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December 13, 2007
by Miss Cellania - December 12, 2007 - 10:45 PM

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Reminder: The Geminid meteor shower promises to be the best meteor shower of the year tonight. Check your local forecast for sky conditions.

Tacky Christmas Yards collects and critiques photographs of homes decorated with Christmas lights. “Violations” include mixing themes, lawn characters of different sizes, unharmonious arrangements, multiple Clauses, and overdone lighting.

Amazing pool tricks. By the end of this video, I wouldn’t have been surprised if he levitated the table.

How Super-Precise Atomic Clocks Will Change the World in a Decade. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is up to a lot more than telling us what time it is; each of their clocks is exponentially better than the one before.

You are Self-Employed, even if you work for a company. If you think of your boss as a client who uses your services, you can manage your career better.

Two Forks, One Cup. I watched the video and read the comments, but I still don’t know how this trick works.

Just for fun: Cooties. A public service announcement for kids.

Of the many great musicians out there, who plays the best round of golf? The list may surprise you!

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  1. After a late-night discussion at Neatorama, I have figured out how the two forks trick works.

    posted by Miss Cellania on 12-13-2007 at 7:51 am

  2. This is just a showy variant of the old “two forks and a quarter” trick. Wedge two forks evenly onto opposite sides of a quarter near an edge and then balance the quarter’s opposite edge on the edge of a glass. Piece of cake. If I’m correct, it’s a center of gravity thing.

    posted by Alice on 12-13-2007 at 11:11 am

  3. Since the ends of the forks are angled back past the cup, the center of gravity is over the toothpick, so balancing the fork/toothpick system isn’t hard. Then, since the other end of the toothpick isn’t significantly affecting the balance of the system, you can get rid of it.

    posted by Chris on 12-13-2007 at 1:29 pm

  4. My rule is: It’s not Christmas unless you catch a whiff of burning electrical insulation from overloaded extension cords.

    posted by Tdave on 12-14-2007 at 2:38 am

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