Join: Apr 15, 2006
Name: wbeaty
Gender: Male
Hometown: Elmira, NY and Merizo, Guam
Location: Seattle, WA, US
Videos Watched: 25915
Subscribers: 13547
Channel Views: 171571
Books: Oliver Sacks, Richard Feynman, Larry Niven, Spider Robinson, Terry Pratchett
Movies: Three Penny Opera. Little Big Man. The Forbidden Zone. Python. Various indie animators.
Music: Yankovich. Elfman. TMBG.
Hobbies: Crackpot physics, biological oddities, high voltage phenomena, grade-school science education, explaining physics to your grandmother
A collection of affectations and subpersonalities loosely bound by an illusion of possesion of a "self"Videos (54)
Fpeek Like A Computar
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- Author: wbeaty
Tags: amasci computer speech synthesizer dec dec-talk dectalk speak-n-spell humor portal triumph
So much more than monotone speech. Also freak out your victim by violating vere perfanol fpace, while staring fixedly ahead!
DIY toys: Evil Santa Workshop '08
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- Author: wbeaty
Tags: diy how santarchy mutant toy toys evil santa amasci
Dorkbot and Seattle's 911 gallery host Santarchy mutant toys night 2008. Glue guns and bandsaw provided, bring $5 for the eggnog.
Fingernails Chalkboard Music
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Tags: amasci science physics sound acoustics audio seattle dorkbot diy
No chalkboard needed: dry ice with warm metal pressed against it. We automated the process with a gearmotor slowly turning a mixing bowl. The two bowls make great sounding boards (the noise was LOUD.) Hosted by the folks at www.911media.org www.dorkbot.org monthly tech/art/DIY meetings.
Poor man's "Liquid Nitrogen"
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- Author: wbeaty
Tags: science physics diy chemistry amasci dry-ice liquid-nitrogen demo demonstrations tutorials
Main article: amasci.com DANGEROUS DEMO! Can't get liquid nitrogen? Then make your own version by using Dry Ice. Note that this demonstration involves several major safety hazards, and should only be performed by skilled educators. Note that dry ice comes from companies listed in your local...
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We Are The Strange
- Length: 88:52
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- Author: mdotstrange
Tags: animation weird wtf anime str8nime strange crazy trippy dolls 8bit chiptune 8-bit
Possibly the strangest animated feature film ever?!!? WTF Galore for the strange people out there! Original version of my animated feature film "We are the Strange" 88 minutes : Presented in Str8nime
Bold Spider
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- Author: nik282000
Tags: macro bold jumping spider ex-f1 dcr-250 high speed
Music: Synaesthete Menu by William Towns Filmed on an EX-F1 with a dcr-250 macro filter for close up.
Anne Kerry Ford Sings "Pirate Jenny" by Kurt Weill
- Length: 4:50
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- Author: rbsinger
Tags: Anne Kerry Ford John Boswell Threepenny Opera Kurt Weill Brecht Dreigoschenoper cabaret Broadway showtune
Anne Kerry Ford (singer), accompanied by John Boswell (pianist), performs "Pirate Jenny", the Weill/Brecht classic from "The Threepenny Opera" at the Zalk Theater in Ojai, CA, November 2006.
UFO in Cloud November 2009 - Strange weather phenomenon - Strange lights - What the?!
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- Author: joininglife
Tags: ufo weather phenomena clouds thundercloud thunderhead wtf weird lights light beams aliens lightning strange
This is the original from July 2000. This "phenomenon" was watched for 20 minutes before the call for the camera went out. A slow moving thunderhead sitting above Baltimore seen from 8 or 10 miles south became a head scratcher. The odd changes occur at :20, :31, :37, :58, and 1:26 When the...