Fractal Menger sponge made from Post-Its
Nicholas Rougeux made this fabulous Menger sponge fractal out of mini Post-its, which he swears by for erecting fractals:
Each Post-It was torn into 16 equal squares, then folded into units and assembled into the sponge.
Post-its offer surprisingly structural durability and are easy to get in large quantities making them ideal for assembling structures like these.
(via Kottke)
Fractal Menger sponge made from Post-Its
Nicholas Rougeux made this fabulous Menger sponge fractal out of mini Post-its, which he swears by for erecting fractals:
Each Post-It was torn into 16 equal squares, then folded into units and assembled into the sponge.
Post-its offer surprisingly structural durability and are easy to get in large quantities making them ideal for assembling structures like these.
(via Kottke)
#HACK Awesome rendition of Vadar’s Imperial March performed in dual-channe
#HACK Awesome rendition of Vadar's Imperial March performed in dual-channel audio using the sound of 3.5" disk drives!
Floppy music DUO - Imperial march http://www.youtube.com/v/yHJOz_y9rZE&hl=en&fs=1&autoplay=1
Two Floppy Drives Playing the Imperial March Is Only the Awesomest Thing Ever [Video]
Two Floppy Drives Playing the Imperial March Is Only the Awesomest Thing Ever [Video]
When Neil deGrasse Tyson met Carl Sagan
This is a seriously incredible story. If you did not already kind of love Carl Sagan, and think of him as a sort of benevolent hippie grandpa, you totally will now.
And the message here is seriously spot-on: The best way to honor the people who helped you realize your dreams is to help somebody else realize theirs.
Via Joanne Manaster
#PUZZLE Why are the Contact lists of Google+, Google Talk, and Google Cont
#PUZZLE Why are the Contact lists of Google+, Google Talk, and Google Contacts not one and the same? If I have 1000+ people listed in Google Contacts, they should also appear automatically in other Google products, no?
#HELP #Skype , #IMO , #Kik , #Qik , #Google Talk & Voice & Messenger, #Fac
#HELP #Skype, #IMO, #Kik, #Qik, #Google Talk & Voice & Messenger, #Facebook Chat & Messenger. Surely just 1 of these is needed?
I'm sure next week we'll all be amped up over new Kindle Chat and LinkedIn Messenger apps, and the week after that Fruition will start selling 4-for-the-price-of-1 postage stamps and then the world will fold in on itself...
Math haircut
Nick Sayers is flying his math flag with this geometrically precise haircut where "the acute angles meet in groups of five, six, or seven, depending on the curvature. In the flatter areas, they meet in groups of six, like equilateral triangles, and in the areas of strong positive curvature they meet in groups of five, but in the negatively curved saddle at the back of the neck, there is a group of seven."
To make your own, Nick suggests you use a rhombic paper template starting at the crown, work outwards, and make aesthetic decisions about the 5-, 6-, or 7-way joints depending on local curvature. This instance of the design was cut by Hannah Barker after a test version a couple of months earlier by Summer Makepeace.
What is "LEED SILVER certified"?
What is "LEED SILVER certified"?
I know building owners can promote their properties as "LEED Certified" at varying levels based on how much documentation they care to submit. But I'm thinking the bare minimum "Silver" just means they use tap water on their artificial plants instead of bottled water...
Water Balloon + Face + Slow-Motion Camera = Art [VIDEO]
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Summer may be over, but it’s always the season for water balloon fights. Especially when those water balloons don’t pop — and are captured in super slow-motion.
The crew at Smarter Every Day made this video over the weekend at an art festival in Alabama. Using a Vision Research Phantom camera, they managed to slow down the point of impact enough to calculate the frequency at which the target’s nose was vibrating.
And as an added bonus, what’s cooler than a water balloon to the face in slow-motion? Answer: Two water balloons to the face in slow-motion. They don’t pop, either.
[via The Daily What]
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Amos Lee – Windows Are Rolled Down
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Ape Lad re-interprets “Three Stooges-like mug shots”
Ape Lad reinterprets the unforgettable trio of "beer run guys" mug shots featured in Pesco's post yesterday.
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