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Sunday February 26, 2006

Larry Ellison's Japanese aesthetics West Atherton estate for sale



Offered at $25,000,000. The one his accountant was worried about? This link goes to the realtors page for the property.

Property Listing

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Comments:

Jenn : I love Atherton.
Ada : A bird may be known by its flight

Sunday February 19, 2006

Video: 6 year old solving Rubik's Cube



6 year old Ulf Wong solves a Rubik's Cube in 37.89 seconds. I've seen videos of it being solved faster, many you could tell that the cube was not properly scrambled to begin with, so this one is very impressive, even forgetting about his age.

Thursday February 16, 2006

Video: CD in Microwave



"What happens when you put a CD in the Microwave?"

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Comments:

Ashl : Nice website! Lots of good videos.
Colleen Feeney : That is just wrong. They must want to burn their house down. Talk about cukoo for Cocoa Puffs!!

Tuesday February 14, 2006

The Physics Behind Stone Skipping

The eight stages of a stone bouncing off water

"What makes a stone bounce repeatedly when thrown across the surface of a lake, and how many bounces can it perform?"

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Sunday February 12, 2006

Bubble Chamber

Bubble Chamber Example

"The 'Bubble Chamber' program is a simulation of particle collision that runs in your browser window."

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Comments:

james makinvoy : check out magnificentwords.com

Sunday February 12, 2006

Video: Disconnecting 500kV



"This is how disconnecting a 500kV line under load looks like."

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Sunday February 05, 2006

Video: Computer Generated Animation of Water



"By Ron Fedkiw, Assistant Professor at Stanford Computer Science, whose research areas include computational fluid dynamics and computer graphics"

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Sunday February 05, 2006

Video: Inside of a Hard Drive

Inside a hard drive

"Shows how fast the servo arm on the hard drive can move."

Click here for the video.

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