Everybody Feels the Wind Blow

As a friend of mine said, “This must be shared.”

Ever wonder what kind of dedication it takes to win a world yo-yo championship? This kind. The kind where, if a trick goes wrong, you could f***ing choke yourself out. This is Shinji Saito performing his 1st Place 2A division-winning yo-yo routine at the recent 2011 World YoYo contest (last year's winner HERE). It's what we call in the business 'INSANE'. "Holy shit, GW's into psychiatry?" No, but I did hypnotize a friend with a yo-yo once. I was all, "you are getting sleepy, veeeeeeeeeery sleepy." Then I put my hand on his crotch and he punched me.

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Note the magnets are not attracted to the copper.  The physics  of the process is explained briefly by thedevguy:

The movement of the magnet induces an electric current in the copper and with electric current comes a magnetic field, which attracts the magnet. The magnet doesn’t stick to the wall as it falls because the induced current, and its corresponding magnetic field, are perfectly distributed so that the magnet feels magnetic force equally from all sides. The magnetic field slows the magnet, but can’t stop its fall because if the magnet stopped moving, the induced electric field would go away and the magnet would start falling again.

Of note, while the magnet is falling slowly, the copper pipe will feel heavier in the hand because the pipe is “holding up” the magnet.  I wonder whether the same effect could be observed by dropping buckyballs through a smaller copper tube?

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This eagle owl is coming in for a landing. The film was shot at 1000 frames per second, so you don’t miss a muscle movement. What you do think would be the proper musical accompaniment for this? -via Buzzfeed

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Entirely sad, esp considering Randel and his fiance's situation, however, an excellent drawing and illustration. Be sure to catch the alt tag, as always.

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Ahhh, my home state immortalized in salvaged Claro Walnut (a native of California). Hats off to J.Rusten for creating a compelling piece of furniture that could have easily been kitschy. Nice work!

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