Published on May 21, 2017 After four years of living off the grid we've gathered some wisdom we'd like to share with you. Please enjoy...ten MORE things we wish we'd known before we went off grid. ... continue reading
posted by Buck 6 years 8 months ago • 1,847 views • 10:28Videos (54) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube: I have always thought that sex ed and statistics should be the same course. There's no better way to show how vital stats is to your every day life than to look at statistics. Probabilities... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 411 views • 3:56‘I was stunned when the pieces started falling into place,’ recalls specialist Howard Dixon of the moment an unassuming folio of photographs was presented to him in a restaurant in Texas earlier this year. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 1,174 views • 3:34YouTube description: It was fall of 1918. The Allied military’s tactical movements were jeopardized by the German military’s superior espionage capabilities. Not only were the Germans tapping Allied... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 188 views • 1:58I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo”. I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct water from the creek. This was set up in the creek and water flowed through it.... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 6 years 12 months ago • 1,216 views • 8:51"If you use bricks as dominoes: you get a second wave going in the opposite direction..." From http://www.cannotunsee.net/post/158664325879/the-brick-double-domino-effect-explained-if-you ...
posted by ant 7 years 1 month ago • 613 views • 3:59In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27For a few months each winter, Harbin, China, turns into a fantastical "city of ice." From January 5 through February 25, this chilly provincial capital plays host to the Harbin International Ice and Snow... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 431 views • 2:53YouTube: Many are still unhappy with Obamacare.The main intent of the Affordable Care Act was to expand the safety net (Medicaid), regulate the non-employer-based private insurance market (the insurance... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 1 week ago • 440 views • 5:08Practice! YouTube: If most people got on a skateboard, they would roll forward slowly for a few feet, then fall down and break their wrists. But there are a proud few who can do some pretty amazing... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 12 views • 3:11YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months ago • 811 views • 14:23WHEEEEE! YouTube: Roller coasters give people the opportunity to experience physics in dramatic ways. In this episode of SciShow, we break down how physics work on roller coasters to give you the ride... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months ago • 71 views • 3:39The Perseid meteor shower is set to illuminate the night sky with hundreds of falling stars on early Friday morning. Experts are saying that this year's show will be especially stunning with up to 200... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 19 views • 1:09YT: Your sports team wins. The confetti drops. And suddenly, the video quality falls apart. Why? Let's talk about interframe compression, bitrate, and unnecessary green screen effects.
posted by Fantomas 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 168 views • 4:20YouTube: A waterfall that seems to just disappear into the ground sounds pretty unbelievable, but scientists are still bewildered by the mysteries of Devil's Kettle Falls.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 254 views • 3:22I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It has been raining a lot here lately (the video also shows how well the hut... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 639 views • 4:48YouTube description: How to get into a dingy if you over 50"It works" (via digg)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years ago • 1,727 views • 51 secsYouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 week ago • 271 views • 6:32YouTube description: Machine translation's a useful tool, don't get me wrong. But if you actually try to use it for regular conversation, it'll fall down really quickly. Why? What makes it so difficult? ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 weeks ago • 559 views • 5:05