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Extreme Makeover In Austin

Today is a big day for a family in my neighborhood - the O'Donnells are getting a new home, courtesy of the CBS show, Extreme Makeover : Home Edition. They've blocked off the street and been working on the house for 24/7 and today is the grand unveiling. You can read about the family here, and see a video clip of the production here (half way through is a great time-lapse shot of the destruction of the old house). It's been a lot of fun to watch - like ants all over the house. I've heard that they'll use 1000 people in the 7 days it takes to build the house.

This episode is supposed to air in February or March.

Um, excuse me but you can't...

Got a great link today re: the physics in movies.

I had suspected several but didn't have the equations to back it up. Very nice :)

In a funny turnaround on the gasoline, the movie Demolition Man has a scene where Wesley Snipes threatens Sylvester Stallone by holding a lit mini burner about an inch over a pool of gasoline. A friend of mine watching the movie with me leaned over and remarked "Apparently, in this universe, gasoline fumes don't burn".