Comments on: Popcorn in slow motion http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dross1260 http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972062 dross1260 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972062 Need 1812 overture. Hawaiian music made it seem as if the kernels were sautéing. blech. Need 1812 overture. Hawaiian music made it seem as if the kernels were sautéing. blech.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972322 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972322 Maggie, your plug to Little House on the Prairie was cute. Maggie, your plug to Little House on the Prairie was cute.

]]> By: AdrenalineSleep http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-973101 AdrenalineSleep Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-973101 I may have shared this before but since it's sort of on topic so thought I'd share a video I put together from an iron pour earlier this year. This has nothing to do with science but is slomo fun with fire and molten iron: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-fZRDqEd8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-fZRDqEd8</a> Hot stuff go BOOM!! I may have shared this before but since it’s sort of on topic so thought I’d share a video I put together from an iron pour earlier this year. This has nothing to do with science but is slomo fun with fire and molten iron:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2-fZRDqEd8
Hot stuff go BOOM!!

]]> By: lisechen http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972112 lisechen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972112 You know, I drink milk with some pretty weird things (pizza, hot dogs), but I have never had milk and popcorn. You know, I drink milk with some pretty weird things (pizza, hot dogs), but I have never had milk and popcorn.

]]> By: Paul Coleman http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972122 Paul Coleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972122 General Electric's folks here in Schenectady, had a super hi res series of these without the breathless narration. Here's Popcorn: http://ge.geglobalresearch.com/blog/your-requests-answered-popcorn-popping-in-super-slow-motion/ If you go to their YouTube feed and search on "Slow Motion", they have some great other ones. http://www.youtube.com/user/grcblog I particularly like light bulb burning out. General Electric’s folks here in Schenectady, had a super hi res series of these without the breathless narration.

Here’s Popcorn: http://ge.geglobalresearch.com/blog/your-requests-answered-popcorn-popping-in-super-slow-motion/

If you go to their YouTube feed and search on “Slow Motion”, they have some great other ones. http://www.youtube.com/user/grcblog

I particularly like light bulb burning out.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972156 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972156 I LOVED Farmer Boy! I reread it every few years. I still eat half of my popcorn dipped in milk. Mmmm.... I know what snack I'm having tonight. I LOVED Farmer Boy! I reread it every few years. I still eat half of my popcorn dipped in milk. Mmmm…. I know what snack I’m having tonight.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972187 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972187 The voice-over here is done by Britain's Top Light Entertainer Vic Reeves, have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMaEUv5n9wU for another food recommendation of his... The voice-over here is done by Britain’s Top Light Entertainer Vic Reeves, have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMaEUv5n9wU for another food recommendation of his…

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972202 voiceinthedistance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972202 I wouldn't want to hear that guy narrate a real porn clip. It was challenging enough hearing the blow by blow with food porn. I wouldn’t want to hear that guy narrate a real porn clip. It was challenging enough hearing the blow by blow with food porn.

]]> By: Gary http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972207 Gary Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972207 "...as the heat and moisture within breaks the hard shell and the starchy endosperm unfurls in an edible spongy foam on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field." “…as the heat and moisture within breaks the hard shell and the starchy endosperm unfurls in an edible spongy foam on the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972466 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972466 I love the narrator lol! I love the narrator lol!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972215 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972215 The narrator is a comedian from here in the UK, guy named Vik Reeves. His humour is varied, weird and often inappropriate. As can be seen here. The narrator is a comedian from here in the UK, guy named Vik Reeves. His humour is varied, weird and often inappropriate. As can be seen here.

]]> By: Lady Katey http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972227 Lady Katey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972227 Yay for props to Farmer Boy. I was actually thinking about another Little House popcorn story when I was Christmas shopping the other day- about Mrs Boast's secret stash of popcorn that they surprised the men with on Christmas. There is an excellent Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. Walker that goes through pretty much every food mentioned in the books, from Long Winter Bread to pulled candy to "Vanity Cakes" and even green pumpkin pie. An excellent gift for a Little House fan in your life. Yay for props to Farmer Boy. I was actually thinking about another Little House popcorn story when I was Christmas shopping the other day- about Mrs Boast’s secret stash of popcorn that they surprised the men with on Christmas.

There is an excellent Little House Cookbook by Barbara M. Walker that goes through pretty much every food mentioned in the books, from Long Winter Bread to pulled candy to “Vanity Cakes” and even green pumpkin pie. An excellent gift for a Little House fan in your life.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972249 Kimmo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972249 Filming stuff in slomo has <i>everything</i> to do with science. The fact that it's fun detracts not a whit from (rather, confirms) its point - discovery. Filming stuff in slomo has everything to do with science.

The fact that it’s fun detracts not a whit from (rather, confirms) its point – discovery.

]]> By: yclept http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-973022 yclept Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-973022 Haw. I logged in to put on my 2 cents that the video didn't work for me either using Firefox on a mac. Then I logged in and behold, the video worked. Haw. I logged in to put on my 2 cents that the video didn’t work for me either using Firefox on a mac. Then I logged in and behold, the video worked.

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972009 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972009 Firefox on a Mac and your videos don't work - not a major problem mostly, but where I can't click through to further my popcorn education it becomes something of an issue. Firefox on a Mac and your videos don’t work – not a major problem mostly, but where I can’t click through to further my popcorn education it becomes something of an issue.

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972011 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972011 Patrick, that's very weird, as I am also running Firefox on a Mac. Not sure what the problem is. I'll ask Rob if it's anything on our end. Patrick, that’s very weird, as I am also running Firefox on a Mac.

Not sure what the problem is. I’ll ask Rob if it’s anything on our end.

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-973547 teapot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-973547 FF on Win XP and I have the same problem. Logged in. Out of interest, isn't the iframe embed method generally considered to have better functionality cross-platform? Or am I totally wrong on this? FF on Win XP and I have the same problem. Logged in.

Out of interest, isn’t the iframe embed method generally considered to have better functionality cross-platform? Or am I totally wrong on this?

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972013 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972013 The narrator sounds just a little <i>too</i> into it when he says, "...as the heat and moisture within breaks the hard shell and the starchy endosperm unfurls in an edible spongy foam." The narrator sounds just a little too into it when he says, “…as the heat and moisture within breaks the hard shell and the starchy endosperm unfurls in an edible spongy foam.”

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972016 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972016 It made me think of food-porn for a reason, kmoser. It made me think of food-porn for a reason, kmoser.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972027 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972027 So <i>that's</i> how popcorn works? So that’s how popcorn works?

]]> By: Jules http://boingboing.net/2010/12/17/popcorn-in-slow-moti.html#comment-972028 Jules Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-972028 I never could make it past "The Long Winter" but it is so nice to hear "Farmer Boy" get its forgotten accolades. It is also details all the baths Laura Ingalls never got to take as a child. I never could make it past “The Long Winter” but it is so nice to hear “Farmer Boy” get its forgotten accolades. It is also details all the baths Laura Ingalls never got to take as a child.

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