SNORGABA-adj (SNORE-GA-BA)
Lazy,inactive
Exc. "Bobby, go outside and don't be so snorgaba!"
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
the made up word of the week for 11-22-10
Pokemophobia-noun-The complete Fear of Pokemon."Guess what, Billy has Pokemophobia!
Rube Goldberg Machines
A Rube Goldberg machine is a machine that takes a simple task and makes it complicated. Rube Goldberg is also someones name. Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, sculptor and author. He drew up machines that would perform these tasks in a complicated and funny way, thus Rube Goldberg machines where named after him.
Rube Goldberg was a famous cartoonist, sculptor, and author. He was born on the fourth of July 1883, and on Google every 4th they have the Google thing changed to a Rube Goldberg machine. He would draw comics with these machines in them. One example is the never miss putter. The movement of the arms would spill molten metal on the caddie and he would shout scaring a mole and the mole would jump into the hole and would carry the ball with it because the ball would be stuck on a string tied to the moles foot.
Today Purdue University hosts the annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. Millions of fans see these contests. The winner always appears on a talk show like Jay Leno or David Letterman.
The 3 things that rube goldberg machines need to work are "Gravity", "Energy", and "Mechanical Advantage". As you all know Gravity is the downward force pulling us toward the Earth. Energy as in kenetic and potental. Something has kinetic energy when it is moveing. And something has potetial energy when is has the potential to move like when a bow is pulled back the arrow has the potential to launch. Finally mechanical advantage is the advantage that a machine gives you that makes things easyer. Like a pullie makes it easyer to lift something. To find the Mechanical advantage in something you devide the Input forse by the output force.
Rube Goldberg machines have effected many people and are very cool. I hope you learned something about Rube Goldberg machines.
Info from: http://www.rubegoldberg.com
and from: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210120/Mechanical%20Advantage.html
Rube Goldberg was a famous cartoonist, sculptor, and author. He was born on the fourth of July 1883, and on Google every 4th they have the Google thing changed to a Rube Goldberg machine. He would draw comics with these machines in them. One example is the never miss putter. The movement of the arms would spill molten metal on the caddie and he would shout scaring a mole and the mole would jump into the hole and would carry the ball with it because the ball would be stuck on a string tied to the moles foot.
Today Purdue University hosts the annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. Millions of fans see these contests. The winner always appears on a talk show like Jay Leno or David Letterman.
The 3 things that rube goldberg machines need to work are "Gravity", "Energy", and "Mechanical Advantage". As you all know Gravity is the downward force pulling us toward the Earth. Energy as in kenetic and potental. Something has kinetic energy when it is moveing. And something has potetial energy when is has the potential to move like when a bow is pulled back the arrow has the potential to launch. Finally mechanical advantage is the advantage that a machine gives you that makes things easyer. Like a pullie makes it easyer to lift something. To find the Mechanical advantage in something you devide the Input forse by the output force.
Rube Goldberg machines have effected many people and are very cool. I hope you learned something about Rube Goldberg machines.
Info from: http://www.rubegoldberg.com
and from: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210120/Mechanical%20Advantage.html
Thursday, November 18, 2010
My strange dream
My dream started when I had a sword and was building a castle out of rock and snow. I went over to a rock and my sword was so sharp that when I stabbed it into the rock the rock broke so then I tried to stab it again and my sword bent.
Then I went to a guy that made me a new sword out of clay and the handle had a picture of Shrek on it. The guy left and then all of a sudden I was in a house and was trying to catch talking mice and blue and green lizards.
Then I was back in the building and a computer courser was clicking on the window and every time it clicked it would go "thump".
The guy came back into the room and I told him that this wasn't how you make a sword so I broke my Shrek sword and went to the black smith shop to make a real sword just like my old one.
When It was finished I went outside and the military was attacking! Every one went into a big metallic panic room. Then it blew up and I was out side. There was a really big snow castle and everyone was attacking it. So I ran at it and then I woke up.
Over all my dream wasn't that bad.......................... But it was weird..................................................... Oh so weird.
Then I went to a guy that made me a new sword out of clay and the handle had a picture of Shrek on it. The guy left and then all of a sudden I was in a house and was trying to catch talking mice and blue and green lizards.
Then I was back in the building and a computer courser was clicking on the window and every time it clicked it would go "thump".
The guy came back into the room and I told him that this wasn't how you make a sword so I broke my Shrek sword and went to the black smith shop to make a real sword just like my old one.
When It was finished I went outside and the military was attacking! Every one went into a big metallic panic room. Then it blew up and I was out side. There was a really big snow castle and everyone was attacking it. So I ran at it and then I woke up.
Over all my dream wasn't that bad.......................... But it was weird..................................................... Oh so weird.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
The Many Uses of Duct Tape
Duct tape was originally developed during World War II in 1942 as a water resistant sealing tape for ammunition cases. Duct tape has many common uses. Here are a few unusual ideas.
If you don’t want to go out and buy a wallet and you have some duct tape, just make one. You would get a long piece of duct tape (about 14 inches) and fold it in half sticky side to sticky side. Make 4 of them and attach them together the long way. Then fold it in half the hot dog way and tape the sides together and then you have a wallet (minus the credit card pockets).
If you were going to be a Spartan or a knight for Halloween, then get some duct tape and make a helmet and armor. Since duct tape is silver, it will have a nice metallic look to it. You could also make a fake spear tip on the end of a stick or a sword by covering a thin board of wood or cardboard.
You could also use it for a prank. When someone is asleep, if they are a heavy sleeper, you could tape them to their bed. This is not very good if you only have one roll of duct tape, because they could get loose easily. If you attempt this, make sure you think of the consequences first, and don’t tape their head!
If you have a lot of duct tape, you can make a boat. You’ll need a wooden frame. You just wrap the outside completely in duct tape. This really works! They tested it on “Mythbusters”. It is pretty impressive how waterproof duct tape is, and how well the boat floats in water when finished.
Here is an idea that is sort of out there. Don’t try this at home, but I think it would be possible to make a bullet-proof vest out of duct tape. You need to find out how many pounds of pressure that one strip of duct tape can handle (64lbs.) and how many pounds of force that the average hand gun bullet has on impact. This would be a great test for the Mythbusters.
These are only five unique uses for duct tape. You could probably find many more uses for it than I did. Use your imagination.
Some facts from Wikipedia and the Mythbusters
If you don’t want to go out and buy a wallet and you have some duct tape, just make one. You would get a long piece of duct tape (about 14 inches) and fold it in half sticky side to sticky side. Make 4 of them and attach them together the long way. Then fold it in half the hot dog way and tape the sides together and then you have a wallet (minus the credit card pockets).
If you were going to be a Spartan or a knight for Halloween, then get some duct tape and make a helmet and armor. Since duct tape is silver, it will have a nice metallic look to it. You could also make a fake spear tip on the end of a stick or a sword by covering a thin board of wood or cardboard.
You could also use it for a prank. When someone is asleep, if they are a heavy sleeper, you could tape them to their bed. This is not very good if you only have one roll of duct tape, because they could get loose easily. If you attempt this, make sure you think of the consequences first, and don’t tape their head!
If you have a lot of duct tape, you can make a boat. You’ll need a wooden frame. You just wrap the outside completely in duct tape. This really works! They tested it on “Mythbusters”. It is pretty impressive how waterproof duct tape is, and how well the boat floats in water when finished.
Here is an idea that is sort of out there. Don’t try this at home, but I think it would be possible to make a bullet-proof vest out of duct tape. You need to find out how many pounds of pressure that one strip of duct tape can handle (64lbs.) and how many pounds of force that the average hand gun bullet has on impact. This would be a great test for the Mythbusters.
These are only five unique uses for duct tape. You could probably find many more uses for it than I did. Use your imagination.
Some facts from Wikipedia and the Mythbusters
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