Comments on: How to make giant bubbles http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 13:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611686 niktemadur Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611686 <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1743720/combined" rel="nofollow">The Greatest Blog Ever Sold</a>? Why not sponsored by the VW Thing Owner's Association Of North America? Then the music posts have a huge link on either side of this comment column.  What is it, State Farm? Huyndai ain't too bad, in fact it's a great, sensible vehicle, but I get you, yet I also give Mark the benefit of a doubt, a truly smart man, but is he also savvy and clever enough to NOT go too far down the rabbit hole? The Greatest Blog Ever Sold?
Why not sponsored by the VW Thing Owner’s Association Of North America?
Then the music posts have a huge link on either side of this comment column.  What is it, State Farm?

Huyndai ain’t too bad, in fact it’s a great, sensible vehicle, but I get you, yet I also give Mark the benefit of a doubt, a truly smart man, but is he also savvy and clever enough to NOT go too far down the rabbit hole?

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611683 niktemadur Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611683 Agreed!  Mark seems to be raising a well-balanced Nobel Prize nominee and having great fun while doing it. But triangular bubbles in free-form state?  I don't believe they exist. Agreed!  Mark seems to be raising a well-balanced Nobel Prize nominee and having great fun while doing it.
But triangular bubbles in free-form state?  I don’t believe they exist.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611649 niktemadur Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611649 Don Ho on Opposite Day. Don Ho on Opposite Day.

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611487 Robert Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611487 Because bubbles! Because bubbles!

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611486 Robert Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611486 Making bubbles is easy. Making bigger bubbles is harder because you have to get the gloopiness of the soap just right. It also helps if you have the new Santa Fe from Hyundai, featuring more front and rear headroom, plus signature Fluidic Sculpture design language for up to seven passengers to blow big Hyundai-shaped bubbles. That's nice, Bones, but how about we go blow some bubbles over the case-file? Making bubbles is easy. Making bigger bubbles is harder because you have to get the gloopiness of the soap just right. It also helps if you have the new Santa Fe from Hyundai, featuring more front and rear headroom, plus signature Fluidic Sculpture design language for up to seven passengers to blow big Hyundai-shaped bubbles.

That’s nice, Bones, but how about we go blow some bubbles over the case-file?

]]> By: cstatman http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611405 cstatman Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611405 Screw YOU Frauenfelder,...   for STILL having GREAT Hair.   I mean, seriously, do the decent thing and go bald like the rest of us!    :P     (fabulous work with the kiddo, mine LOVES your ipad recommendations)  thanks! Screw YOU Frauenfelder,…   for STILL having GREAT Hair.   I mean, seriously, do the decent thing and go bald like the rest of us!    :P     (fabulous work with the kiddo, mine LOVES your ipad recommendations)  thanks!

]]> By: Ramone http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611396 Ramone Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611396 Thank you for reposting Mark, I was having a hard time sharing the video on the previous. This one works! :) Thank you for reposting Mark, I was having a hard time sharing the video on the previous. This one works! :)

]]> By: raygun21 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611343 raygun21 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611343 The Bubble Thing by Klutz is a great intro to this concept.  The accompanying book also explains the science behind the soap bubble and other facts about surface tension. http://www.klutz.com/toys/Bubble-Thing The Bubble Thing by Klutz is a great intro to this concept.  The accompanying book also explains the science behind the soap bubble and other facts about surface tension.

http://www.klutz.com/toys/Bubble-Thing

]]> By: winkythebiker http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611329 winkythebiker Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611329 When I see Mark with his children, I realise my parenting is shameful. Must try harder. When I see Mark with his children, I realise my parenting is shameful. Must try harder.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611327 Mark_Frauenfelder Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611327 You don't need to see why. You don’t need to see why.

]]> By: fidel_funk http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611308 fidel_funk Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611308 Sponsored by Hyundai... Whats this sheit... 1. I give you some money 2. You dedicate your next post to me 3. WHAT! Sponsored by Hyundai… Whats this sheit…
1. I give you some money
2. You dedicate your next post to me
3. WHAT!

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611288 Boundegar Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611288 I don't see why this would make me buy a Hyundai. I don’t see why this would make me buy a Hyundai.

]]> By: nnu-16121 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611221 nnu-16121 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611221 This is a wonderful thing! Which makes it wholly inappropriate for this forum. I come here expecting cententious articles on hot-button political and culture-war topics. Shame on you! This is a wonderful thing!

Which makes it wholly inappropriate for this forum. I come here expecting cententious articles on hot-button political and culture-war topics. Shame on you!

]]> By: Rock Hardwood http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1611018 Rock Hardwood Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1611018 The Prisoner The Prisoner

]]> By: NrdyGrl http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1610754 NrdyGrl Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1610754 We found, that for smaller hands, the edge of a t-shirt is a great large bubble maker.  If you cut off the bottom edge, which is heavier due to being several layers of t-shirt, you get a nice heavy-duty fabric circle.  Dip in dawn dish soap solution and make your massive bubbles!  Just holding the tshirt sort of arms length apart makes giant bubbles really easily.  And if you want smaller large bubbles, than just cut off the arm edge!  Plus this solution is nearly free, as who doesn't have a few t-shirts hanging around to use!   We found, that for smaller hands, the edge of a t-shirt is a great large bubble maker.  If you cut off the bottom edge, which is heavier due to being several layers of t-shirt, you get a nice heavy-duty fabric circle.  Dip in dawn dish soap solution and make your massive bubbles!  Just holding the tshirt sort of arms length apart makes giant bubbles really easily.  And if you want smaller large bubbles, than just cut off the arm edge!  Plus this solution is nearly free, as who doesn’t have a few t-shirts hanging around to use!  

]]> By: Alexander Borsi http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1610740 Alexander Borsi Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1610740 I find that if you use something akin to lace ribbon that it holds the bubble solution better, and leads to larger bubbles due to the string not 'drying out' in areas. Sort of like the little grooves on the plastic wands. Of course you will need to enlarge your eyelets on the ends of the sticks, to maybe 1/2" or more (maybe use a plastic napkin ring Sugru'd to the end?) so that the lace can move freely. Experiment to see which lace works the best: Stuff with lots of little holes? Or maybe the ones with great big holes? Synthetic or natural fibers? I find that if you use something akin to lace ribbon that it holds the bubble solution better, and leads to larger bubbles due to the string not ‘drying out’ in areas. Sort of like the little grooves on the plastic wands. Of course you will need to enlarge your eyelets on the ends of the sticks, to maybe 1/2″ or more (maybe use a plastic napkin ring Sugru’d to the end?) so that the lace can move freely.

Experiment to see which lace works the best: Stuff with lots of little holes? Or maybe the ones with great big holes? Synthetic or natural fibers?

]]> By: waetherman http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1610706 waetherman Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1610706 My dream job: being Mark Frauenfelder's daughter. My dream job: being Mark Frauenfelder’s daughter.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/how-to-make-giant-bubbles.html#comment-1610693 awjt Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201073#comment-1610693 Awesome, Mark!  We will have to do this with the boys Awesome, Mark!  We will have to do this with the boys

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