for his film Melancholia, starring actress Kirsten Dunst, who is sitting next to him at the press conference. Watch Ms. Dunst's obvious discomfort at Mr. Von Trier's remarks:
By the way, Ms. Dunst won the best actress award for her performance in Mr. Von Trier's film. Congrats to her.
By the way, Ms. Dunst won the best actress award for her performance in Mr. Von Trier's film. Congrats to her.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Shark tango
Tonight's feeding frenzy - Cristina Zenato does a little shark tango [try watching full screen]:
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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A bird of many tongues
Tonight's avian voice - Einstein, the African Gray Parrot, from the Knoxville, Tenn. Zoo:
Monday, May 16, 2011
Mmmm, beef
Tonight's food recipe, from Chef John - Korean-style beef short ribs:
See the ingredient list here.
Yum!
See the ingredient list here.
Yum!
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Musical interlude
Tonight's musical interlude - George Winston performs his variations on Pachelbel's Canon, from Winston's December
album:
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Light painting WiFi
Tonight's visual measurement video - some folks in Norway build a 4 meter (about 13 feet) tall light stick that responds to WiFi (wireless network) signals, and make light paintings of the variation in WiFi signal strength across various urban landscapes:
Read more about their project here.
Read more about their project here.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
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Monday, May 2, 2011
The view from the mountain
Tonight's time lapse video - shot from El Teide, Spain's highest mountain:
Sunday, May 1, 2011
performs Danny Boy:
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