“Oh my goodness. This is Kenny G and Miles Davis. I cannot imagine a better picture than this. I love this so much.” -@pennjillette
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I, for one, welcome our new cephalopod overlords.
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Terry Gilliam talking about making cut-out animations.
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What’s wrong with a little accuracy?
From his funeral- the Muppeteers give a little taste of what recording songs with Jim Henson was like. About fifteen minutes long, but worth your time. If you don’t want to tear up, stop watching after fourteen minutes.
It’s been over twenty years and he’s still missed. Looking forward to the new Muppet movie.
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8. Electronics. Voltage, resistance, current, and blinky lights. Battery-powered toys (hack them), 9-volt batteries (lick them), LED throwies, introductory electronics kits.
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10. Energy. Conservation and momentum, transformation (one type to another), generation, storage, consumption. Marbles, batteries, rubber band-powered airplanes, bicycles, dirt bikes, cars, slot cars, train sets, swings, skateboards, kites.
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Great list of practical toys and tools to learn about the world around us.
LET’S COUNT UP THE NUMBER OF BRAIN CELLS WORLDWIDE ACROSS EVERY LIVING THING DEDICATED TO FACEBOOK. THEN LET’S SLICE THEM OUT, CREATE A FACEBOOK BRAIN, AND IGNORE WHAT IT SAYS FOREVER
Hublot painstakingly recreates a mysterious, 2,100-year-old clockwork relic - but why?
Surprised I’d never heard of this device before.
so you think you can figure out the rubik’s cube? well figure his one out, smarty!Dream Big - Rubik Cube Martin Luther King Portrait
Designer Pete Fecteau, spent 40 hours configuring a monumental mosaic of Martin Luther King Jr. made entirely out of Rubik’s Cubes called Dream Big. Each cube was “reversed solved” or twisted so that one of the faces maps it’s nine stickers into the total image, that’s 38,178 stickers in total!
With a computer generated draft as his blueprint, Pete used 4,242 Rubik’s Cubes to construct the 18’ 6” x 9’ 8” piece that, once completed, weighed about half a ton.
(Source: hahamagartconnect)
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Cat says Fiddle-i-fee.
Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell: Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark
It's official: to protect baby's brain, turn off the TV
Just a friendly reminder that it’s ok to let your kids play by themselves.
One of my favorite songs by the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band.
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Introducing the new and very improved way to customize your blog.
With themes organized by category, realtime previews, and an advanced code editor, it’s never been faster or easier to make your blog yours.
Internet Explorer users will still see the old Customize interface while we wrap up IE testing.
Guess it’s time for a redesign!
