this and that on a Monday Morning

[da]

The Bellagio Fountains re-created with Diet Coke and Mentos. A pretty fine show. Work-safe, though maybe turn down the volume first.
Their website is full of neat explosion science too (yay, nucleation sites!)

The Errant Aisle of Manhattan. What would happen if Manhattan went wandering? The rest of Radical Cartography is also worth browsing if you like maps. I like his animated time-zone map. (work-safe, doesn't seem to work well in linux grr). He's also done a proper map of Boston's T system with real geographical distances and a time-series on Boston's landfilling. Yay cartography!

The first one seen via epi_lj.

[edit: I knew I forgot one.

bbumweblogomat has been experimenting with high-speed photography. He's getting some neat shots, like shattering ice.. I found his site while looking for mac info, and added his feed to LJ because he has some great photography as well.]

Comments

awesome silliness!

[http://www.pumpkinspun.com/musings/ (from livejournal.com)]

Thank you for a much needed laugh on my lunch break, Daniel! The Diet Coke and Mentos video did the job!

Sadelle

Re: awesome silliness!

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...I'm sort of embarrassed, but I can't stop watching it. :)