The Greater

Give a man a mask and he is show you his true face

Oscar Wilde

Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will.

John Green (via quotemadness)

But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.

Lemony Snicket (via quotemadness)

Good wood - um, I’m currently trying to work out if this is the coolest bit of tech that’s ever been on here…. I think it might just be. Beautiful, classy, classic but contemporary, it makes you feel like you’re from the 1940s, 1970s and 2020 all in one go. Yes please!

23 Times Tumblr Realized How Confusing The English Language Is

She’s like smoke: you think you’re seeing her clearly enough, but when you reach for her there’s nothing there.

Ryū Murakami (via quotemadness)

Dear me, silence is not a song you should know all the words to.

Shane Koyczan (via quotemadness)

Work hard in silence; let success make the noise.

When your casual kayaking trip suddenly turns into an Indiana Jones movie. (New Zealand)

In their newest video, the Slow Mo Guys recreated one of my favorite effects: vibration-driven droplet ejection. For this, they use a Chinese spouting bowl, which has handles that the player rubs after partially filling the bowl with water. By rubbing, a user excites a vibrational mode in the bowl. Watch the GIFs above and you can actually see the bowl deforming steadily back and forth. This is the fundamental mode, and it’s the same kind of vibration you’d get from, say, ringing a bell. 

Without a high-speed camera, the bowl’s vibration is pretty hard to see, but it’s readily apparent from the water’s behavior in the bowl. In the video, Gav and Dan comment that the ripples (actually Faraday waves) on the water always start from the same four spots. That’s a direct result of the bowl’s movement; we see the waves starting from the points where the bowl is moving the most, the antinodes. In theory, at least, you could see different generation points if you manage to excite one of the bowl’s higher harmonics. The best part, of course, is that, once the vibration has reached a high enough amplitude, the droplets spontaneously start jumping from the water surface! (Video and image credits: The Slow Mo Guys; submitted by effyeah-artandfilm)