Capacitors

These guys get so owned.

It's finally the AP Exam, the test that we have all been looking forward to for the entire year. When somebody other than doc! is standing in front of the room. Several days ago, I discovered this neat contraption in my room, evidently spoils of a long forgotten war. Apparently this is a contraption for magnifying images, up to 10 times the original size. The apparatus is merely a fancy convex lens. Two single sided convex lens are separated by a space of air which increases the magnification of the two lens by increasing the distance between the two focal points. The lens are also protected by some sort of metal casing, in case someone inadvertently drops the magnifying glass into a pool of sulfuric acid.

A Strange Week and Equally Strange Foodstuffs

I have to say, that the last week was the weirdest one I have experienced this year, bar none. First of all, recurring dreams of a hit-man who would rip the door to my house off its hinges plagued me every night. Another thing is that I got into this Babybel cheese shown in the picture. These items of food are first wrapped in a layer of wax and then a plastic sheet. The first time I popped open the plastic wrap, I accidentally bit and chewed the wax, giving me some stomach problems. After a while, I began to notice that mashing the wax between my fingers would make it warmer. I believe that this is because the friction of the wax grates upon itself and produces heat energy. This also brings us to the question: why does a rubber band heat up when stretched? Consider Gibb's free energy. ΔG=ΔH-TΔS, where G is the free energy, H is the enthalpy, and S is the entropy. Since stretching is nonspontaneous, as it requires an external heat, TΔS must be negative. Since T is always positive (it can never reach absolute zero ), the ΔS must be negative, inferring that the rubber in its natural state is more entangled than when it is under tension. So it heats up! Wow! Just another way to warm yourself up when you accidentally fall into the Sea of Japan.

Extra-Bitter Chocolate Sauce

Today I went over to the trays situated near the exit of doc!'s room to acquire my epic fornications (quizzes) of yesterday. Residing near the trays was a silver pan filled with a pink and orangery substance which turned out to be cake. Next to the pan was a jar of EXTRA-BITTER CHOCOLATE SAUCE. While disappointingly unbitter, the sauce was very viscous due to the chemical properties of its molecules. After examining the sauce, Brian went home and got a face-lift.













Shortly afterwards, I met this suspicious supporter of Nazism perusing a totalitarian novel on a bench. Notice how the poles beneath the bench provide support so that the normal force of the bench will be equal to his weight. Were the poles removed, the torque placed upon the screws attaching the bench to the wall would be too great, and the whole structure would readily collapse. When I approached the strange and evil lad, he transformed, showing his true colors, thereby chasing be back to doc!'s room to record my experiences.

Evil form:

The Shaving

Traditionally, after the Iolani math team wins the Oahu Math League championship, the captains violently shave the Admiral's head. This year, the captains were William Chambers, Sean Cockey, Anders Lee, and Mark Williams. I believe none of them has had previous experience with hairstyling. The primary mechanism in the hair cutter is a grating that will trap the hair in holes while blades whittle away at the black stems. An extension can be placed on the shaver in order to change the length of the hair being shaved off. This allows a hairstylist to design a pattern as the one shown below.


The blades inside the shaver work as they are moving very fast and they have a sharp cutting edge. Since pressure is force over area, when force is large and area is small, the cutting power is optimized. But such power cannot be maintained forever. The blades will eventually dull and the surface area will be increased. That is why replacement blades must be bought every once in a while.

BuckyBalls

In Physics class this week, the class was beleaguered with a torrent of strange and challenging labs. Amidst the cacophony of the classroom, some equally cacophonous lab partners discovered a chain of silver beads: BuckyBalls. While these BuckyBalls may be arranged into any conceivable arrangement, their secret is not so grand. Each ball is simply a magnetic dipole with a North and a South side. The fields of each individual ball interacts with all the other ones in order to form an undulating mass of metal. Some people like to make regular shapes with the BuckyBalls while others are content with mashing the poor spheres between their hands.

A Cow

It was brown.
As usual, I leave my house for school at 4:00 a.m. sharp on most school days. I have seen this strange contraption many times, but have hesitated to take a picture for fear of scaring the residents of this dwelling with my flash. Note that the dish in the image is a parabolic reflector. Electromagnetic waves from a satellite source will be beamed at a relatively infinite distance, making the waves parallel. The waves are then reflected to the focus of the parabola, where that receptor thingy is. This will ensure a clear image or sound on what ever appliance the family is using. I don't want to talk about the geosynchronous satellite that is providing this dish with electromagnetic waves, for fear of disturbing the mv^2/r.