At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there’s a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They’re used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here’s how — via Youtube
- Geometric Pattern: Flower: Four Petal: Green/Orange (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Flower: Four Petal: Blue/Brown (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Flower: Four Petal: Pink/Purple (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Flower: Four Petal: Blue/Red (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
— by Red Wolf
The true story of a rescued greyhound who becomes a healer to others — via Youtube
Poisoning has always been a popular method of getting rid of one’s enemies, but is there actually a perfect
poison capable of being completely undetectable? Here are six of the poisons that have confounded doctors throughout history — via Youtube
In the Quadratestadt of Mannheim, Germany, the streets aren’t named: instead, the blocks are. It’s an exception to a rule that most people don’t even think about — especially not mapping companies — via Youtube
Learn how to 3D Print a pattern directly onto Fabric for Cosplay — super easy and very fun — via Youtube
— via CommitStrip
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Blue (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Green (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Yellow (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Orange (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Red (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Purple (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
— by Red Wolf
Why danger symbols can’t last forever — via Youtube
Chocolates del Mondo mural by Chocolate Einstein originally uploaded by Red Wolf
In this first episode of the Antikythera Mechanism project, Clickspring lays out the plan for how he intends to proceed with the reproduction — via Youtube
— via Youtube
Taronga Zoo is celebrating the breeding success of more than twenty Feathertail Gliders, one of the smallest mammals in the world.
Twelve different female adult Feathertail Glider’s fell pregnant at a similar time with the joeys, and the mothers now communally care for one another’s young — via ZooBorns
Here’s a clip from the movie Stormy Weather (1943) featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing Jumpin Jive
. After a while they let the Nicholas Brothers jump in and lend their feet to the action — via Youtube
In the early days of bowling, respotting the pins was a physically demanding job. There were actually people behind the lanes resetting the pins and sending back the balls.
Today there are amazing robotic devices that do all the pin setting. The automatic pinsetter, first patented by Gottfried Schmidt, was introduced by the American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF) in 1946. This first pinsetter was a monster, weighing nearly 1.8 tons and standing 2.7m tall.
Modern pinsetters are but a fraction of a size of their predecessors and much more intelligent — via Youtube
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Blue (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Green (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Yellow (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Orange (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Red (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Purple (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
— by Red Wolf
You may be amazed at how it’s possible to ship a package and have it arrive anywhere in the world overnight (for a premium price), but you’ll be even more amazed when you see how it’s done. FedEx, UPS, and DHL have overnight shipping down to an art — via Youtube
Don’t feel bad. You don’t suck, the game makers do — via Youtube
Mini Me hat originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Parramatta Square construction originally uploaded by Red Wolf
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