Fun Stuff

Duck Part 1

Submitted by admin on Tue, 18/08/2009 - 9:21am

Got my hands on a SD Flip Video. Just experimenting.

Bare in mind this was shot in low light conditions.

Duck by pbz1912.

And Another Thing: Proof - Code

Submitted by Laura on Sat, 25/07/2009 - 11:18pm

I was lucky enough to recieve special edition proof of the 1st half of the new H2G2 book 'And Another Thing..'

Mine is numbered 108/42.

Well I havn't read it all yet, so this is not a review. I haven't finished the others yet.

This is, though, a decipering of the code across the tops of the pages which would be so familiar to Artemis Fowl fans, of which I count myself as one. I have signed copies of all 6 of them including a 1st edition of the 1st AF book and have met Eoin Colfer twice. [Edit: now 3 times.]

So here goes:

Twycross Zoo's Penguins. Freaks of nature or something sinister?

Submitted by Laura on Tue, 31/03/2009 - 11:59pm

In an unusual turn, 3 of the penguins at Twycross Zoo have mutated their coats to match the clothing of some of the visitors to the zoo.

Twycross Zoo's Penguins. 3 have changed colour to blue, green and purple.

Could this be related to the missing llama? Should it have been a lemur that disappeared?

Origami Octahedron: The intersection of three orthogonal planes

Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/02/2009 - 11:59am

Below are the instructions to make your own modular origami octahedron. In my opinion the simplest modular origami polyhedron.

origami octahedron.

These modules require very little folding. Unlike, say, the Sonobe Unit.

Clonable DNA Octahedron

Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/02/2009 - 2:16pm

I make octahedra regularly. It is the easiest modular origami polyhedron to make. But this one at ~22nm is a lot smaller than I've ever made!