If you've ever seen the pictured animations online of the 'blue-ball machine,' you'll know it's like a big Rube Goldberg machine, where a long chain of objects react to perform a simple task. These online animations [two of which I found here, and here (click the 'here's) are similar in that they transport several blue balls around a map of arbitrary contraptions, and though no goal seems present like a Rube Goldberg, it is a continuous chain of events to move the balls. It's fun to follow a ball as it travels through the picture, but it's pretty disappointing when they roll off the screen (EDIT: Now I get why they roll on and off screen in random places - they are made to be tiled, so the gifs above are tiled and look a lot smoother like this . You can find others by just googling 'blue ball machine' or something).
Now to the reason I was posting this, YouTube user freddiew (who's videos have been posted here before) uploaded a real-life video to YouTube of a blue ball machine, and it was quite entertaining but short.
See it below.
-Abdul
P.S. We should have tumblred.
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Top 4 Grossing iPod and iPhone games this week
The following are the top 4 grossing iPod Touch and iPhone games of the week:
1. Angry Birds Rio ($0.99)
Angry Birds Rio is a joint operation by game producer Rovio Mobile and Fox Motion Pictures. It is an adaption to the original Angry Birds game. In the Angy Birds Rio edition, the birds are now taken to the city of Rio de Janeiro, loosely following the plot of the upcoming Fox movie, Rio. The game utilizes the many capabilities of the iPod Touch including the iPod shuffle.
2. Tap Zoo (Free)
Tap Zoo is a game where players create and manage their own zoo. The basic premise is to grow your "island from a one animal zoo to a world-class safari park." The game allows you to choose from more than 50 animals and even allows cross breeding to create your own unique animal breeds. What's more, you can build restaurants and other attractions and even visit your friends' zoos.
3. Angry Birds ($0.99)
Angry Birds is an extremely popular physics-based game. The basic idea behind the game is that you use different types of birds--each with different abilities--to destroy the castles of pigs.
4. Tiny Wings ($0.99)
Tiny Wings is a physics game in which your are a small bird that has difficult flying. Therefore, you must hit the vastly created hills with perfect timing in order to increase momentum.
1. Angry Birds Rio ($0.99)
Angry Birds Rio is a joint operation by game producer Rovio Mobile and Fox Motion Pictures. It is an adaption to the original Angry Birds game. In the Angy Birds Rio edition, the birds are now taken to the city of Rio de Janeiro, loosely following the plot of the upcoming Fox movie, Rio. The game utilizes the many capabilities of the iPod Touch including the iPod shuffle.
2. Tap Zoo (Free)
Tap Zoo is a game where players create and manage their own zoo. The basic premise is to grow your "island from a one animal zoo to a world-class safari park." The game allows you to choose from more than 50 animals and even allows cross breeding to create your own unique animal breeds. What's more, you can build restaurants and other attractions and even visit your friends' zoos.
3. Angry Birds ($0.99)
Angry Birds is an extremely popular physics-based game. The basic idea behind the game is that you use different types of birds--each with different abilities--to destroy the castles of pigs.
4. Tiny Wings ($0.99)
Tiny Wings is a physics game in which your are a small bird that has difficult flying. Therefore, you must hit the vastly created hills with perfect timing in order to increase momentum.
3/23/11
Thumbtack
Thumbtack is a great new web service that I recently discovered. Within minutes of hearing about it, I was able to create a profile and an advertisement for my digital services. The interface is clean and efficient and I was able to get what I wanted onto the website in no time. If you are looking to build your web present, either locally or all over the place, Thumbtack is a great option. Check it out today!
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