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My Quiet Lifehttp://chris.quietlife.net [My Quiet Life] The engineer responsible for the problem, Rube Goldberg, III claimed full responsibility for the problem which “wasn’t supposed to happen this way — the ejected transmission fluid was supposed to hit a mouse trap, which would flip over, launching a little toy soldier into a tin cup, the weight of which would depress a lever, releasing a small aluminum ball into the basket target, which would shift gears.”

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Patahistory: A Hot & Infinitely Dense Blog Patahistory: A Hot & Infinitely Dense Blog: This month's patron saint honors go to Reuben Lucius "Rube" Goldberg for his series of "Inventions" cartoons, also known as Rube Goldberg machines. Goldberg's cartoons of highly elaborate machines, created to perform simple operations, passed into the American lexicon and inspired the annual Rube Goldberg contest. (via Cosmos)

http://cambiumcreative.blogspot.com  Cambium Blog: Taking a less risky path is more about fine craft than innovation. I'm reminded of advice from an emerging professional as I left college: he told me, "On the outside, there is no room for 'b" quality work." In other words: it is the end of experimentation without consequences. (via Cosmos)

[nmazca.blog : embedded in the floating world] HST 1937-2005: ,""The Proud Highway" and his most recent effort, "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine... to a private fund-raising effort at local businessman Michael Goldberg's home on Red Mountain.

http://unixdude.blogspot.com [Unix, Music, and Politics ... What was I thinking?] And The Winner Is . . . . .: Roots History Of The One Dollar Bill Honda (RubeGoldberg) Commercial It Is The Veteran The Only Bible...: "Son, stand there and tell me what you see?""I see trees and cars and our neighbor's houses." he....What do you do then son?!""Dad, but the police are supposed to help!" My son starts to whine

http://organiclearning.blogspot.com [Organiclearning.blogspot.com] Organic Learning: Sam has been enamored with Rube Goldberg machines for more than a year now, and this toy provides exactly the kind of creative fulfillment that the game mousetrap never quite did. Sam has thoroughly enjoyed creating new "machines" by reconfiguring the different frigit pieces, experimenting with pitch and speed.

[Theoriginalsoundtrack.com] the original soundtrack: The first thing you had to do when you walked into the Palast der Republik and into the "Der Berg" project was that you had to walk over the area of the building that used to be the premiere East German theatre. Now it's empty, and there's a real sense of faded grandeur to it.

Cultureby.com[Cultureby.com] This Blog Sits at the: Plenitude: Working backwards, the 'tapestry” problem cannot find its "brothers” solution unless the brothers meet a math teacher whose husband happens to be a MET curator who happens to come to lunch at the home of a prince of capital who happens, presumably, to know a real estate magnet, who happens to read a story in the New Yorker about two brothers who happened to come to the US and build a supercomputer in their living room.

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