I gave a talk on my Masters Thesis Project in Architecture focusing on Altering Soundscapes in Exterior Environments using Helmholtz Resonators in Ceramic Bricks to absorb Low Frequency Traffic Noise. ... continue reading

posted by newtboy 4 months 2 weeks ago • 80 views • 34:05

"Flashback to the holiday season of 2001. After years of filming, the first film in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, is due to hit theaters, and expectations... continue reading

posted by ant 1 year 3 months 2 weeks ago • 4 views • 24:24

The story behind the new Terry Pratchett audiobooks - my all time favorite author. Can't wait to hear them! YT: This documentary follows Penguin Audio's ambitious project of turning the entire Discworld... continue reading

posted by Zawash 2 years 1 month ago • 31 views • 21:33

TOLKIEN explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 18 views • 56 secs

YouTube description: Babies and young kids are cast in movies just like adult actors, but there are special rules in place about how long they can be on set. Oftentimes, a director wants a baby to cry... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months ago • 1,113 views • 4:11

I feel obliged to point out that, as an Australian, I'm not in any position to cast nasturtiums. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 201 views • 14:47

Dr James Grime and a handy trick for checking calculations. Ditch the nines...

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 460 views • 8:04

This guide will make cooking with cast iron a breeze!

posted by Mekanikal 7 years 7 months ago • 1,776 views • 5:55

YouTube description: There is extreme fishing and then is going to such extremes that you have a rod and a worm-like lure fused to your face. Quite frankly it's the type of commitment we admire. Meet... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 271 views • 6:32

Takes one to know one!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 3:59

YouTube Description: When sunlight shines through a small hole, it casts an image of the sun on a wall some distance away. Therefore the size and shape of the hole have little effect on the size and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 3 months ago • 448 views • 3:32

YouTube Description: Light is so common that we rarely think about what it really is. But just over two hundred years ago, a groundbreaking experiment answered the question that had occupied physicists... continue reading

posted by aaronfr 1 decade 1 year 3 months ago • 1,437 views • 7:40