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Archive for June 2006

June 14th, 2006

Singing Science Songs

Science Songs!! W00t! “Zoom a little zoom in outer space…because there is no..FRIC-TION!”

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Motion, Motion Everywhere

Who’s Afraid of Thunder

And, oh, a LOT more. Great for burning onto a CD for the kiddies.
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June 14th, 2006

Diet Coke and Mentos Experiment

This is what happens when you have too much time on your hands, a trust fund, or OD on Jolt and Twinkies:

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June 13th, 2006

The History of Women and Mental Illness

Check out Women’s Mental Illness - A Response to Oppression from the University of Texas. Sections include Mental Asylums Pre 1850, Hysteria and the Wondering Womb, Nymphomania, and more. An interesting read.
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June 13th, 2006

Poetry 180 - A Poem A Day

Poetry180 is an outreach of the Library of Congress to high school students; the idea behind it is that they will read a new poem every day of school. Here’s an example:
“Billy Collins
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say […]

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June 12th, 2006

Abandoned Photography and Urban Exploration

As someone who gets easily creeped out - there’s an old doll in the house that my husband is currently using to scare me with (it’s seriously Chuckie, folks, very lifelike), the Abandoned Photography and Urban Exploration got my scare-o-meter going. It’s a site full of haunting photographs of old mental institutions, schools, hospitals…mostly mental […]

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June 12th, 2006

Browser Graveyard

Interesting site - the Browser Graveyard is a list of all browsers that have been released into the wild and sadly, got eaten by predators such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera…take your pick.
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June 9th, 2006

Amazing Tornado Pictures and Tornado Videos

These and many more amazing tornado pictures can be found at Tornado Stock. I would be scared out of my WITS if something like this was headed at me. Here’s a video of a tornado coming right at some poor guy:

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June 9th, 2006

Swear Words in 173 Languages

Cuss in 173 different languages over at Swearsaurus. The site does have some NSFW images, so be careful when viewing at work or in front of children (they’re just ads, but still).
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June 8th, 2006

Actually, it IS Rocket Science

NASA has put together a wonderful site where you can build your own rocket over at Rocket Science 101. Make sure you go through the tutorial, it’s kind of a complicated little widget, but way worth it.
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June 8th, 2006

Learn Chinese with Chinese Audio Files

Learn Chinese and listen to actual Chinese audio files over at Audio Tutorial of Basic Chinese. Includes such phrases as “I am your Mommy”, “I can’t wait until summer”, and “How are you, Mr. Wang?”
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