Making Tornadoes

[squirmelia]

Today, at work, I made a tornado. No metaphors involved, a real twisty misty swirl.

(Tornado-creating was just one of the exhibits at the Intech Centre in Winchester, a hands-on science type centre for children. My company held a departmental meeting there today, and the babble about green buttons and technical luvvies was soon forgotten when we got to try out the educational exhibits. "The hand is the cutting edge of the mind," it said outside the centre, quoting Jacob Bronowski.)

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[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

The earthquake simulator at the Natural History Museum was working when I went there last year, so I've experienced an earthquake (albeit an artificial one). :)

Tube? Cool. Names are always fun to play with. My brother is also called Toby, and I always found his name easy to represent when writing picture letters to him, where as my name is a little trickier.

[gentio.livejournal.com]

Dam you, i will get back to it one day! although surley you could create your own personal one at your will anyway..

Tube is more from Tobe, which I use sometimes :)
I'm intruiged as to what you'd use to represent Toby in pictures, although i've got a funny feeling it's a dog, as most people seem to think Toby is a dogs name..

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

The Natural History Museum is free these days as well, which is always a bonus. My friends tend to complain when I try to create pretend earthquakes by shaking tables.

Toby, only represented by the sounds, as opposed to any meanings.. just a "toe" and a "bee", nothing complicated there. :)