http://billjb.stumbleupon.com/ billjb's recent URL reviews on StumbleUpon en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:40:37 -0800 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:34:15 -0800 http://billjb.stumbleupon.com/ http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:17:13 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/3qHCc0/www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3B5I4rpMrs/t:4af918f5af8c2;src:reviews http://billjb.stumbleupon.com/review/36403639/ How do you frighten a circus sideshow fire-eater? Just touch some dry ice with bare hands. Then pop it in your mouth!

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Nikola Tesla's lab bench from his lecture demonstration before the Royal Society. Notice at the top, the public demonstration of a neon sign spelling "William Thompson"

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]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.youtube.com/watch%253Fv%253DI7LOqd5XZSU Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:51:46 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2pxpx5/www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGFqfTCL2fs/t:4af918f5af8c2;src:reviews http://billjb.stumbleupon.com/review/34707842/ Drive like a trucker! You thought those big empty spaces ahead of trucks were neede for stopping distance? AT 2MPH IN A TRAFFIC JAM? No, the truckers figured out this trick many decades ago.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.youtube.com/watch%253Fv%253DiGFqfTCL2fs Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:48:50 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/6Ru019/www.youtube.com/watch?v=3imK7VKrqV8/t:4af918f5af8c2;src:reviews http://billjb.stumbleupon.com/review/34707792/ Arrr, blast ye! They've discovered how to make diet coke explode, but without needing any fifty-watt ultrasonic generators!

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.youtube.com/watch%253Fv%253D3imK7VKrqV8 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:45:31 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/4L7oJd/www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Sz8oT8ou0/t:4af918f5af8c2;src:reviews http://billjb.stumbleupon.com/review/34707729/ World's simplest generator? Your challenge is to try making one that's even smaller and simpler, then connect it up to a hamster wheel.

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Rock and mineral show in Seattle, may 23, 2009

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