Free museum admission this Saturday. Everywhere. Go to a museum.
Month: September 2009
Legos + Other Peoples’ Time = Our Enjoyment
This looks like an amazing concept for a video game. They’re releasing a new version of Sonic the Hedgehog, and going back to 2d (it’s still going to look 3d). This makes me think of some of the types of things they might throw into the 2d environment to make it look cooler.
How construction cranes are put together.
They build themselves with a little help from a smaller cousin.
(via http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/09/video-how-a-construction-crane-is-erected/ )
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
I found videos of Universal’s new coaster. Looks like I’m gonna be headed there this winter when the lines are empty.
The ride up is awesome looking.
Check it out at night.
The Universal-supplied animation (probably from the company that built the thing) shows off the big swooping turns. It fills in what you can’t see from the other videos, especially the first loop. The ride is supposed to last a minute and 39 seconds, which is pretty good for a fast coaster (65 MPH). There’s also a new restraint system that doesn’t go over your shoulders. I can’t wait to not be flung out of it.
Science vs Intuition
Found a great article on the math of checkout lines. It does a great job of showing a concrete example of some fancy math concepts, and also shows the difference between thinking something is correct and having proof of it.
Given the picture below, which line do *you* think is faster? Click the image to find out.
Amazing Core Workout (or “Do you hate your body? Then do this!”)
Here’s a solid core workout that will get your core…solid. It includes such classics as:
- Standard crunches
- Knee-up crunches
- Hip lifts
- Oblique crunches
- Side plank dips
- Oblique leg extensions
- Supermans
- Bridged leg lifts
- Pushups
- Heel touches
- Bicycle crunches
- Half-up twists (I’ve heard these called “Irish boxer crunches”, they’re amazing)
As an added bonus, you get jittery pictures like
Seriously. Do this and you’ll never slouch again.
(Thanks to Kitzzy for the link)
Planning & Scheduling
My kids are aged 21 through 31 now, but we always had a family meeting every Sunday morning before we’d all clean up the house, because we have five kids and everybody has scheduled stuff.
So we’d sit down every Sunday morning and everybody would get their schedule out. The kids would have their schedules and we’d have ours and everybody would compare schedules. And if they needed a ride or they had a soccer game or they had ballet or they had a school activity, we’d figure it out.
This is why when people say that kids of successful/powerful people got there just because “they knew someone”, I have to disagree. Contacts are only part of it. You can’t grow up getting these kind of habits ingrained without it having an effect on the range and scale of things you conquer as an adult.
(via nytimes)
Buffett Wisdom: staying up at night
“If it’s going to keep me awake at night,” Mr. Buffett said, “I am not going to go there.” (via nytimes)
Event Planning – DailyCity panel series
Friday evening, I went to an event on event planning (circular thought, yes?). It was organized by Mark Baratelli of The Daily City. There was lots of great information, and I tried to write down as much as possible. I got nearly all of the discussion, in a stream-of-consciousness sort of way. There were representatives from BarCampOrlando, Orlando Hispanic Film Festival, Orlando Fringe Festival, Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival, Florida Film Festival, Nerdapalooza, and the Orlando Puppet Festival. Enjoy the link below, and reach out to me with feedback tim [@] timrosenblatt.com
White Power? White Flour!
Fighting fire with…clowns?
http://rafer.tumblr.com/post/179794296/pukomuko-mikehudack-onemonthhere-noneck
Tennessee clowns kicked kkk asses.
In Knoxville, Tennessee, a white supremacist group, VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK, attempted to hold a hate rally. Then the clowns showed up….
“White Power!” the Nazi’s shouted, “White Flour?” the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt “White Flour”.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s angrily shouted once more, “White flowers?” the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced about merrily.
“White Power!” the Nazi’s tried once again in a doomed and somewhat funny attempt to clarify their message, “ohhhhhh!” the clowns yelled “Tight Shower!” and held a solar shower in the air and all tried to crowd under to get clean as per the Klan’s directions.
At this point several of the Nazi’s and Klan members began clutching their hearts as if they were about to have a heart attack. Their beady eyes bulged, and the veins in their tiny narrow foreheads beat in rage. One last time they screamed “White Power!”
The clown women thought they finally understood what the Klan was trying to say. “Ohhhhh…” the women clowns said. “Now we understand…”, “WIFE POWER!” they lifted the letters up in the air, grabbed the nearest male clowns and lifted them in their arms and ran about merrily chanting “WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER!”