{"id":60,"date":"2007-05-14T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2007-05-14T16:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/2007\/05\/14\/chain-reactions\/"},"modified":"2007-05-14T11:24:14","modified_gmt":"2007-05-14T16:24:14","slug":"chain-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/chain-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Chain reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Pythagoras Switch<\/em><\/strong> is a science show for small children. Each episode follows the same format. Puppets introduce a video on a such topics as how the shapes of objects are clues to their manufacture or use, or static electricity, or how technology imitates nature. After that, a youngster controls his father or grandfather with a cardboard &#8220;father switch.&#8221; There is also some very simple animation, and either the &#8220;algorithm march&#8221; or the &#8220;algorithm exercise,&#8221; sequences of simple movements performed in canon. Children old enough to read the subtitles are likely to be bored by the very elementary level of most of the show.<\/p>\n<p>What makes <strong><em>Pythagoras Switch<\/em><\/strong> worth watching are the Rube Goldberg mechanisms that open and close the show and separate the segments. Here&#8217;s a collection of these &#8220;Pythagorean devices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Kxs6qGVVyng\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the algorithm march, performed by ninjas:<\/p>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YlRne8tZrI4\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Five episodes that I know of have been subtitled. There&#8217;s quite a bit available on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pythagoras Switch is a science show for small children. Each episode follows the same format. Puppets introduce a video on a such topics as how the shapes of objects are clues to their manufacture or use, or static electricity, or how technology imitates nature. After that, a youngster controls his father or grandfather with a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/chain-reactions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chain reactions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[659],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curiosities-and-silly-stuff","tag-curiosities-and-silly-stuff"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-Y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}