One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years:

[progressoid]

Cool San Francisco toothpick sculpture. Watch the demonstration video at the bottom of the page. Little balls take different tours of San Fran.

http://thisiscolossal.com/2011/04/one-man-100000-toothpicks-and-35-years-scott-weavers-rolling-through-the-bay/

[PassingFair]

1. Yikes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0tc2D9ehnk&feature=related

[progressoid]

5. Argh. Ear worm!

:silly: :silly:

[HughBeaumont]

12. I knew what the song was before even clicking it.

Being a pumpkin carver, I get that a lot.

[snagglepuss]

2. Wow. Truly phenomenal. Thanks for posting. nt

[Lars39]

3. Amazing!

For the future I hope they teach the docents or whoever how to demonstrate this,where ever this piece is kept.
So cool. :D

[kentauros]

4. It's impressive just to look at,

and then adding the kinetic aspect makes it truly phenomenal! :D

Having never been to SF, though, I have to say that I recognize less than 10% of everything he rattles off.

[BoWanZi]

6. That is so freaking amazing. I love sculptures like this!

Direct link to the video:
http://blogs.exploratorium.edu/tinkering/2011/04/15/a-video-tour-of-rolling-through-the-bay/

Awesome awesome awesome!

[freshwest]

7. I love it! It has some Asian flair, too. Also like the peace sign, dragon and dove.

Thanks for posting it...

:thumbsup:

[progressoid]

8. Found another video with better shots...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt4m44Tpl3U

[freshwest]

9. Thanks, downloading now! And I love SF!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. I hope he has it well anchored!

One good earthquake...:scared:

It's gorgeous!

[petronius]

11. I knew this would be awesome before I clicked, but it is in fact vastly more

awesome than I expected... :wow:

Thanks for posting it!

[fishwax]

13. wow -- that's cool!

:)

:wow:

[krispos42]

14. It's like San Fransisco, only vertical n/t

[Duer 157099]

15. Holy WTF. n/t

[RedCloud]

16. My parrot would love to chew on that!