I like a cool slo-mo video as much as the next pseudo science geek — but this one was, dare I say it, almost too slow?
I guess it was cool to see the matchhead bubbling as the chemical reaction proceeds across it, with gouts of fire leaping up sinuously, but the problem with slowing things down this much is that the video lasts for too long.
Maybe I’m jaded by the internet, with an attention span forever wrecked, but two-and-a-half minutes of this was kind of excruciating.
(via Gizmodo)
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Fat Arse says:
5 January 2011 at 11:38 am (UTC -5)
I agree, “two-and-a-half minutes of this was … excruciating.” Well, thanks for sharing the pain!
Colin says:
5 January 2011 at 3:14 pm (UTC -5)
Context is everything. Sitting at a desk or surfing the net, I can see your point.
But imagine yourself at a really cool club, or café or coffeehouse or some kind of public social space…this kind of thing would be really trippy to have as background/decorative imagery.
Fat Arse says:
5 January 2011 at 6:31 pm (UTC -5)
Colin,
re: “this kind of thing would be really trippy”
Only if I was still in my 1980′s habit of chewing Mushrooms instead of Chiclets!
thebanana says:
6 January 2011 at 3:52 pm (UTC -5)
It’s funny because the ad that scrolled by while I was watching was for a fire extinguisher safety dvd! It’s like the internet is magic.
thebanana says:
6 January 2011 at 3:52 pm (UTC -5)
It’s funny because the ad that scrolled by while I was watching was for a fire extinguisher safety dvd! It’s like the internet is magic.