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Try It Tuesday: Learn the Thriller Dance

Patrick — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:34:43 +0000

This may surprise some of you, but a few weeks ago a well named star named Michael Jackson passed. If this happens to be the first you have heard of it, my job is complete and I have notified the last person on the planet that was not aware. I decided to pass on doing any kind of tribute at that time as that’s what all the cool kids were doing. I figured what better time to beat a dead horse than just far enough away that you may have actually had a change to almost forget about it.

So your Goal For Today, if you choose to accept it, is to try out the Thriller dance in MJ’s honor. Here’s a video on how to do it if you need instruction:

And for those of you that are already familiar with the dance, why don’t you grab 1500 of your closest inmate friends and give this one a shot (You didn’t actually think I would actually write a post about Thriller without putting this video in somewhere did you?)

Try It Tuesday: Break glass with your speakers

Patrick — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:46:29 +0000

I ran across this on Youtube the other day and have been dying to try it out since. If anyone else actually tries it, let me know how you make out.

Try It Tuesday: Make a Carrot Ocarina

Patrick — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:09:40 +0000

If you’ve ever played Zelda on Nintendo 64 then you have probably heard of an Ocarina…

If you haven’t it’s simply a flute like wind instrument. It’s such a small and simple instrument, you can actually make one out of a good sized carrot. Give it a try! Here’s how…

Try It Tuesday: Learn how to moonwalk

Patrick — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:05:15 +0000

I figured I’d jump on the Michael Jackson bandwagon today. Give it a shot in MJ’s honor.

Try It Tuesday: Learn How to Make Sushi

Patrick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:10 +0000

A lot of my friends have mentioned to me that they love sushi, but complain about the cost. This results in them very rarely actually enjoying something they love. My solution is simple. Make your own. For a fraction of the cost of a Japanese restaurant, you can have your own sushi whenever you like. All it takes is a little work on your part.

There are plenty of internet resources, such as Make My Sushi. They provide some recipes, walthroughs, and explanations of the tools and foods used.

You can also find many videos on YouTube such as this one for a visual walkthrough.

Try It Tuesday – Learn Origami

Patrick — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:44 +0000

Ever wonder how people make those tiny paper cranes? You will find that it’s not really as hard as it looks if you take a quick peek into the art of Origami.

Courtesy of Wikipedia:

Origami (折り紙, origami^?) (from oru meaning “folding”, and kami meaning “paper”) is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper.

There are lots of resources out on the web if you would like to give it a try. Many Origami dedicated websites have diagrams you can download that walk you through each project step by step. There are also countless videos on youtube like the one below that provide a walkthrough. Give it a try and impress someone you know.