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Capitol of Cards

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Capitol of Cards

Everyone as a kid at some point has either played cards, or even went as far to start stacking them into a one to five level card house. Most don’t dally long at this type of hobby as it generally is a test of patience (of which very few adults let alone kids have a plethora of), endurance, agility, and perseverance. The shapes and leaning patterns are always the same, and very recognizable in this video. Yet some how it’s all very very wrong. Obviously there are no little (or big) brothers around to ‘accidentally’ drop a football or cause a gust of wind, or even stop around too hard in this video. Some how, not matter what, the kids version always falls down. Maybe it’s more of a matter of physics, in that it is the order of the universe and all dark string theory calculations that any card house build absolutely must be knocked down. A little long, but nicely done video of just how carried away one can get with building card houses. But it’s always refreshing to see that some habits never die, and it’s a great bit of fun to show kids. It’s one of those things like magic card tricks that one remembers forever.

Puppy twitter really?

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Innovation is the keystone of the valley, yet sometimes I wonder what exactly is going on in the ‘innovation’ sessions at some places. Twitter is a phenomenon that allows people to post idle, random or newsworthy thoughts as if broadcasting on the text version of public radio. So why should our best friends be left out? Truthfully I really am not sure I’d want to know what our family pet was thinking, but to some I could see the humor in following a pet tweeting at home whilst one is away at work. If you’ve got the $30 to burn, and really want to SQUIRREL!!!! ahem…. peep in on the family pet, maybe this is the wave of the future. Of course I’m sure the cats will get jealous and hack in nasty comments, or slight the poor cockatoo next door… but then maybe it really will be for the birds. At least for the birds who can’t talk.  Read the full article on Puppy Twitter after the jump … CNN on Puppy Twitter

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