Passing the time
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Here is a link to a couple of films. They are the first two posts on this twitter account dated 4March and 5th March.
One of them is the Halley Base entry in the Antarctica Film Festival. Halley Base is where my nephew is at the moment. He is one of 13 people spending the winter (our summer ) there, and I think this is one of the activities that they are given to relieve the tedium of 135 days of darkness. The festival is a competition between all the bases in Antarctica. They are given a list of things to include in the film on a Friday and then have 48 hours to complete the film. This stops cheating as they can't pre record it. (Just a little warning for sensitive viewers it is probably an 18 certificate because of the amount of ketchup used )
The other one is called Fast Forward, and is a time lapse film of what they got up to form January 2013 to Feb 2014 and is quite interesting.
https://twitter.com/larndoc
One of them is the Halley Base entry in the Antarctica Film Festival. Halley Base is where my nephew is at the moment. He is one of 13 people spending the winter (our summer ) there, and I think this is one of the activities that they are given to relieve the tedium of 135 days of darkness. The festival is a competition between all the bases in Antarctica. They are given a list of things to include in the film on a Friday and then have 48 hours to complete the film. This stops cheating as they can't pre record it. (Just a little warning for sensitive viewers it is probably an 18 certificate because of the amount of ketchup used )
The other one is called Fast Forward, and is a time lapse film of what they got up to form January 2013 to Feb 2014 and is quite interesting.
https://twitter.com/larndoc
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Don't think I'll ever quite look at gingerbread men in the same light now...
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It will be interesting to see what they come up with this year to top that!
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This one may or may not pass the time.
It's the webpage for a Norwegian tv broadcast called "Piip Show" which is a live broadcast of, well, a specially constructed bird feeder. The idea is that the birds (and, apparently squirrels!) will just come and go, and the cameras will film them.
http://www.nrk.no/piipshow/about-the-pi ... 1.11575642
It's the webpage for a Norwegian tv broadcast called "Piip Show" which is a live broadcast of, well, a specially constructed bird feeder. The idea is that the birds (and, apparently squirrels!) will just come and go, and the cameras will film them.
http://www.nrk.no/piipshow/about-the-pi ... 1.11575642
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well, at the moment it's a bit like watching paint dry...... maybe the action is best at certain times of day? Late night probably not the best time to try!
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I found the Buzzfeed website by accident, but once you start looking at it other 'titles' catch your eye. The photo-realistic art work is amazing, but the one that got me onto the site was:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicamisener/ ... last-laugh
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For the record - I did the exam on number 9 about 40 years ago (and still remember the underlying lesson).
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Loved the comment about the VANS logo!!
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
“Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”
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I have been playing an deceptively simple and annoyingly frustrating little game called 2048
http://www.crazygames.com/game/2048
I can get 1024, but not yet 2048.
http://www.crazygames.com/game/2048
I can get 1024, but not yet 2048.
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I must admit that I thought I had posted that one before! It's very good.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
All of my puzzles are simple and obvious. For certain values of "simple" and "obvious".
All of my puzzles are simple and obvious. For certain values of "simple" and "obvious".
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Don't know if this has been on before but a friend directed me to a site called bocsics2 supposed to be physics based games i got stuck on level 6.
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OK, so gross, but incredible nonetheless...
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-an ... r-pressure
Apologies in advance for the name of the website.
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-an ... r-pressure
Apologies in advance for the name of the website.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
“Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”
“Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”
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I've just been wasting some time playing with yesterday's Google doodle.
With the help of a solving guide I even managed to finish it. It takes me back over 30 years to when I could do them in about 3 or 4 minutes. I may have to get the real thing out again.
With the help of a solving guide I even managed to finish it. It takes me back over 30 years to when I could do them in about 3 or 4 minutes. I may have to get the real thing out again.
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Yeah, I was trying to remember some of the tricks as well - I could do most of it but I had forgotten how to do the last few blocks.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
All of my puzzles are simple and obvious. For certain values of "simple" and "obvious".
All of my puzzles are simple and obvious. For certain values of "simple" and "obvious".
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Yes, I enjoyed finding it and having a go as well - but then I was never much good at it in the first place!
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OK so I won't make a habit of sharing things from FB but this did amuse me. Someone posted
A couple of days ago, my math teacher asked "Any questions?"
I asked "What is the meaning of life?"
She simply replied "The meaning of life is math"
Today, we realised that in the alphabet M is the 13th letter, A is the 1st letter, T is the 20th letter, H is the 8th letter. 13+1+20+8=42.
Good point. But I would counter that by asserting:
IT'S NOT MATH, IT'S MATHS!
Does that mean that the meaning of life must be 61 in the UK?
A couple of days ago, my math teacher asked "Any questions?"
I asked "What is the meaning of life?"
She simply replied "The meaning of life is math"
Today, we realised that in the alphabet M is the 13th letter, A is the 1st letter, T is the 20th letter, H is the 8th letter. 13+1+20+8=42.
Good point. But I would counter that by asserting:
IT'S NOT MATH, IT'S MATHS!
Does that mean that the meaning of life must be 61 in the UK?
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There is a space ship about to launch, you can watch it live here if you are interested (in 7 mins)
http://www.iflscience.com/space/live-we ... s-head-iss
It says three astronauts will launch aboard a Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft, bound for the International Space Station, where they will serve as the crew during the Expedition 40/41 missions.
http://www.iflscience.com/space/live-we ... s-head-iss
It says three astronauts will launch aboard a Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft, bound for the International Space Station, where they will serve as the crew during the Expedition 40/41 missions.
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Well, they went off OK. And they had a toy giraffe on board to show them when they reached minus gravity. Oh the spectacular use of technology!!
Currently travelling at 130500 miles per hour. Can't really get my head round that!
Currently travelling at 130500 miles per hour. Can't really get my head round that!
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
“Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”
“Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”
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Thanks! I looked at this thread with T minus 1 minute. Just watched the launch with Monkey. We both initially mistook the view from the launch control centre to be a set of 3 monitors on a desk. Not a massive set of 3 displays covering the whole wall of launch control!
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Well of course you can't go into space without a giraffe.
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Yes, I did think of you when I saw that...
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
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