Monday, June 7, 2010

The Secret Ingredient to Indestructible 1,500-Year-Old Chinese Architecture

The Secret Ingredient to Indestructible 1,500-Year-Old Chinese Architecture


The Secret Ingredient to Indestructible 1,500-Year-Old Chinese Architecture

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 06:00 AM PDT

The Secret Ingredient to Indestructible 1,500-Year-Old Chinese Architecture It is widely known that sticky rice is an essential staple in the Chinese diet. But did you know it also plays an important role in their ancient architecture?
Since the Ming Dynasty, sticky rice has been the key ingredient in an incredibly strong mortar recipe, which has kept ancient buildings intact to this day. The rice-based mortar has also proven to be incredibly effective at sustaining earth ...more

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Don't Worry, Be Happy. Let Bobby McFerrin Screw With Your Mind

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 03:00 AM PDT

Don't Worry, Be Happy. Let Bobby McFerrin Screw With Your Mind The World Science Festival's "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus" asks:
Is our response to music hard-wired or culturally determined?

Below, Bobby McFerrin (you know- "Don't Worry, Be Happy", video 2 below) uses the pentatonic scale and the audience to demonstrate neural programming. Watch the rest of the program here. ...more

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Azuma Makoto's Serious Flower Power

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Azuma Makoto's Serious Flower Power I'm totally drooling over artist Azuma Makoto's insanely lush, decadent floral arrangement-sculptures. Drop. Dead. Beautiful. ...more

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HowTo: Make Perfectly Cloned McDonald's French Fries

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:00 PM PDT

HowTo: Make Perfectly Cloned McDonald's French Fries Maybe you're a fast food snob. Or maybe you openly gorge.

Either way. I don't care what anybody says, McDonald's french fries are downright mouthwatering.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I could down some right now.

Back on topic. Since we're already doing the burger thing this weekend (Snap, Crackle, & Pop! Burgers), here's a recipe for cloning McDonald's french-fry-deliciousness.

The Anatomy of a Perfect ...more

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Beware of the Monster-Truck-Trike

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Beware of the Monster-Truck-Trike Not exactly practical, but I certainly wouldn't turn down the chance to take this path-clearing monster for a spin.

By YouTube Dutchman wautur. Previously, Half Ton Unicycle.
Thrillbilly-Tricycle-Flip. ...more

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Slurp Live Octopus Here

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 06:00 AM PDT

Slurp Live Octopus Here Another stomach churning exotic delicacy (previously, testicles: 1, 2). Watch below as National Geographic pays a visit to Korea to check out the art of eating live octopus.

Not QUITE as scary as seen in Korean movie classic, Oldboy (videos 2 & 3 in the gallery below).
Oldboy Octopus Eating Scene.

Oldboy Octopus Eating (Behind the Scenes).
Image Credit.

Previously, Um, Yum? HowTo: Cook Testicle ...more

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