Oddments

In this episode, Jairus talks about whales and junk, Aubrey explains the death of light, and another audio illusion descends. REFERENCES Spermaceti Wikipedia on Spermaceti A nice diagram of a sperm whale’s head The incredible tale of the Whaleship Essex The real Twitter Falling Bells Illusion YT: The tones with a video enhancer Light Catchers Aubrey Henretty’s Wordmonster.org project Scientific American: Determining the age of […]

In this episode, Jairus explores how the winter makes him dumb AND depressed and Jeff talks about deadly playing cards, monkey prose, and audio illusions. REFERENCES Shepard Tones Wikipedia on Shepard Tones Visualization of Shepard Tone Diana Deutsch’s Webpage S.A.D. Official Description of Seasonal Affective Disorder eBay Items Monkeys With Typewriters Wikipedia on Infinite Monkeys The Complete Works of Shakespeare Crested Celebes Macaques […]

In this, our first episode, we explore an armored bandit from down under (and his missing skull), a famous if somewhat overused sound effect, why you can’t land at Microsoft Simulator’s default airport, islands named after holidays and why the Bermuda Triangle is as safe as any other reef and storm infested area. REFERENCES Ned […]