What if scientists could sing?

What you’re about to see is amazingly poetic and beautiful – thanks to the wonders of Autotune (the technology that most popstars use to shift their voice when they sing out of key) you’re about to see boring physics lectures turned into something amazingly poetic.

John Boswell of Symphony of Science made this song featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Bill Nye.

Popstars should be banned from using autotune leaving autotune to the people who really do have something to say:

National Flags Made Out of Food

Australia.

See more national flags made from the country’s national food at my favourite design site:toxel.

Spirit House wedding photos

It’s easy to capture pretty photos of the ‘happy couple’ in our gardens. But the photographer Todd Hunter Mcgraw took some photos at a recent wedding at the Spirit House that are quirky, original and unique.

Todd truly has a great eye for that unusual shot and manages to take the ordinary and turn it into something special. An example is this photo from our smoker’s courtyard – an area that most wedding photographers never use:

This is definitely not your traditional wedding photo but it really makes a statement – you can see more great photos and read more about this wedding on his blog:

Dusk is a must ! .. Cara & Craig » toddhuntermcgaw.com.au.

A great knife for that teen chef

We love good design at the Spirit House and the you know design is good if some love it and others hate it – so when it comes to knives we think this is pretty neat:

Give one of these to a teenager and you’re going to get some help in the kitchen. The blood stain is permanently set on to the blade and the evidence tag is a nice touch. And at $20Aus or so, it’s quite a bargain. You can buy it online at Neatorama’s shop.

Our toilets – one of the top 10 best gadgets for 2008

We get a lot of comments about our new toilets – those that ‘get’ the concept applaud the innovative water saving design. Those that don’t understand what’s happening complain that the tap won’t stop running. I noticed that at popular mechanics, the caroma smart flush is one of the top 10 best gadgets for 2008 – a huge accolade for an Australian invention.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s a video that explains what all the fuss is about:

Solid stone bath tubs

This neat company makes solid stone baths and basins, which doesn’t sound too exciting until you imagine one of these in your bathroom:

Stone Forest

Rock music lullabies

There’s something strangely hypnotic about Pink Floyd tunes performed as lullabies… think glockenspiel and your favourite rock band. I want one of these albums and I’m 40… if you want your kid to be the coolest child in preschool then check out samples at Baby Rock Records – Transform your favorite rock music into baby music.

The Coolest BBQ Grills.

Why do we have kitchens inside? Especially when you can have a Lynx professional grill like the one above. No more smells, and you can just hose off the floor when you’re done. I love it.

For the top 10 coolest bbg grills check out the list at
Neatorama

How to cook with Lava!

You get wrecked on an Hawaiin Island… you’re hungry and you need to cook your dolphin steaks but you have no matches. Here’s a great site that will teach you how to cook with LAVA. It doesn’t show you how to catch dolphins but the lava cooking lessons are part of the Dolphin Bay Hotel.

chopsticks filled with soya sauce

When you’re just too lazy to reach for the soya sauce, these neat little chopsticks have got you covered. A simple press and a measured dose of soya sauce is delivered to your sushi.
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