Prediction

The post containing the video of me solving a Rubik's Cube is home to a comment by Molly. Molly claims to have bought a Rubik's cube t-shirt today. Well, not a lot of people know this, but I'm a psychic, and can predict which shirt she is talking about.

Now, don't let me scare you, I only use my power for good, but Molly. . . .I. . . I think a picture is coming to me. Yes, yes, I believe I have a mental image of what your shirt looks like. It's, it's, I believe it's bla-- no, brown. Yes, yes, it's brown. And, it looks slightly faded, but it definitely has a Rubik's cube on the front with the red, blue, and yellow sides showing. And, wait, words, I see words. It says something above the cube. Something about intelligence. . .G - - E - - N. . . GENIUS! It says Genius! Wait, something before that. . .P-- p -- pu. . . I believe it says "Pure". Molly, is your shirt brown, slightly faded, and host to a rubik's cube with red, blue, and yellow sides showing with the words "Pure Genius" over it? Don't lie, I know that's your shirt!

Rubik's Cube Solve

Finally! A video of me solving a Rubik's Cube! It's not the fastest by all means, but I think it's pretty good. . .

Physics

So last year's physics class was an interesting one. If you've read previous posts you'll have heard stories about mirrors, lasers, bagpipes, and various other oddities. Well, I was wandering around on my computer and found a picture of my physics class. Do you ever have one of those days where it seems like all the planets align and you should just go out and buy a lottery ticket? Well, this picture is a glimpse into one of those moments. First off, I am not racist, nor should what I'm about to say be construed as a racist comment, it is merely an observation of the lack of diversity in my school. So here's the story.

We have an Honors physics class where nothing is being learned
We have an Asian (15% of the total asian population of my school)
We have an Hispanic (30% of the total hispanic population of my school)
We have a very difficult to build card house
We have a waterbottle on said card house
We have more card house on said waterbottle
We have the teacher taking a picture of the lack of learning in his class.

Basically, in a nutshell, two minority groups worked together to break the laws of physics in a physics class and the teacher recorded the moment. Where'd I put that lottery ticket again?

Uber Gummy Bear

So, whatever became of that time lapse red gummy bear? He's a GIANT now. Here's a pic of all three of the bears, labeled for ease of viewing.

Slideshow Scavenger Hunt

SCAVENGER HUNT!!! Basically, here's how it works. Hidden somewhere in this blog is what I have completed of the slideshow, including the big surprise. I don't expect any of you to find it, but you can try anyways. I'll throw in some hints and if you can figure them out you'll find it. So, here we go, scavenger hunt begins:

HINT - What could it be?!?!?

Hedgehog Cannon

My friend came over a while ago and we played with my pneumatic cannon. I built the cannon from PVC pipe, a valve stem, and a ball valve. Basically, fill it up with compressed air, shove something down the barrel (normally water balloons) and then turn the ball valve. SHVOOM! Out it goes, really far. Well, we decided to shoot something other than water balloons. So, we dug around in my house and found a hedgehog toy that I got in about 1st grade.

PERFECT! So, we soaked it with water, shoved it down the barrel, cranked it up to 80 PSI and then fired. That thing soared! Everybody should build a pneumatic cannon! Party!

Gummy Bear

Ok, more things blowing up. This time I have just a picture and some really crappy time-lapse photography. I don't actually know how to make real time-lapse photography, so basically I just set up our cheap little tripod and set the oven timer for an hour and took pictures all day. Yes, it's sad, and it didn't turn out well at all, which is why it isn't posted in Youtube format. Instead I'll just have a link to watch the time lapse (don't waste your time). The time lapse was short so I looped it a bunch of times (don't waste your time). Here's the story:



About 4 years ago I had a 14th birthday party. It was quite the evening, full of really weird things that happened, including an errant gummy bear that sunk in a bowl of water. We left it, and the next morning when we rose from our VG stupor we noticed that the gummy bear had grown to enormous proportions! So, naturally, we smooshed it. Well, ever since then I've wanted to do this little experiment again. The green one here had been soaking one day. I've got a red one going now that I'll leave for two days (this just so happens to be the time lapse bear). Here's the large green bear next to a normal sized bear. Notice that the features are much more visible, to the point where you can see the muzzle and nose. It's a big picture, so click wisely, but if you want to see the details check out the big version (by clicking it).



Click the following link for crappy time lapse (don't click it):

http://jzzsxm.googlepages.com/GummyBear.wmv



Check out this picture:

Cup Stacking Update

So, cup stacking is fun! Here's my time so far. . .

"The Cycle" (what is done on the video on my earlier post)
(3 cup pyramid, 6 cup pyramid, 3 cup pyramid. . .collapse all. . .6 cup pyramid, 6 cup pyramid. . . collapse all. . .10 cup pyramid. . .collapse)

18 seconds

not bad for the second day if I do say so myself!

Another Slideshow Update (Sorry)

Perhaps this is the last slideshow update, perhaps not. Anywho, yesterday I didn't just receive news, I actually received product. That's right, I now have, in hand, the single most amazing aspect of this slideshow. How cool? It was donated, first off, and if it had been purchased it would have cost $160,000. No joke, I kid you not. It's within the first 6 seconds of the slideshow, so listen and watch carefully everybody! That's all.

BOOM!

I've had a request for more explosions. I searched my whole computer and this is what I found. Instead of uploading the file and making everybody download it I just found it on Youtube, but I promise I HAD IT FIRST! Enjoy, I'll put some more stuff up today as well! Remember, with a little patience all of these videos I'm uploading are dial up friendly!