Chris: September 2009 Archives

Week 128 of mental_floss blogs

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on September 21, 2009 5:27 PM | Permalink

3 Killer Songs About Vincent van Gogh - 8 comments

Scrabble: How to Confuse and Destroy Your Opponents - 5 comments
Classic Feynman Physics Lectures Free Online, Courtesy of Bill Gates - 1 comment
The Late Movies: Five Five-Minute Educational Ignite Talks - no comments
BBC's "Story of Maths" Documentary - 7 comments
Online Dating Site Reveals Rules for "First Contact" Derived From Data - 10 comments

Week 127 of mental_floss blogs

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on September 13, 2009 7:57 PM | Permalink

Yet another short week, due to Labor Day.

Fire Ants Build Lifeboat Out of Ants to Save the Queen - 9 comments and surprisingly popular (made the Top 10 Stories of the week)
4 Great Documentaries Currently Free on YouTube - 11 comments
The Late Movies: 9 Great Beatles Videos - 7 comments
Cymatics: Making Sound Visible - no comments
What Happened to Plain Old Lego Bricks? - 43 comments, looked like I touched a nerve

Week 126 of mental_floss blogs

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on September 13, 2009 7:54 PM | Permalink

Another short week, due to vacation timing and some stuff getting lost in the server shuffle.

How a Differential Gear Works - 2 comments
They Might Be Giants Release Educational Science Album for Kids - 5 comments
The Late Movies: They Might Be Giants - no link; this was lost in a tragic server incident that also wiped most of the comments on the previous TMBG post
How Abe Lincoln Failed and Failed...Before He Succeeded - 3 comments

Week 125 of mental_floss blogs

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on September 13, 2009 7:52 PM | Permalink

I took a few weeks off to buy a house, so only did my minimum required posts this week. Well, two weeks. But still, let's call it a week.

Richard Feynman: "I Can Live With Doubt" - 9 comments
The Late Movies: "Across the Universe" Covers - 11 comments
The Late Movies: "Xanadu" - 13 comments

Week 124 of mental_floss blogs

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on September 13, 2009 7:48 PM | Permalink

New TV Alert: Science Channel & Popular Science Team Up for "Future Of..." - 2 comments
Documentaries I Like: The Greenmarket: One Farmer's Story - 3 comments
Werner Herzog Hosts a Cooking Show - 2 comments
Lessons From the "Real" Ferris Bueller - 5 comments
The Late Movies: 6 Re-Edited "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" Trailers - 1 comment, and I was so sure this was going to be a hit
What Makes "Psycho Killers" Tick? - 5 comments
Les Paul - "What I've Learned" - 1 comment

Week 123 of mental_floss blogs

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on September 13, 2009 7:48 PM | Permalink

Robot Hands Jamming on a Bouncy Ball - 2 comments
Ultimate Time-Waster: Super Mario Bros Online Games - 8 comments
The Late Movies: 15 MORE Musicians and Their Awesome Sesame Street Appearances - 17 comments
Twitter is Down. What's a "Distributed Denial of Service Attack"? - 9 comments
David Letterman's Top Ten Numbers From One to Ten - 11 comments

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