How does a blender work?

"How does a blender work?" is the thinly-constructed "motivation" for another lovely application of high-speed video cameras. If we ask a question, then setting things on fire is science!

Slow motion: bullets through candy

The Discovery Channel video podcast is sometimes so cool. They can afford the nice, expensive cameras to shoot this:


I am impressed that the sharpshooter can hit a candy that is smaller than the bullet.

Hunter S. Thompson

I've wondered if Hunter S. Thompson is accurately represented in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Here are some youtube videos of Johnny Depp reading letters from his correspondence with Hunter S. Thompson: 1, 2, 3. In particular, Mr. Depp admits,

If I do a remotely decent job of portraying you, you know there’s a very good chance you’ll hate me for the rest of your life.

Here is an interview that youtube suggested I watch after these videos: Hunter S. Thompson and David Letterman (1988).

I am astonished at the degree of faithfulness that Johnny Depp achieved with his performance. And I hope that Hunter S. Thompson does not hate it.

A Blast From The Past

As Lila was checking her RSS feeds tonight after dinner, she said, "A ha! Geekologie blogged that video that we blogged first!"

"But Lila, did we actually blog that?" I astutely questioned. "I think we just put it in our gchat statuses."

"Blast!" Exclaimed Lila, without that joy in her heart that she was so known for.

So, here is the video that we found so amusing two days ago. Our critical eyes appreciate the contrast between the low-key, poorly-acted beginning and the action-packed, Cylon-reminiscent conclusion.

Another cute---yet inexplicable---video is here. No commentary is required.