rube goldberg machine!

rube goldberg won the 1948 pulitzer prize for his political cartooning, but i know him for his cartoons of machines that perform very simple tasks thru round-about paths and unpredictable means.


if you ever played the game, mouse trap, then you know what i mean!

for some reason, rube goldberg machines seem to be featured quite often in opening sequences of films!! my favorite rube goldberg moments in film are pee wee herman's breakfast machine in pee wee's big adventure, the opening scene from back to the future with all the clocks and the machine feeding einstein - the dog, the gate-opening scene near the beginning of goonies, and the opening sequence of wallace and gromit film, the curse of the were-rabbit.

here's one of the better at-home rube goldberg machines i've seen - designed to smash a creme egg.


video found at domino-yes-maybe.

Isaac Newton vs. Rube Goldberg

love a good rube goldberg machine.... especially when it involves magnets and other cool visual trickery! 

best room ever

when i was young i had a snake that slept in a big cage in the corner of my room and scared the crap out of some of my friends.  that was cool, but this rube goldberg-esque marble course would have been even better! 



i've posted before about rube goldberg here and here.

trap that animal!

i'm a big fan of rube goldberg machines and kids having creative fun! audri is seven years old and shows an impressive understanding of science and exciting entertainment! :) i'm glad his mom filmed this to share with us all.

linkage

the london sperm bank has pretty much the best logo. ever. (thanks for bringing this to my attention, marcos!)


the bad astronomer, phil plait, has been teasing us for ages with his i-cant-reveal-it-yet new tattoo, but now you can watch the video clip from his appearance on LA Ink where he gets his tat. looks great!

sixty symbols has its own facebook page now, so go ahead and join if you enjoy the series: sixty symbols facebook page.

if you havent yet seen the rube-goldberg-inspired video by OK Go, take a couple minutes to enjoy!