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3/21/06 Gil's LotD: Snowflakes, Physics, Finance

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http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2006-02/save-snowflake-decades How to preserve snowflakes in superglue.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4237751840526284618# A very entertaining and informative video about the double slit experiment. You should see this video.
http://www.prosper.com/ A website which lets individuals buy and sell small loans.

1/16/06 Gil's LotD: Falling Sand game

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Gil's LotD
http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/
This game is incredibly fun, but don't forget to turn off the namakujii at the bottom if you want to build stuff. He's a slug and will eat through walls and anything else!
One cool thing to do is to fill a big part with the spout, then make a plant web through it. If you burn the plant, water will drip down and more plant will grow, so it becomes and endless cycle!