While we have our own ideas about what should constitute a slow motion film, I guess this one from NASA is okay. I mean, if you like explosions and enormous hulks of metal rising into the air, and flames.

Okay, okay, it’s totally freaking awesome. I really want to know what the film speed and exposure were. It was going at 500 frames per second so there’s your shutter speed, but that sucker would have been bright.

[via BoingBoing]

I have a list of things that I plan to do once I become absolutely ridiculously rich. Being a blogger armed with a liberal-arts degree puts me on the perfect path, I know. The item right after building a house with secret passageways everywhere is calling up the guys from Goldmund and having them come by and install their top-of-the-line sound system. They invited me up to their brand new showroom here in New York and I’ll say, I was damn impressed.

Now be forewarned, these are the kinds of systems that super secret, famous people put in their houses. Generational voice kind of people. So the mid-range hovers around $1,000,000.

Each system is custom configured to your space and budget, but the general highlights include:

• Minimal amount of crossover (dedicated amplifiers)
• True center channel
• Left and right columns
• Gold-plated circuitry

The subwoofers range from 5Hz – 15Hz. You won’t be able to hear them, but you will definitely be able to feel them.

A stand-alone processor controls the surround mix. As you can see below, the configuration isn’t in a traditional 5.1 or 7.1 array, but never fear! The system automatically translates the surround signal to work with any setup. The surround image is incredibly well-defined. When you hear bullets flying from every which way, and feel explosions better than you see them, you feel absolutely immersed in your theater experience.

A wise man once said, “I’d say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.” If that sounds eerily similar to your current work schedule, you may enjoy this browser-based puzzle game, Cement Tower.

It’s an addictive mix of Tetris and Jenga with the welcome addition of explosions. The goal is simple: stack blocks up into the sky until one of them touches a strategically placed glowing star. You’ll need to battle the laws of physics and hovering helicopter mines along the way.

Touch a mine and your structure explodes, forcing you to start over. Fail to outwit gravity and your structure will topple to the ground. You have the ability to cement your current structure in place even as it’s falling over, although you’ll need to use your cement bags sparingly while attempting to pick bonus bags up along the way.

The first 10 levels are free to play, which ought to be enough to either get you hooked or remind that Tetris, Jenga, and architecture aren’t your strong suits. Additional 10-level packs run a buck apiece, for a total outlay of three bucks should you take on all 40 levels.

Cement Tower [Wild Pockets]