"How can you make a video on something you've never done?"
posted by Mekanikal 5 years 9 months ago • 100 views • 4:01Videos (113) | Sift Talk (1) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
"Skid Row hurt me in ways I can't ever explain. It made me do things and made see things I wish I would have never seen."
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 518 views • 8:56A low-tech tank with fragile armour, a tank that never saw the enemy, and the tank used to teach how not to build tanks.
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 74 views • 8:50Have you ever tried to figure out how to use a ratchet strap? Which way do you feed the other strap into it? How the heck to you get it to tighten? Well, don't worry. Dirt Farmer Jay can help you by explaining... continue reading
posted by BSR 5 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 22 views • 7:29YouTube description: Ferrofluid is a bizarre, NASA-engineered material that was created for spaceships but never used. In this “lab practical” video, we’ll put ferrofluid through its paces, and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 674 views • 4:26I'd never heard of moiré effect beacons until I got an email asking me about them. It seemed like a really clever idea - but it was really hard to research. Or at least it was, until I stumbled upon one... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 1,223 views • 3:54https://youtu.be/IcLZqpB_QPg You might be benefiting from the weird units you've never heard every time you put on your shoes or read about dark matter. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 1,465 views • 12:43YouTube description: What happens when you reinterpret heavy metal classics through the lens of mariachi musicians? Introducing: Metalachi—the first and only heavy metal mariachi band in the world.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 446 views • 2:49The reason they need weevil greenhouses is that the Brazilian weevils don't like Texan winters, and tend to die off over winter. If they mentioned it in this video I missed it. YouTube description: ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 976 views • 3:44He's given a TED talk too, https://www.ted.com/talks/andres_ruzo_the_mythical_boiling_river_of_the_amazon YouTube description: When Andrés Ruzo was a boy, his grandfather would tell him tales of... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 7 months ago • 2,029 views • 2:34YouTube: How do breathalyzers work? And will there ever be a breathalyzer for marijuana? As pot has become legal in several states, law enforcement has sought a method to detect marijuana use in drivers.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months ago • 173 views • 6:31In Crawfordsville, Indiana, there's a rotary jail: an invention that, with hindsight, should probably never have been built. But it was, here and in other towns across the United States. It might have... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 753 views • 3:17Petscop, is a seemingly harmless, PS One game that never made it to market. But dig a little deeper, and you'll find there is no game. Just fake let's plays, of a fake game, telling a very REAL and traumatic... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 71 views • 17:59A more light hearted episode. On that solar eclipse hype train. I've never been so excited to literally not see something. Btw before someone's who's played aged of mythology chimes in, Mercury is a Roman... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 306 views • 3:20There's a tiny island on the East River that you've probably never heard of, and you're not allowed to visit it.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,633 views • 3:56The Saudis and Iranians have never actually declared war on each other. Instead, they fight indirectly by supporting opposing sides in other countries and inciting conflicts. This is known as proxy warfare. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months 1 week ago • 320 views • 10:19Sometimes, it seems hard to go outside and face the day. But what would happen if you never saw sunlight?
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 30 views • 3:32Did you know that real swordsmen never parried with the edges of their swords? Neither did I.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 19 views • 16:13