your inner child
grrlscientist | April 11, 2009tags: Astropeep, peeponaut, easter, space, streaming video
I posted this last year, but I think it is worth repeating .. this streaming video lacks music, but it shows you the adventures of a special peep, an astropeep (or a peeponaut, depending upon which name you prefer) who traveled to the edge of space .. thanks to the Adler Planetarium's "Far Horizons 12" high altitude balloon mission, which rose to nearly to 97,000 feet [3:00]
grrlscientist | April 1, 2009tags: sand monsters, animation, children, streaming video
This streaming video presents a fascinating world of sand animation where a child fights monsters, dragons and ghosts with the power of his violin's sound, a melody that is able to make all these scary characters run away [4:45]
grrlscientist | March 27, 2009tags: extreme sheep LED art, humor, funny, streaming video
This video is an example of what happens when men spend too much time in the company of dogs, sheep, LEDs and a camera while in the hills of Wales: they create a huge amazing LED display. Erm, of sorts [2:44]
grrlscientist | March 26, 2009tags: Where the Wild Things Are, fantasy, movie trailer, film, streaming video
I always loved attending Seattle's Nutcracker ballet, which features gorgeous sets created by Maurice Sendak, and I grew up reading Sendak's legendary Where the Wild Things Are but I had no idea that his book was made into a film! Here's the trailer for you to enjoy [2:05]
UPDATE: I found another video to embed!
grrlscientist | March 9, 2009tags: hammy the hamster, cute overload, funny, golden hamster, streaming video
This streaming video shows Hammy the Golden Hamster choosing organic food more often than regular non-organic food -- of course, "Hammy" isn't paying the bills for his expensive food choices, a point that is conveniently left out of this video .. ho-hum! [1:30]
grrlscientist | March 6, 2009tags: The Science of Cuteness, cute overload, baby animals, behavior, streaming video
The "science of YouTube" guys are back, with a look at the true meaning of cute web videos [2:33]
grrlscientist | February 20, 2009tags: Rise and Fall of the Nazi Dinosaurs, humor, silly, web 2.0, streaming video
This streaming video is both silly and interesting. Created in just five days with a budget of $20 (obviously, none of the actors were provided with health insurance, which seems wrong), it gives you a glimpse into what can be done with a lot of imagination and creativity and only a few materials [4:36]
grrlscientist | January 23, 2009tags: politics, GW, George Bush, humor, funny, streaming video
This hilarious video features a toddler who recounts all the lessons that GW taught her -- and the nation -- during his eight years as the illegal White House resident [1:08]
grrlscientist | December 24, 2008tags: t'was the night before chistmas, poem, poetry reading, christmas, streaming video
This video features Tay Zonday reading the popular poem [3:03]
grrlscientist | December 18, 2008Feeling a little down? Unappreciated? Below the fold is a link to the Norwegian compliment generator, along with a few of the Norwegian compliments that I received today.
Behold, The Surrealist Norwegian Compliment generator and a sampling of the compliments I received today;
You have the patience of a trilobite.
Cretins and vermin cannot compare with the depths of your cousins.
Your raw sensuality flusters me as the dog sneezes into the ventilation fan.
Your face is like an imperfectly shaven tennis ball.
The expanse of your intelligence is a void no universe could ever fill.
You have no…
grrlscientist | December 17, 2008tags: animal christmas, funny, humor, parody, streaming video
This hilarious little video is filled with lots of animals who are wishing you a happy christmas! How can you not watch this? [1:20]
grrlscientist | December 7, 2008tags: The Hungry Scientist Handbook, DIY projects, kitchen science, Patrick Buckley, Lily Binns, book review
When I was a kid, I enjoyed cooking and baking and I excelled at these activities since I regularly won all the blue ribbons in the pre-adult age divisions at the annual state fair. A little later, I expanded my kitchen-based activities to mixing drinks, a hobby that I pursue whenever possible to this very day. Later, when I began taking chemistry classes in school, my kitchen-based skills served me very well because I was a superb chemist. But I am not the only one to notice this…
grrlscientist | November 28, 2008This is too good for me to leave alone. Apparently, Illinois's Miller Park Zoo is making its own Christmas ornaments .. out of reindeer crap .. and selling them for $5 each in the zoo's gift shop.
Some folks are surprised at the size of the "gems," which are only about as big as marbles. "Reindeer are so big," zoo maintenance worker Sheldon Williams said. But the droppings are "just a big pile of small."
Source.
grrlscientist | November 23, 2008tags: Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, outreach, education, science, streaming video
This streaming video is the last part of a four-part series by the Smithsonian Institute. It features outreach programs where kids especially can learn about science by participating in ongoing research at the National Museum of Natural History, aka, the Smithsonian. [2:17].
grrlscientist | November 22, 2008tags: Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, fieldwork, education, science, streaming video
This streaming video is the third of a four-part series by the Smithsonian Institute. It features fieldwork that scientists engage in by trekking through the tropical rainforests and sending probes to the bottom of the sea at the National Museum of Natural History, aka, the Smithsonian. [2:31].
grrlscientist | November 20, 2008tags: Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, collections, education, science, streaming video
This streaming video is the second of a four-part series by the Smithsonian Institute. It features the extensive collections that that are archived at the National Museum of Natural History, aka, the Smithsonian. [2:34].
grrlscientist | November 16, 2008tags: gawd is hate, grrlscientist with beaker of evil, humor, reader response
Secret Underground Laboratory, New York, NY 10024.
Image: Homeland Security Photo of GrrlScientist with Beaker of Evil.
God inspired a reader of mine to write a message to me in response to my godless spoutings. My reader, being a blog writer, posted it to his blog (much like the disciples did when gawd inspired them to write stuff -- no doubt only after they'd all sparked up a doobie and sat back on the couch with a bag of Doritos and quill-and-ink and a piece of parchment). This piece is one letter that will…
grrlscientist | November 13, 2008tags: humor, funny, WTF, Detective Mittens, streaming video
Meow meow meow meow meow meow meowmeow meow meow -- meow meow?? [3:50].
grrlscientist | September 30, 2008tags: DonorsChoose2008, education, public school education, fund raising, evolution education, nature education, bird education
Today is a special day because today is the first day of my DonorsChoose Challenge. DonorsChoose is a fund-raising campaign where the public can help classrooms throughout the United States to raise the funds necessary for educating children in grades K-12. Each ScienceBlog writer who is participating will raise funds for the entire month of October. Each participant has chosen a subset of the listed classroom proposals to fund based on their own special criteria.…
grrlscientist | September 23, 2008tags: William Shatner, Rocket Man, humor, funny, streaming video
This is a hilarious video William Shatner doing what he does best: overacting to the point of silliness [5:00]