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Of course, now you inspired me to do a more physics engine driven example. In this animation, the boxes actually constrain the cylinder...

Since the original animation was just to show the basic idea, I didn't include those types of restraints as it would be simple to do...

The top one was done using armatures, which act like a chain of bones, in this case, 2 bones. The base of the chain is parented to the...

While a postulate is not a fact, it we can make predictions as what would happen if it were true. This, in turn allows us to devise real...

A problem that arises when is comes to languages that are not native to you is that, not only do they have sounds that can be hard to...

Yes, done with Blender.

Two methods I came up with from tracing out figure 8s. The first produces a somewhat uneven one as is, but you can slightly adjust the...

We had my daughter and her partner over for dinner last night and had the TV tuned to a channel that was playing Christmas music on in...

The basic idea for the SOL in a vacuum is that it is invariant. Its speed relative to you as measured by you is always the same. So...

TIL that there are things even in your own "backyard" that you can be unaware of. For example, the local Portland International Airport...

It's exceptionally high tides for the region. The contributing factors are 1. The Moon being near its perigee during a full or new...

Unfortunately, a over a month ago, at least two people who failed to take the King tide warnings seriously were caught by sneaker waves...

As of late, we have been experiencing a good number of exceptionally high or 'King' tides. For example, this image is from video taken...

The store where we do the majority of our shopping does a "get a free turkey is you speed $125" deal in the week before Thanksgiving...