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Week 5 – Poll
I sense a food theme this week.
What should I do, internets?
- Create some seed art in honor of the state fair (43%)
- Make rock candy (29%)
- Invent a cocktail (14%)
- Make cake pops (14%)
- Eat a bug (0%)
Yay, you voted!
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So. Pinhole photography. For those of you who don’t know what pinhole photography is, this entry will probably just look like blurry, poorly-shot photographs on expired film. Which is kind of exactly what it is. But! There’s no lens between the film and the image, so the control of the operator is limited. All I really did was plan the shots, point the thing and open the shutter.
I was originally going to design and build my own camera. However, after a bit of research, I came to the realization that I unfortunately do not have a darkroom set up in my root cellar. From there, I realized a cardboard kit camera would be far more practical for my purposes, rather than a repurposed oatmeal box. I still assembled it, but the bits were already supplied. It may make me a cheater, but this kit is kind of genius. I mean, look at it — it even has a little winding knobs made from sawed-off dowel rods.
So then I got some 200 speed film and started shooting.
Why yes, that is a trumpet in a recently-harvested cornfield. And there’s plenty more behind the cut.
Week 3 – Results
WOOF! Two and some weeks late, I finally finish up week 3. Well, sort of. Turns out NASA’s kid site doesn’t have experiments on it anymore, since science is apparently horrifically dangerous and somebody finally thought of the children. Anyway, nobody wants to watch me playing some Buzz Lightyear flash game aimed at eight year olds, so I found this other kids’ science site, and after wading through half a dozen variations on the vinegar/baking soda volcano, I settled on this experiment. Not only is it ~*~SCIENCE~*~, but it is pretty and I had all the supplies in my cupboard.
Okay, to be totally accurate, the whole milk wasn’t in my cupboard, because that would be pretty gross unless you live in an igloo.
Since this experiment will result in pleasant, swirly colors, I decided to attempt to preserve the moment on some used watercolor paper, without any idea of how well it would actually work.
Sorry kitties. 
Oh here comes the first step, wherein I pour milk.
Then the food coloring. I tried to make this pretty, but somehow it turned into leprechaun vomit.
Then a single drop of the dish soap. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN.
OH MY WOOSH.
In about five seconds it looked like this. DRINK OF MY ACID SPACE MILK, FELLOW COSMONAUTS.
Oh look, art. UNDERWHELMING.
So what are we supposed to take away from this experiment? I’d guess something about hydrocarbons, surfactants and also how to blow a five year old’s mind.
Week 4 – Poll
No, I haven’t fled town, taking your piggy bank with me. I’ve just been mind-numbingly busy; recovering and moving house all in one week, it ain’t easy, ya’ll! I’ll get to last week’s experiment this weekend, but I wanted to get this week’s poll up before the weekend. This one’s a photography-themed 24 hour special — the poll closes tomorrow as of this posting. If you ever wanted to have a real say in these polls, this would be the day.
What should I do, internets?
- Make a pinhole camera and take pictures with it (33%)
- Take a picture every hour you are awake for an entire day (17%)
- Photograph everything you eat (17%)
- Take a picture of one object per color of the rainbow and make a collage (17%)
- Photograph everything you buy (16%)
Yay, you voted!
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Week 3.5 – siiiick
So in between moving, I have been totally dyyyying, ugh. I hope I can be well enough tomorrow to do this week’s experiment, even if I’m ‘petting a pony’. (That’s a play on ‘feeling a little hoarse’ I read in a Bazooka Joe comic, omglol get it?) Thanks for your patience, ya’ll.
Week 3 – Poll
What should I do, internets?
- Find a kids experiment off the NASA website and do it (35%)
- Do imitations of the first few animals to come up on Wikipedia random (23%)
- Finish your write up about your trip to North Korea already (haha, I suspect the person who requested this may know me IRL) (19%)
- Write 24 haiku in a day, one for each hour (16%)
- Spend an hour learning a complex scientific concept and then explain it (7%)
Yay, you voted!
Loading ...Wow, this is the first poll that didn’t need any filler options from me. So science-heavy! Ya’ll are nerds. <3
Week 2 – Results
HOLY CRAP YA’LL, this took a lot longer than it should have. Which is sort of the point of a Rube Goldberg device, I guess? And the original draft was faaar more complex, but then I realized I didn’t really have the time to build a mini-rollercoaster out of toothpicks and hot glue. Whoops. Next week’s poll will be up tonight or tomorrow. Moving next week, so suggestions for mini-activities are very welcome right now.
Week 2 – Poll
What should I do, internets?
- Create a Rube Golberg device to do something ridiculously simple (37%)
- Dye my hair cartoon blue-black (25%)
- Draw and color a poster-sized map of the United States with my eyes closed (21%)
- Wear tape on my hands for an entire evening (12%)
- Teach my cat a trick (5%)
Yay, you voted!
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So here I am wearing a lot of makeup. Over a third of ya’ll voted for me to do this. JERKS. No, actually, thank you for voting. That was fun and like, um, OMIGOSH YOU GUYS, I love how the camera immediately transforms me into a sixteen year old girl from St. Cloud, Minnesota. Next poll should be up within an hour.