this whole week the weather was no fun. too much rain and too much wind. we did get to have a break from school on wednesday :D the surf report for the north shore was pretty EXTREME! 20-25+ foot waves. waves are usually measured from the back meaning the face was nearing 40+ feet! unlike a regular theoretical wave which consistently repeats itself for infinity, ocean waves take the water before it and pulls it up making the base of the face lower than the base of the back.

HI vs. GA SUGARBOWLLL!

This weekend I went to the UH football game...and what a game that was! the perfect ending to a perfect season. The game was fun watching the warriors come back from 21-0 in the first quarter. The game was NUTTSSS! so nuts that santa even stopped by for a visit, rushing the field and dancing around for a few minutes before anyone realized he was on the field. Sitting in aloha stadium with a sold out game of crazy fans is a perfect example of resonance and waves. Once hawaii started picking up momentum (< u see wut i did tharr?) the fans began jumping up and down and cheering. the stadium felt like it was rocking and bouncing with the movement of the fans. i was scared for the stadium to collapse... that would not have been good. but anyways we won the stadium is still standing... ITS ALL GOOD BABY!! SUGARBOWL!

L2PLAY nub

So this weekend i was extremely bored and decided to visit one of my old computer games.... GUNBOUND!! this is yet another perfect example of physics in video games...

mom- "Landon do your homework."
Landon- "Im doing physics!"

YUP! so this game involves projectiles, you control the power and angle you fire at. It is more complicated than that because there is wind you need to factor in and other items.

pOOl

in class we are now learning about collisions and this weekend i played some pool. this is a prime example of collisions because we can see the x and y components as the balls roll around the table. The cue ball (the white one) collides with another ball and depending on where on the face it hits the ball will convert all of its x energy into x and y on the other ball. We also learned that all of the energy is transferred and the ending energy remains the same as the beginning.

This is what my room looked like earlier tonight... its pretty awesome huh! never seen it cleaner in my life!!!! well because of all the rain and wind we are experiencing the power and even the cable went out tonight. so im trying to do this as quick as possible before it goes out again... im no expert on this but i think all the power outages are being caused by a break in a circuit somewhere which results in no electrical charge flow. if an electrical circuit is not complete it wouldnt be called a circuit and would be useless because the particles would not pass through whatever is using the energy such as a light bulb or even a computer! ok well at least u dont need light to sleep! :D

This is a group pix of senior camp! on the first night we had to practice our cheer for homecoming... this relates to physics because of sounds and sound waves. sound intensity can be measured in decibels. some groups were louder than others due to more decibels while shouting their pants off. one group did their cheer outside which gave them a slight disadvantage volume-wise because there was no echo or sound waves bouncing off other surfaces and returning after a short while. Although for now our cheer is looking a little sketchy, with all our practices i think we can pull it off!

I LIEK TURLES?!

the late journal.... D:

that is a s'more which is compiled of graham crackers, chocolate, and a melty marshmallow. (/drool) anyways this late night treat is basically held together by the air filled gooey mass known as the marshmallow. Since a marshmallow's matter is mostly made up of air, when you place the marshmallow over a fire or heat source, it begins to expand. If youre like some ppl who enjoy burning their s'mores, then you can witness the marshmallow bubble and ooze while turning into a charry blob. The ideal roasted marshmallow would be a warm golden brown coated marshmallow thats crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. :P

ROFL COPTER :DDDDDD

SO tharr it is.... MAH MINI HELICOPTER! this baby is pretty cool because it weighs next to nothing and can fly around the room. by learning about Newtons laws, specifically his second law, because the acceleration is directly proportional to its net force and inversely proportional to its mass meaning since it weighs so little, the amount of lift the tiny motor needs to create is significantly less compared to a helicopter made out of wet cardboard or something that would weigh down the engine more. but also its lightweight composite makes it very unstable and cannot fly in the slightest wind. not even from a low fan. also in the picture is pandas which has the best orange chicken FTW yummy dinner!!!!

spec this LAH!

This is my computer...
i built this bad boy and it=sexi!!! u can also see my yo-yo and some li hing apples there at the bottom (best snack EVERRR) so anyways now for the physics. when building this beast of a machine the most crucial part of the computer is the processor. its like the brain of the computer. obviously its pretty important. if you didnt ahve a brain you would be worthless and wouldnt be reading this right now anyways... so you cant see it in this pic but the processor is covered by a MASSIVE heat sink which acts as a thermal conductor and pulls the heat away from the processor. or else it will overheat and BURNINATE everything!! which is a bad thing. in order to help the thermal conduction the heat sink has a copper insert which helps and most people add a thick silver pasty substance made by Arctic Silver which fills the however slight the gap between the processor and the heatsink but also contains 99.9% pure silver which transfers the heat quicker resulting in lower temperatures.

side effects of CS:S

L2P

We can learn a lot about physics pretty much everywhere, even in video games! in the computer game counter strike: source, while destroying target locations as a terrorist or protecting it as a counter terrorist, physics can be found everywhere you look. In this screen shot, a grenade has been thrown thereby killing a silly counter terrorist and we can watch as his body flies through the air in a physics-related parabolic shape! wow...amazing! look at him go!

PWND

THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAA!

physics and MEH!

Like the great cartoon character mashimaro...

i too feel a little stressed out. The beginning of this year has been rocky for me, not only in physics, but in most of my classes. I believe that after I get over this first dip the rest of the year will be smooth sailing. the material in physics seems pretty simple, especially because I can relate it to real life situations, unlike biology where we learn about cells which we cant even see... PUHLEEEZ! so this year I feel physics will be a more interactive science as i can tell from the recent labs we have done. The lab double periods help because we can take out time and not ahve to rush class into a 40 minute period. In physics Im looking forward to learning about electricy and electrical currents because wiring always fascinated me... especially computer parts!

Tokyooooooooo physics

During my recent trip to Japan, we rode the Shinkansen (bullet train) to our many destinations. the shinkansen travels at around 300 Kmph or 188 Mph. Thats crazy fast! the way this train can reach record holding speeds is its unique design. The shinkansen's front and back are shaped similarly for two way travel. The rounded tip shape of the vessel allows for the least amount of air resistance which takes the shinkansen use less consumable power and also allows the shinkansen to have an extremely smooth ride.

time for physics!

first post of actual physics...




watching the sunrise on the beach during summer. regretably the day was cloudy therefore blocking our sight of the sun HARD! but we were able to see a "fake" sunrise because the light from the sun reflected off the clouds and diffracted which lit up the sky. The clouds acted as the barrier which started the "spreading wave" effect. Prior to the sunrise we were star gazing and out on the beach we could see many shooting stars since there was little or no interference from ecxess light as in town. It was an epic night full of PHYSICS!

mashimaro

IM OLLLLLLD GREEEEEG...................

IhasAforceFIELD!!

CAT + BOTTLE = OWNAGE!

DotA

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Charlie teh unicorn

IDK my BFF Jill?

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