Calling all spoonbenders :)

[tkingdoll]

As promised, the video and website can be found at

www.spoonscience.com

as well as some extra content about the science of spoon bending and some photos of the event.

Once again, a huge thanks to everyone for taking part and congratulations on holding the world record for spoon bending!

PS the site is still under development, so any bugs, drop me a PM.

Thanks!

[Ziggy66]

Should we set up a t-shirt to commemorate this, similar to the one we have for the Quarks bar tab? Definitely including the URL on the back.

[tkingdoll]

I'd prefer it if you didn't create any unofficial spoonscience.com merchandise, but if you really want a t-shirt I'd be happy to set up a spreadshirt store for official merchandise. It could have the logo on and everything! The site just went live and is still being worked on, so it's all very early days!

Witty caption ideas?

[brodski]

a Caption could be

"slap
Hold
Wiggle
Drop

(spoonscience.com)"


Less seriously

"record breaking bender" (for tobie only perhpas...)

[Horatius]

How about, "Bender's (http://thevoidcomedy.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/bender.jpg) get nothing on us!"? ;)

[tkingdoll]

Talking of commemorative items, I felt really bad that some people put their spoons in the bags at the back and left them neatly on the pile. They were meant for you guys to take the spoon parts home as a memento! I was worried about the sharp edges so supplied the bags.

Still, probably the same handful of folks who read out the 'slap' cue :D

[Ziggy66]

I'd prefer it if you didn't create any unofficial spoonscience.com merchandise, but if you really want a t-shirt I'd be happy to set up a spreadshirt store for official merchandise. It could have the logo on and everything! The site just went live and is still being worked on, so it's all very early days!

That would be great if you could sell a shirt from the site.

[tkingdoll]

That would be great if you could sell a shirt from the site.

Yeah, I can sort that out over the weekend, no problem.

[strimmer]

Talking of commemorative items, I felt really bad that some people put their spoons in the bags at the back and left them neatly on the pile. They were meant for you guys to take the spoon parts home as a memento! I was worried about the sharp edges so supplied the bags.

Still, probably the same handful of folks who read out the 'slap' cue :D

I still laugh at that.

I brought my spoon home!

[thatguywhojuggles]

That video makes me think of Monty Python's Life of Brian.

[UnrepentantSinner]

Still, probably the same handful of folks who read out the 'slap' cue :D

Great job editing that out btw.

[Wowbagger]

Where can I get a higher resolution version of that video? I think can almost see where I am in it, but I am not sure it's actually me.

[Kittyclaws]

Look ma, I'm on the internets!

[tkingdoll]

Where can I get a higher resolution version of that video? I think can almost see where I am in it, but I am not sure it's actually me.

Good question - I'm not sure we're going to make a hi-res version available at this stage but I'll let you know if/when one becomes available.

[phyz]

T-shirt Front:
Slap
Hold
Wiggle
Drop

Back:
816 Spoons Bent
TAM6 - Las Vegas - 2008
www.spoonscience.com

[KarlG]

Cool, i can see myself in one of the pictures and on the video, one of the funniest bits of TAM. Thanks Teek.

[The Bad Astronomer]

I have my and Mrs. BA's spoons on my souvenirs shelf right next to one Randi his own self bent at TAM 5.5. :)

[kittynh]

Hurray!

I want a tshirt!

for a view from the back ....way back...check out my youtube (not same quality!)

Teek a wonderful job and up so quickly!

[hcmom]

Yep, I need a shirt too!!

[kittynh]

so we should all help teeks video get OUT THERE.

If you have a facebook account or other web site put it up! Even a family type site, sort of a "hey I was part of this!"

I was sending it via email to my skeptic friends that didn'tmake TAM to be sure they saw it. And then I thought, "well, I'll send it to a few of my non skeptic friends and see what they think". They LOVED IT! In fact for ONCE they were "wow, that TAM you go to looks like a LOT of fun!" You try to explain it's FUN, but that video makes it look like we are having a LOT of fun (which we WERE).

so, just to prove it's not a lot of atheists eating babies....

try sending that youtube to a few of your less skeptical family members and friends.

Let's help Teek and RIchard get the word out !!

[Doubt]

Still, probably the same handful of folks who read out the 'slap' cue :D

It was a bit more than a handful. Or I am remembering it wrong because I was one of them.

I am sort of disappointed that it was edited out.

[ShowerComic]

Darn Sorry I missed this one, (as the guy who bent the spoon on stage with Randi, when he demonstrated how it was done, at TAM 5.5) .

Cool site, I caught a little of it on the new Bad Astronomy web site.

[Tressa]

...so, just to prove it's not a lot of atheists eating babies....
I missed the baby eating?! Penn damn it! (you curse your way, I'll curse mine)

[paperskater]

I can see myself at 0:23!! I've watched this so many times now!

so, just to prove it's not a lot of atheists eating babies....

I missed the baby eating?! Penn damn it! (you curse your way, I'll curse mine)

Dang, was this before or after the spoonbending?

[MattusMaximus]

That is one cool video! I'm proud to have been one of the 816 :)

I'll be passing that video along. Thanks again to Dr. Wiseman and everyone else involved in making it a success!

[MattusMaximus]

Should we set up a t-shirt to commemorate this, similar to the one we have for the Quarks bar tab? Definitely including the URL on the back.


I'd definitely purchase one of those shirts!

[phyz]

I'd definitely purchase one of those shirts!
...Well, like I said...
T-shirt Front:
Slap
Hold
Wiggle
Drop

Back:
816 Spoons Bent
TAM6 - Las Vegas - 2008
www.spoonscience.com
or maybe replace "2008" with "7.21.08" (If we had done this in Twickenham, the date would be expressed as 21.07.08, but we did it in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, so 7.21.08 is more appropriate.)

[The Bad Astronomer]

I posted the video on my blog. (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/06/amazing-spoon-bending/)

[CFLarsen]

That is one cool video! I'm proud to have been one of the 816 :)

Sound eerily like the 700 Club - or, of course, the 144,000.... :)

[automatthias]

Still, probably the same handful of folks who read out the 'slap' cue :D

Cues were missing parentheses. Like in a theatrical play. Compare:

Mr. Johnson: Laugter. I can imagine that.

with:

Mr. Johnson: (laugter) I can imagine that.

[phyz]

I posted the video on my blog. (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/06/amazing-spoon-bending/)

Oh yeah, well so did I (http://phyzblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/amazing-spoon-bending-video-is-up.html)! And my post was up Friday, 4 July.

Just because you write 10x more posts, each one 10x better than mine, and get 1E+6 the volume of traffic, and have a fancy deal with Discover.... Hey, my mom reads my blog. I mean, when she can find the time; she certainly doesn't read *every* post. That'd be crazy!

[dannagain]

I wouldn;t mind a t shirt either. When are they gonna be ready?

[tkingdoll]

A day or two - s'been a tad busy this weekend but I'm nearly ready to launch :)

[SkepticScott]

or maybe replace "2008" with "7.21.08" (If we had done this in Twickenham, the date would be expressed as 21.07.08, but we did it in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, so 7.21.08 is more appropriate.)How about 21 July 2008? Or 20080721? That order is very useful if you want to use an alphanumeric sort to sort by date. :rolleyes:

[kittynh]

Iwannatshirt!!!!

[phyz]

How about 21 July 2008? Or 20080721? That order is very useful if you want to use an alphanumeric sort to sort by date. :rolleyes:
Oops; I got ahead of myself there! I meant 6.21.08. I thought about 21 June 2008, but decided the pure numeric would be a better recommendation in terms of brevity and symmetry.

TAM6 - Las Vegas - 6.21.08
(all caps - title - "all caps")

TAM6 - Las Vegas - 21 June 2008
(all caps - title - high-low mix)

...and you thought you were OCD.

I'm not the one making the shirt. Just brainstorming.

[MattusMaximus]

I'm thinking we could do a "300"-like theme on the T-shirt...

Front: Picture of Wiseman (half-naked and ripped) shreiking "Skeptics! What is your profession?!"

Back: "Spoonbending!" superimposed over dripping red "816" with spoonscience.com underneath

Really, I thought it was good :D

[SkepticScott]

No, please, no that! Nothing to do with the "300", please.

[phyz]

Really, I thought it was good :D
You were the one!

[MattusMaximus]

You were the one!


:confused:

[Tressa]

I'm thinking we could do a "300"-like theme on the T-shirt...

Front: Picture of Wiseman (half-naked and ripped) shreiking "Skeptics! What is your profession?!"

Back: "Spoonbending!" superimposed over dripping red "816" with spoonscience.com underneath

Really, I thought it was good :D

I love it!

[Horatius]

Front: Picture of Wiseman (half-naked and ripped)



Okay. That? That right there is where you officially lost it.








Just so you know.

[MattusMaximus]

I love it!


Finally, someone on this thread with a sense of class ;)

[tkingdoll]

Ha ha, like Strong Jesus. http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/Sl3v3n/strongjesus.jpg

Fairly sure Wiseman would kill me if I allowed that on a shirt.

[MattusMaximus]

Ha ha, like Strong Jesus. http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u292/Sl3v3n/strongjesus.jpg

Fairly sure Wiseman would kill me if I allowed that on a shirt.


Fine then. Just do Wiseman in his favorite black T-shirt doing the "300" bit. I wouldn't want anything bad happening to you, Teek. ;)

[SkepticScott]

IMHO "300" was a very poor movie. Please don't associate Dr. Wiseman with that, Teek!

BTW Mattus, the t-shirt you list as "Best TAM6 T-shirt" is from www.xkcd.com .

[TiaH]

...Well, like I said...

or maybe replace "2008" with "7.21.08" (If we had done this in Twickenham, the date would be expressed as 21.07.08, but we did it in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, so 7.21.08 is more appropriate.)
I vote for this one. Simple...elegant...with an in-joke (slap)!
If there could be a picture of a bent spoon, that would be most excellent!

[TiaH]

Crap! I linked the wrong post...OK.

Slap
Hold
Wiggle
Drop
(Bent spoon)

Back
Tam info as noted (any date order is OK with me. I'm flexible.)

[tkingdoll]

Nearly there - it's been sooo hectic this week with 'real' work, I haven't had chance to get the shirt shop live. But it's coming, I promise.

Anyway, all this hype just adds to the fun :D

[MattusMaximus]

IMHO "300" was a very poor movie. Please don't associate Dr. Wiseman with that, Teek!


For the record, all this "300" bashing has forced me to file an official complaint with my local Gladiators union. Wait 'til you see how we protest ;)


BTW Mattus, the t-shirt you list as "Best TAM6 T-shirt" is from www.xkcd.com .


Many thanks!

[Tressa]

I loved 300. I've read "Gates of Fire" and it's interesting that the basic premise (and a few lines of dialogue) come from historical accounts. The rest is historical fantasy of course. Ballet of death indeed.

Whatever the t-shirt design I am getting one.

[SkepticScott]

Wait 'til you see how we protest ;)Come right ahead. My avatar is from a WWII-based game. Let's see how your gladiators fare against Shermans! ;) ;)

[CFLarsen]

Come right ahead. My avatar is from a WWII-based game. Let's see how your gladiators fare against Shermans! ;) ;)

You speak with a drunken slur, my friend. It's "Germans".

;)

[SkepticScott]

You speak with a drunken slur, my friend. It's "Germans". That's not true -- I've never been drunk!
I meant "Shermans"; using Tigers and/or Panthers against gladiators would be extreme overkill. ;)

[Doubt]

Come right ahead. My avatar is from a WWII-based game. Let's see how your gladiators fare against Shermans! ;) ;)

Since I do know that game I will make sure the Sherman's are facing tons of concealment counters and provide panzerfausts for the gladiators.

[Dicon]

I posted the video on my blog. (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/06/amazing-spoon-bending/)


You have a blog?

[Tressa]

You have a blog?
Shhh...he doesn't, he's just off his meds.

[Ohmer]

You have a blog?

I hear it's bad.

[brodski]

You have a blog?

Yeah, he writes that biology one Science Blogs with the unpronounceable name, you know the one with the cephalopods obsession and all the stuff about religion...

[RSLancastr]

You speak with a drunken slur, my friend. It's "Germans".I think he meant "Shermers."

[arthwollipot]

Yeah, he writes that biology one Science Blogs with the unpronounceable name, you know the one with the cephalopods obsession and all the stuff about religion...No, that's the other guy. The one with the beard.

[Michelle Lyon]

Where can I get a higher resolution version of that video? I think can almost see where I am in it, but I am not sure it's actually me.

Pshaw. I know where I was sitting but the main camera was on the other side of the room. Can't see me at all. I winked at the camera that was positioned at my row, but it didn't make the final cut. I guess it wasn't a cute enough wink. :(


Witty caption ideas?

Like it was in the powerpoint slide.

Slap

Hold

Wiggle

Drop