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The Husband Chopping Board

Tiffany — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:13:30 +0000

Do you know someone in the need of a new cutting board? Get them The Husband Chopping Board from the NeatoShop!

I don’t know why this cutting board, with an anatomical design of a man, is named The Husband Chopping Board. I can only guess. Whatever the reason, I have a feeling that out there somewhere is one very angry wife and a very sorry husband.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more deliciously fun Kitchen Stuff!

How Is This Possible?

Alex — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:00:35 +0000

In the famous 1971 footage from Apollo 15, astronaut David R. Scott dropped a hammer and a feather at the same time on the surface of the Moon, thus confirming Galileo’s hypothesis that gravity accelerates all objects at the same rate, regardless of mass or composition:

Undoubtedly that has been hammered into your brain since grade school. So, how do you explain this neat little video from the clever folks over at MIT:

Two wood boards are connected by a hinge. A small cup is mounted near one end of the upper board with a tee for a ball on the end. The board is lifted to a certain height, and when released the ball ends up in the plastic cup. This shows that the board has moved farther than the ball in the same period of time.

To see the video, visit the MIT News Multimedia website: Link – via Science2.0

So, the hinged plank has to travel in an arc, which is longer than the straight path that the ball falls through in order for the ball to fall into the cup. Notice that the plank hits the tabletop before the ball. Assuming air resistance doesn’t come into much play (after all, the plank has more surface area than the ball) Does this mean that gravity affects the plank more than the ball? Is Galileo wrong?

Beyond Monopoly: The 15 Greatest Board Games Of All Time

Queuebot — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:01:44 +0000

People often blanche at the thought of playing a board game, but that’s because they have only been exposed to the old "classics" that really aren’t worthy of the title due to poor rulesets that promote luck over skill. Here are 15 games that are probably superior to the old standbys like Monopoly, including Last Night on Earth, a zombie thriller:

Last Night on Earth is essentially a survival game. Participants can play as either the “Hero” team or the “Zombie” team. The objective is for one team to complete their “scenario objective”, thus defeating the opposite team. The game is designed to have a horror movie feel, and even comes with it’s own soundtrack!

Link

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by redsfaithful.

TXT Island

Queuebot — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:26:50 +0000

[YouTube - Link]

TXT Island is a stop-motion film by Chris Gavin, who hand-crafted each frame using hundreds of plastic peg-board letters.

The films follows the endeavors of a squad of letters, as they delve deep into the jungle of a mysterious island. What is their mission? And will they succeed?

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by Christophe.