-
Happy Pi Day
via geekosystem.comWho knew Pi could sound so good?
-
Movies by state
I really should see the most popular movie from my state. Hell, it’s even named after my city. Why haven’t I seen it yet?
-
Kilauea eruption
I guess it’s volcano day today. Just after my last blog post about the Nyiragongo Crater in Africa, I read about a new eruption of Kilauea. Of course I had to find a map to see how far I was away from this eruption.
Wikipeda has a nice little map, you can click it to embigen it:
The eruption was in the east rift zone by the Pu’u O’o Crater. We weren’t over there, but we weren’t too far away. We drove down the Chain of Craters Road all the way down until it was blocked by an old lava flow. We saw the Holei Sea Arch, which is a well photographed sea arch, and a scary cliff that I didn’t want to get too close to the edge of.
It would be pretty cool to be in Hawaii today.
-
Volcanoes are so cool
After experiencing a volcano close up, or as close up as a normal person can get, last summer, volcanoes have interested me. Last summer we hiked down into Halema`uma`u crater on Mt Kilauea, and we also got an even closer view of it in a helicopter ride. It was pretty amazing.
Today I ran across some amazing pictures at The Big Picture of the Nyiragongo Crater in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I don’t think of volcanoes when I think of Africa, especially in central Africa where this one is, but man these are some gorgeous pictures.
Thanks to Phil Plait for bringing these amazing pictures to my attention.
-
How to solve a Rubik’s Cube! rap
This is a genius rap about solving a Rubik’s Cube. I would find it difficult to follow though. Dan Brown makes it easier to solve your Rubik’s Cube—although not quite as entertaining.
-
Flight of the bumble bee on an accordion
via youtube.comAlexander Dmitriev plays Flight of the bumble bee on an accordion. How anybody can move their fingers that fast is beyond me.
-
NASA’s STEREO reveals the entire sun
How frickin’ cool is that? NASA can now see both sides of the Sun at the same time. Science is so frickin’ cool. I just love learning about all the new stuff they discover, and the internet makes it so easy nowadays.
-
100 famous rock guitar riffs – one take
via reddit.comJust try to name them all.
-
The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained
via reddit.comThis is a nice little video explaining the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England. It’s something I have always been curious about, but too lazy to look it up myself.
-
Fun with boiling water
via youtube.comI tried this last year, but either it wasn’t cold enough or my water wasn’t hot enough. It didn’t work. It might be cold enough this week for me to try again. I guess that’s one plus about cold weather — cool science experiments.
