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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:20 AM
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One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years:
Cool San Francisco toothpick sculpture. Watch the demonstration video at the bottom of the page. Little balls take different tours of San Fran.

http://thisiscolossal.com/2011/04/one-man-100000-toothpicks-and-35-years-scott-weavers-rolling-through-the-bay/
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:27 AM
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1. Yikes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0tc2D9ehnk&feature=related
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:45 AM
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5. Argh. Ear worm!
:silly: :silly:
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 08:42 PM
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12. I knew what the song was before even clicking it.
Being a pumpkin carver, I get that a lot.
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snagglepuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:31 AM
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2. Wow. Truly phenomenal. Thanks for posting. nt
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Lars39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:31 AM
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3. Amazing!
For the future I hope they teach the docents or whoever how to demonstrate this,where ever this piece is kept.
So cool. :D
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:42 AM
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4. It's impressive just to look at,
and then adding the kinetic aspect makes it truly phenomenal! :D

Having never been to SF, though, I have to say that I recognize less than 10% of everything he rattles off.
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BoWanZi Donating Member (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:52 AM
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6. That is so freaking amazing. I love sculptures like this!
Direct link to the video:
http://blogs.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/2011/04/15/a-video-tour-of-rolling-through-the-bay/

Awesome awesome awesome!
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:00 PM
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7. I love it! It has some Asian flair, too. Also like the peace sign, dragon and dove.
Edited on Mon May-02-11 12:03 PM by freshwest
Thanks for posting it...

:thumbsup:
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:27 PM
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8. Found another video with better shots...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt4m44Tpl3U
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freshwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 12:49 PM
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9. Thanks, downloading now! And I love SF!
Edited on Mon May-02-11 12:54 PM by freshwest
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 01:23 PM
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10. I hope he has it well anchored!
One good earthquake...:scared:

It's gorgeous!
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 03:14 PM
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11. I knew this would be awesome before I clicked, but it is in fact vastly more
awesome than I expected... :wow:

Thanks for posting it!
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:04 PM
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13. wow -- that's cool!
:)

:wow:
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 11:10 PM
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14. It's like San Fransisco, only vertical n/t
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 01:22 AM
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15. Holy WTF. n/t
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-03-11 08:15 PM
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16. My parrot would love to chew on that!
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