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  • Hey guys. Michael here. I haven't seen you in a few weeks here on this channel and that's well always a bummersauce.com

  • but don't worry because this episode is overflowing with DONGs: Things to do online now guys.

  • If you love maps or live on planet Earth, you will be deliciously delighted by Jason

  • Davies' playground of projections.

  • This is currently my favorite place to explore.

  • The site is full of fantastic and illuminating ways to turn our 3D planet into a flat 2D

  • thing.

  • There are occasional bonuses like the sizes of countries compared.

  • I'm particularly found right now of the Spilhaus Shoreline Map XXI. every point is

  • the correct propotional distance and direction from it's correspodning center and the map

  • is interrupted along shorelines giving a great 2D view of just how much Pacific ocean there

  • is.

  • Discover what goes into filmmaking by going through an interactive experience on BreakBot.

  • It takes you through a music video but during the video you can click to see who put things

  • together.

  • For example, if you stop right now you can check out who the stylist was for this scene or

  • you can learn more about the camera rental company they used.

  • But now it's time to demonstrate your own creative spark with Aipoem.com. Here you fill in

  • blanks with the words of your choice to generate deep, symbolic literature like this.

  • Wow that is beautiful, but I still don't really grasp what 5 million mph is.

  • Luckily, there's the measure of things: a website that helps you conceptualize the

  • magnitude of sizes and amounts.

  • The site will put it into context.

  • Like it's 300 times faster than The Space Shuttle.

  • That's really fast.

  • But not when compared to the speed of light which is 150 times that amount.

  • Now that I've better wrapped my head around 5 million miles per hour let's look at 5

  • million me's.

  • For this I reccomend photospiralysis.com.

  • Upload a photograph to create the Droste Effect an image that contain itself containing itself,

  • and so on.

  • It has no end.

  • You can adjust the magnification and the amount of spiral as well.

  • But to keep tabs on outer space, there's spacedashboard.com.

  • This constellation of widgets shows you live international space station feeds, where it

  • is over earth, where Earth and the other planets are right now, the aurora forecast, deep space conversations we're currently having.

  • And even who's in space right now.

  • But what is space made of?

  • Well, at least 4% of it is made out of this stuff.

  • The elements of matter.

  • This website gives you a 3D periodic table with interesting details and interactive Bohr

  • Models.

  • But RU RA DY to increase your intelligence even further?

  • Well check out intelligence-test.net where you can challenge your brain.

  • For example, with this one you are given the first letters of the words in a phrase as

  • clues to what the saying is.

  • There are multiple tests on this site but if you want a different kind of challenge

  • let's go on to

  • Rotopo.com. This site allows you to steer a cute little thing away from falling off the path.

  • Once you step on a square, it disappears so you cannot go on the same one twice or you

  • will plummet.

  • But when you do complete it successfully you can move on to another level and then on to

  • the Hidden Worlds of National Parks.

  • Here you are taught about incredible and remote locations that you wouldn't usually have

  • easy access to.

  • Park rangers take you through

  • teaching you amazing things with insane views.

  • This park is amazing but it's a little cold.

  • I'm ready for the beach so I can lay on the sand. Oh my gosh even better

  • I can be sand.

  • This website, linked below in the description where links to everything in this video can

  • be found, accesses your computer's camera rendering you into trippy grains of real-time

  • flowing sand.

  • You can even change the color!

  • That was so unexpec...TO PATRONUS!

  • On pottermore.com you can discover your personal patronus, a charm that's a projection of

  • all your happiest feelings. It helps fight off dementors before they suck your soul from you.

  • You will need to make an account but it's really quick and easy.

  • And once you've done that, answer a series of questions to find out what your patronus is and then fight off dementors

  • like there's no tomorrow!

  • But luckily there will be tomorrow, probably, and there will be a next week. The future exists, which means more Dongs will come.

  • And as always, thanks for watching.

  • We are currently working on what will come in the second ever Curiosity Box.

  • Honestly, it is going to be even cooler than the first one.

  • I'm so excited. If you haven't already subscribed, what are you waiting for? The Curiosity Box is full of amazing sciency stuff that Jake, Kevin, and I love

  • that we want to share with you. We choose what's in it and we have a few of the first boxes left. Only a few.

  • But if you order now you will not only get that first box and this next one that we're planning. You will also get a free Vsauce Beanie.

  • Whoa nice catch Stevens.

  • Let me put this box down so I can show you how beautiful it is.

  • You know I used to be a male model. I still kind of am like right now. Vsauce Beanie. That's pretty awesome. You can get one. Curiositybox.com.

  • Proceeds go to Alzheimer's research. I'm so proud of the darn thing. Check it out. I love you all. And as always, thanks for watching.

Hey guys. Michael here. I haven't seen you in a few weeks here on this channel and that's well always a bummersauce.com

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