Dad (Brett)
All around rockstar geek. Brett enjoys his job as a Clinical Data Manager (helping research medical breakthroughs at Celgene); in his time off he enjoys reading books, watching movies, and learning new tricks on his camera and in Photoshop. He absolutely adores his wife and 2 daughters.

Mom (Erin)
Complete supermom. Erin loves her job as a Youth Field Researcher (aka 'mother'); in her plentiful spare time (ha!) she enjoys sleeping, re-reading Twilight or Harry Potter, and cuddling with Brett.

Aeriana ('Wacko', 'Princess')
Hybrid Angel/Devil. Aeriana loves her mommy and daddy, each of whom she loves to test at times and pretend innocence at others. A veritable sponge, Aeriana wants to do anything she sees an adult doing; she loves babies and especially adores her little sister, taking great care of her every need.

Zoe Jean ('Stinker', 'Cutie')
Growing fast, Zoe wants to be just like her big sister. Very goal oriented, she'll find a way to get that toy she's been looking at. She loves her pacifier and can't help but snuggle up to her blanket. Zoe is as relaxed as they come, she just loves chillin' out and watching TV.















Apps We're Excited About


CarcassonneAirVideo
Angry BirdsiBooks
ShiftDropbox
iBlast MokiSentinel 2

Thursday, November 1, 2007

A Little Touch of Geekiness

I can practically hear Erin's voice telling me "You're such a geek", but I couldn't resist sharing this video

As you watch, notice that the saw-toothed metal is at a slight angle, and that the droplet of water is in fact moving upwards. There is no wind blowing the water in that direction (the "back-end" of the droplet would have in indent rather than a tail), and the video is not playing backwards... no special effects, just slow-motion capture of the defiance of gravity.



Now the secret... that ridged metal is super-heated brass, and the molecules closest to the metal are instantly evaporated and "lift" the water droplet slightly above the metal. So in fact the water droplet itself is not actually touching the metal. And of course, we all know that hot air rises, so the super-heated water molecules are "rising" up the ridged edge. Very cool stuff

Check out the article here.

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posted by Brett at 10:22 AM

2 Comments:

Blogger The Mid-Cart Parentals said...

UH HUH, HMMMMMMM...

November 1, 2007 at 9:48 PM  
Blogger Dacia said...

I love Aunt Jenny's comment! Truthfully as I watched it I thought that it is a good thing you are going to schoolto be a bigger geek :)

November 11, 2007 at 4:59 PM  

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