beccusmaximus:

fastcompany:

Recognize these photos? If you’ve seen Star Wars, you probably do. 

This the abandoned set of Tatooine, Luke Skywalker’s home planet. A photographer accidentally stumbled upon the set, which sits in the Tunisian desert. They sit in perfect stillness, at the crest of the Sahara Desert, eaten away by dust and sand.

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This is amazing.

I must go to there.

rollerderbynerd:

cirk-urk:

These are Roller Girls (from Terminal City)’s new Bonts, and I love them. The pair of skates I’ve been designing in my head are similar, but in pink and purple instead. Such a sweet looking skate. 

I can’t wait to see these in action! 

Possibly the worlds brightest set of Bonts. I love that orange, and I think these are heavily customized Patriot boots made to look like the new Vaypor boots, which aren’t available in those colours yet.

I waaaaaant dis !!

spaceplasma:

Unrolling Household Tape Produces X-Rays

If you have ever (for whatever reason – that’s none of our business) locked yourself in a dark closet and peeled Scotch tape from its holder, you may have noticed a tiny bit of light. The tape actually emits a faint luminescence when it’s being separated. It’s due to a phenomenon known as triboluminescence, which has been documented as far back as the 17th century. In the 1950s, Soviet researchers claimed that unrolling sticky tape resulted also in the release of X-rays, but no one really bothered to follow up on that study until now.

A group of researchers at UCLA decided to test the X-ray claims recently. Using a machine to unroll the tape at 3 centimeters/second in a vacuum, they measured the electromagnetic output. The short bursts of X-rays lasted for about a billionth of a second each and output 300,000 X-ray photons. The researchers were even able to prove the presence of the X-rays by producing pictures of their finger bones. There’s no need to worry about getting a super-dose of radiation while taping the paper on birthday presents, though; the phenomenon seems to work only when the tape is in a vacuum.

The applications for this new knowledge are kind of sketchy at this point. The research team thinks that it may be useful for making cheaper X-ray machines or even for aiding in nuclear fusion. Both seem a little far-fetched, but harnessing this little-understood physical phenomenon may even create new, unforeseen possibilities in the future.

Powerful x-rays made from sticky tape [ video ]

Cooooool!

(via scinerds)

I heart my Derby Wife!

This is my favorite snippet of a photo from our recent Bout… Things were heating up on the track!! #rollerderby #redstickrollerderby #batonrouge

Creative spaces…

Got my stamp in!! Stamping dem bags! Yay!
@noelieharmon

Come check out MARSHDOG treats at @noelieharmon! Eco-sustainable, all-natural dog treats made in Louisiana with wild nutria and locally farmed ingredients!!!
@mollikewtz

Found my jar of river rocks… I should have been a geologist!

Turquoise, omnomnom.