I - D.A.S.H

Music and what I think is funny. Also vidya and science.

[shorabali]

https://soundcloud.com/shorabali/better-together

[oneneatcat]

post which one is you in the tags.  I’m doggie. and lisa.

[justneckbeardthings]

[prettynerdieworks]

The Room + Don’t Worry

[moewithdamello]

spinolsen

[thebaronvonbullshit]

[dudeyoureavegetarian-blog-deact]

When is it an inappropriate time to quote The Room?

never

there is no inappropriate time

always quote this movie

anyway how is your sex life

[fuckyeahbehindthescenes]

Tommy Wiseau was confused about the differences between 35 mm film and high-definition video so he decided to shoot the entire film in both formats simultaneously using a custom-built apparatus that housed both cameras side-by-side and required two crews to operate. (x)

The Room (2003)

[npr]

“My parents are both Indian,” Ravi Patel explains during an interview as he fixes a cup of chai for a visitor. “And we were born here. And while they grew up the Old School way, not dating, having family put them together, we’re like, American. Even though in many important ways we’re very Indian.”

Which is precisely the tension in Meet the Patels, the new documentary (or reality romance) featuring Ravi and filmed by his sister, Geeta. In a nutshell, the movie asks what happens when your own hopes and dreams clash with those your parents have.

The movie opens as the Patel family is en route to its annual monthlong vacation in India. The trip comes just after Ravi, a Los Angeles-based actor, has broken up with his girlfriend, Audrey. They’d been dating for two years, but he never told his parents about her. Audrey is white, and Ravi’s parents — Vasant and Champa Patel — expect their only son will marry a nice Indian girl, preferably from their hometown province of Gujarat. That area is filled with Patels who are all distantly related, and many of whom have married each other since time immemorial. “Patels marry Patels,” Ravi shrugs. “It’s the way it’s always been.”

‘Meet The Patels’: One Man’s Quest To Find Love, The Old-School Indian Way

[grahamutencils]

Representation of the first four dimensions. 

[trigonometry-is-my-bitch]

Geometrical visualisation of a 4D shape from a 3D Perspective - The Tesseract

Hypercubes are shapes with n dimensions where n is greater than the 3 dimensions of a normal cube. The Tesseract, or the 4-cube, is a 4 dimensional hypercube.

where n is the dimensional number, in any hypercube:

vertices = 2^n

edges = n(2^n-1 )

faces = 2^n-3(n-1)n

[npr]

Around 800,000 years ago, the brain truly accelerated in increasing its size. At that point, we develop the use of fire and start consuming more carbohydrate-rich foods. [That] was critical to the expansion of the brain.

Mark Thomas, an evolutionary geneticist at University College London

Were Carbs A Brain Food For Our Ancient Ancestors?

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[molgh]

[al-khuffash-deactivated20201203]

This man is a precious cinnamon bun from heaven

[awesome-picz]

Watercolor Superheroes Painted With Big Splashes

[npr]

Imagine having to build a bridge — a strong bridge — out of nothing but epoxy and spaghetti.

Yeah, hard. Just ask one of the 160 high schoolers who recently finished Engineering Innovation, a rigorous, monthlong summer camp run by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a handful of other cities. They didn’t just have to imagine it; they had to do it.

Students come from all over the world to get what is, for many, their first real taste of engineering in the classroom. The idea behind the program is simple: Give students a chance to explore complex ideas using remarkably simple tools.

Example: Measure the distance between two spires on the Hopkins campus using nothing but a few measuring sticks, string and tape.

Students also have to design a mousetrap out of nothing but paper, glue and rubber bands.

But the grand finale — the last big test for students — is the spaghetti bridge.

Teaching Students To Use Their Noodles

Photo and GIF credit: Lydia Thompson/NPR

[theverge]

World’s cutest male spider does embarrassing dance to impress cutest female spider.

[npr]

I hope this spider finds his mate! -Emily