A song made with just bass strings.

Imaginative - lots of different sounds.

Dramatic Sinkhole formation Caught On Camera

It is rather funny that, in human nature, people walk right to the edge of the hole to see what's inside, in almost every instance. Which is the most dangerous place you could ever be.

Coldplay time-lapse

Perhaps inspired by this video,

https://youtu.be/fyMhvkC3A84
This guy spent 5 years making this time-lapse stop-motion video:

https://youtu.be/1__kh0iQ3io

Pretty interesting to watch.

Save the bees

An intriguing solution to the bee population under attack - warm them up. With solar energy.

Learning how to edit a film

A revealing look at the art of movie editing.


This same guy talks about what makes Jackie chan so good, in great detail. Very interesting.

 

https://youtu.be/Z1PCtIaM_GQ

Lovepop | Pop Up Greeting Cards

Beautiful, intricate, precision-cut cards.
http://www.lovepopcards.com/

Travelling by container ship: Costs and Questions

"Travel by freighter usually runs between $65-$125 U.S. per day. The average of a voyage is just about $100.00 US per day, for a single person traveling in a single cabin. It is always more expensive for a single to book a double cabin and always cheaper per person for double occupancy of a double cabin." 

http://www.gonomad.com/1560-freighter-travel-faqs

Fort McMurray: Escaping the Fire

What amazes me is how orderly this evacuation is. A testament to how polite Canadians are.
Look at this motorcyclist, patiently waiting in line as flames lick 40 feet tall beside him; averting his face from the searing heat several times before finally driving down the road the wrong direction at 1:38. Why didn't he do that ten minutes earlier?

https://youtu.be/PCc1FvZ3g0Q

And in this time-lapse sequence, it amazes me that everyone patiently waits about 40 minutes in traffic moving less than walking speed, and very few people panic or cross to the wrong side of the road or drive across lawns and backstreets to escape. 

https://youtu.be/gy-_GEg7JIw

This could be that they were in shock, or underestimating the magnitude of the fire, or they are used to danger living in Fort Mcmurray, or they are just polite and know that an orderly evacuation is fastest for all.

How Cultured Diamonds are made

Takes two weeks. They're grown on a sliver of real diamond, using methane gas and hydrogen, under extreme heat and pressure.

GeekMyTree 2.0 Prototype

Light patterns like crazy on your Christmas tree.


Update after shark tank - video starts at 3:29

Drones vs Humans

If you're wondering whether flying drones invades people's privacy, have a look at this compilation. Funny!

https://youtu.be/SB37PUkIT-s

Heat makes us angry: hot weather and violent crime

Hot weather increases crime across multiple cities. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/upshot/a-rise-in-murder-lets-talk-about-the-weather.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

High temperatures are strongly associated with an increase in suicides, researchers have found. Heat has been linked to a rise in violent crime and aggression, emergency room visits and hospitalizations for mental disorders, and deaths — especially among people with schizophrenia, dementia, psychosis and substance use. For every 1 degree Celsius (or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) increase in temperature, scientists have estimated that there is a nearly 5 percent increase in the risk of death among patients with psychosis, dementia or substance use.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/health/heat-mental-health.html?smid=nytcore-android-share 

This clever researcher analyzed language and emoticons in billions of tweets and correlated it with ambient temperature. 

He also found we feel blue on Mondays. 

http://patrickbaylis.com/files/Baylis_JMP.pdf

Reminds me of a New York Times story where rising heat was linked to murder crimes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/nyregion/19murder.html

The Jazz of Physics

Very uplifting and interesting TED talk of a career inspired by a high school teacher that bridged jazz music and astrophysics.

The Ooze: a documentary on the Alberta tar sands

Incredible political and environmental blunders.

http://youtu.be/-07sfg0m9io

Dinan Rebuilt Turbos for BMW E82 1M 135i (N54)

Dinan replacement turbos for BMW 135
Expensive! And all because of an original part that wasn't substantial enough:
"heavy duty wastegate pivot unlike the wear-prone stock wastegate pivot that commonly resulted in wastegate rattle."

http://www.dinancars.com/product/rebuilt-turbos-n54-e82-1m-135i/

Apparently there's an extended warranty covering this up to 80000 mi, but only if nothing has been modified anywhere near the turbo or air intake.
http://www.e90post.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=733570&d=1344705341

What is the underlying problem? "Usual it's not the turbo itself that fails...but the actuator arms for the wastegates fail.  They will not hold open and just dump the extra boost trying to be built up. They will rattle like crazy is a usual sign of them starting to go. Luckily each turbo is now only about 800 for the manifold and turbo assembled from BMW."
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375357