| The First International Collection of Tongue Twisters has thousands of hard-to-say phrases in 108 languages. See if you can wrap your tongue around these: Romanian S-a suit capra pe piatra si a spart-o-n patru, de s-ar sparge capul caprei ca si piatra-n patru. Vietnamese ba` ba ba'n bou'n bo` bien bo? bien?, ba` bi. ban. bo^- bit. ba` ba~'n be^? bo^.ng ba^u ba`. Somali waxaan faley waan faleyba waxaanaan falin waad fashey maxaad iigu fashishay English Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning. Link | via Ursi’s Blog |
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Turn a regular pumpkin in to something special with Ray’s Pumpkin-Carving Tutorial, featuring wonderful 3-d carved images. If you can recreate these works of art, you’ll be the envy of the neighborhood! http://www.villafanestudios.com/pumpkins.htm | via J-Walk Blog |
The Whitney Music Box is a musical realization of the motion graphics of John Whitney as described in his book "Digital Harmony". The dots are arranged to trigger notes on a chromatic scale when they pass the line. The dots are each timed to a different speed, but they synchronize themselves at constant intervals. Its a bit hard to describe, but you'll love seeing it in action. There are 17 music box variations. |
Take a look at your calendar. Tomorrow is Friday the 13th! You may not take drastic safety precautions every Friday the 13th, but are you totally immune to the superstition? Given the choice, would you get married, start a new job or close on a house on Friday the 13th? Most Americans wouldn't, even though they don't put much stock in the idea. Superstition has a way of creeping up on people when they're in a particularly vulnerable state.How Stuff Works explains why we associate Friday the 13th with bad luck. Link |
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