Kelvin Pittman http://virb.com/kelvinpittman Virb 2.0 (@kelvinpittman) en slightlyburlesque: Via pleasedontsqueezetheshaman http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6145773

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Via pleasedontsqueezetheshaman

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2012:  Skeptics vs Believers

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]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:20:08 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6075153 Moral: Don’t tick off a bus driver. http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6052482 Moral: Don’t tick off a bus driver.

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:57:42 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6052482 You need a little more clowncore in your diet. http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6052481 You need a little more clowncore in your diet.

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:57:39 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6052481 You need a little more clowncore in your diet. http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/status/6051596 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:44:37 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/status/6051596 Ladies and gents, Clowncore. Clowncore, ladies and gents. Now... http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6051000

Ladies and gents, Clowncore. Clowncore, ladies and gents. Now that we’ve all been introduced…

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:57 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6051000 MUST. BUILD. xplanes: “Professor Paul Moller of the University... http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6050999

MUST. BUILD.

xplanes:

“Professor Paul Moller of the University of California sits in the cockpit of the flying saucer he invented after the craft landed successfully from a flight three feet above the ground. Moller could not take the saucer any higher because he is not a licensed pilot. He predicts, however, that saucers will soon move from city to city at 150 m.p.h”
(1967)

]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:55 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6050999 The CNO Cycle is rad, and happens in heavier suns than... http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6050998

The CNO Cycle is rad, and happens in heavier suns than ours.

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The CNO cycle.

A catalytic cycle of nuclear reactions, through which stars form the elements Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen.

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]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:53 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/6050997 Moral: Don't tick off a bus driver. http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/status/6050820 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:40 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/status/6050820 My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1) http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5892745 My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1):
  1. Various Hawaiian Guitar Players (3) 
  2. Toshiya Tsunoda (2) 
  3. Sonic Youth (2) 
  4. Lowell Davidson ¡¤ Gary Peacock ¡¤ Milford Graves (2) 
  5. Hong Weongi (2) 

Imported from Last.fm…

]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:39:36 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5892745 Brush up on your mathematics skills, Dawg. http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5879119

Brush up on your mathematics skills, Dawg.

]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:33:00 -0800 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5879119 xtc: kenmat: maskrenter: icelandbob: (Via) http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5845795

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]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:05:33 -0700 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5845795 Symphony of Science - ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft.... http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5792530

Symphony of Science - ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) (via melodysheep)

]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:54:40 -0700 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5792530 2000-year-old computer recreated (via newscientistvideo) http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5756638

2000-year-old computer recreated (via newscientistvideo)

]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:41:14 -0700 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5756638 My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5743424 My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25):
  1. Pierre Henry (7) 
  2. François Bayle (5) 
  3. Anton Webern (4) 
  4. Joy Division (4) 
  5. Belle and Sebastian (3) 

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:35:17 -0700 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5743424 Via WIRED:  “Lotus leaves stay dry by using the natural... http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5733680

Via WIRED:  “Lotus leaves stay dry by using the natural vibrations of their environments to shake off water, and manmade materials should be able to mimic the water-repelling technique.

New research published today in Physical Review Letters by Duke materials scientist Chuan-Hua Chen has solved a long-standing puzzle: how lotus leaves stay dry in the wild, but not in the lab.

You can watch the process at work in the video below. At first, the water molecules are subtly impaled on the tiny spikes of the lotus leaf. As the vibration commences about halfway through the video, the water droplets at first struggle to break free — and then actually do so. In the language of materials science, the leaf’s surface has gone from a Wenzel state, where it’s not hydrophobic, to a Cassie state, where it is. And that’s the very first time that’s ever been observed in the lab.”

]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:47:34 -0700 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5733680 Black Metal Prank Call http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5656727

Black Metal Prank Call

]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:21:22 -0700 http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5656727 My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) http://virb.com/kelvinpittman/posts/text/5606533 My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18):
  1. Raymond Scott (69) 
  2. Pixies (32) 
  3. The Red Krayola (13) 
  4. Charles Mingus (11) 
  5. Lowell Davidson ¡¤ Gary Peacock ¡¤ Milford Graves (5) 

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

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