Breakfast Links: WTF_Nature!, Ice Spheres & Dino Run
The last time I went to Japan it was with the express purpose of finding a bar that hand carved a chunk of ice into a sphere to put into my whiskey glass. They do it because a sphere would have the least surface area and thus would be the least melty ice shape. Because the japanese do not fool around. Sadly, the closest my sister and I found was a nice bar that served their whiskey with a very large square chunk of ice. But now, chiggity check it - you can now get your own ice sphere making machine! No more hand carving necessary, although the hardcore amongst us will always prefer that… Seriously, I really want one of these. I’ve got a silicon sphere mold for ice, but it’s gigantic, I’d need to be drinking a lot of whiskey for that…
If, for some reason, sphere’s of ice do not interest you check out WTF_Nature - mefi suggests is like Cute Overload for natural oddities. It’s very educational, you’ll see what happens when lightning strikes the plume of ash over an erupting volcano. Or a fiber optic sea mouse. And lots of other stuff, it goes off script, unfortunately, by not featuring an image in the summary of each post. Lame. But press on and you’ll find some in the body.
And I know it’s been a long time since last I pointed you towards a flash game, so here you are. Dino Run! Gather DNA while running as fast as you can to avoid extinction! It’s like a cross between Super Sprint and… um… dinosaurs? Go forth and play.
