Friday, July 11th, 2008...1:51 pm
Utter and complete geek joy.
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It was Mark who first told me about Oobleck (non-Newtonian fluid made out of cornstarch and water). I’ve had a vague desire to play with it ever since (and since that was at least 20 years ago, it’s a pretty freakin’ vague desire. I think if I was that interested in playing with the stuff, I could have gooped up a batch of it by now).
However, there’s so much fun to be had with it. The Mythbusters played with it in lieu of Ninja water-walking, and YouTube is full of ooblecky videos. But BoingBoing showed me this one today, which I just love: a half-sheet pan of oobleck + a subwoofer = geekly joy.
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July 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I’ve played with oobleck (although I didn’t know it had a name), but I’ve never tried that. Sounds like a good rainy day project to do with AJ.
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July 11th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Oobleck is so cool! But if you make it in a bathtub, be prepared to carry it out in buckets.
The next-to-last episode of Numbers had oobleck (although they just called it non-Newtonian fluid) and people ran across it!
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July 11th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Oh, Harriet - from what I’ve read of AJ, he would LOVE Oobleck.
July 13th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Oh MAN. That is creeping me out.
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