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Brittney LeBlanc

Three 2 See: Rube Goldberg Machines, Movie Infographics, and Handsome men

Posted 3/10/2010 12:42:00 PM
Even if you aren't sure what a Rube Golberg machine is... you do know it. If you saw Pee-wee's Big Adventure, you probably remember the giant machine which made his breakfast. Another Rube Golberg machine is the game Mouse Trap. Rube Goldberg machines are complex machines that do simple functions... and well, I love them. I could stare at Rube Goldberg machines for hours.

So naturally, I'm a sucker for OK Go's latest video "This Too Shall Pass " Rube Goldberg Machine version.The "machine" was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs over the course of several months. The result: genius.



Infographics seem to be the hot thing on the net lately, and one blog dedicated to visualization and statistics run by Nathan Yau, is putting famous movie quotes into infographic form.


Those are just my favourites. More are on FlowingData.com under: Data Underload #12 ...

Get to know an Edmontonian: Tyson Lenz

Posted 3/8/2010 10:16:00 AM
Welcome to another edition of: Get to know an Edmontonian. This is an on-going feature I do on interesting people who live in our city. Get to know an Edmontonian runs every second Monday right here in my blog. It's a question-and-answer with community members with some serious, and not so serious questions. Without further ado, here's one, of many, Edmontonians to be featured.


Your Name: Tyson Lenz, Shipper/Receiver

Twitter: @TBagLenz
YouTube: 8mmlenz


I love this picture so much, I actually wanted to write an April Fools joke story on it last year...

What’s the best part of your career? Getting paid? Driving forklifts is a blast though.

What’s the worst part? Nothing is overly bad about the job, but I would like to do something for a living that makes more of a difference in the world.

How long have you been doing this?
About 5 years.

What attracted ...


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