YouTube description: You can make a movable hole in soap film with a loop of thread. It's surprising when you first see and it's fun to think about why it behaves the way it does. It's also a useful... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 days 2 hours ago • 494 views • 6:03

ASM = Anti-Ship Missile. An interesting look into missile design and behaviors across the globe. From YT: Russia has got them... so does Japan, India, Taiwan, and others. So why doesn't the US?

YouTube description: Engineers need to be able to predict how water will behave in order to design structures that manage or control it. And fluids don’t always behave the way you’d expect. On this... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 2 weeks ago • 732 views • 8:43

An interesting an detailed animated account of how the attack at Pearl Harbor unfolded in 1941 with real footage and photos. Source: Montemayor

posted by b4rringt0n 3 months 3 weeks ago • 45 views • 17:58

This video is equally a promo for Google Cloud, and a really interesting story about the digitizing the photo library of the New York Times. YouTube description: Google Cloud is helping the New York... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 1 week ago • 470 views • 3:56

YouTube description: Comparing modern concrete to that of the western Roman empire. In this video, I discuss a few modern techniques that help improve design life of concrete, including roller compacted... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 2 weeks ago • 491 views • 9:34

--- Do earwigs climb into your ear? The quick answer is no. Earwigs are not interested in climbing into your ear to lay their eggs or otherwise. They’re no more likely than any other bug to accidentally... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 months ago • 139 views • 4:21

Interesting WWII Navy training film with Huntz Hall, aka "Sach" from the Bowery Boys movies.

posted by ulysses1904 5 months 1 week ago • 59 views • 13:39

Interesting breakdown by Rick Beato of The Hand That Feeds by Nine Inch Nails .

posted by w1ndex 9 months ago • 162 views • 10:45

YouTube description: The Galton Board is a 7.5” by 4.5” desktop probability machine. This device brings to life the statistical concept of normal distribution. As you rotate the Galton Board... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 10 months 2 weeks ago • 794 views • 3:23

As an American living in Thailand, I sometimes see Buddhist (and other Eastern religion) symbols that are pretty close to being swastikas. In many cases, I think that is done without knowledge of the... continue reading

YouTube description: Let's find out how they put 3D images into glass objects. Known as a 'Bubblegram', vitrography or sub-surface laser engraving, this technology has been around for a very long time... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 1 week ago • 294 views • 6:28

Why is the NRA -- a group that represents the interests of gun manufacturers -- taken seriously in debates about reducing gun violence? Source: VOX

posted by b4rringt0n 12 months ago • 1,054 views • 8:55

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year ago • 838 views • 5:00

YT - Human Interests Published on Mar 1, 2018 How Google handles international border disputes.

posted by Buck 1 year 2 weeks ago • 1,361 views • 6:49

"... Let's face it! The world hates fire ants. It is not hard to understand why seeing as they are a major domestic pest in many countries, as well as a very dangerous agricultural pest, like in the Unites... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 4 months 4 weeks ago • 288 views • 15:53

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,748 views • 5:22

I made a brick mold that makes bricks 25 x 12.5 x 7.5 cm from wood. A log was split and mortise and tenon joints were carved using a stone chisel and sharp rocks. The mold was lashed together with cane... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 5 months 4 weeks ago • 1,007 views • 10:47