Visit http://www.slightlymadscience.com Buy Slightly-Mad Stuff at http://www.cafepress.com/slightlymadsci This video appeared on Canada's G4 TV show Torrent in September of 2008. This video answers the questions, of who I am, what I do, and why I do it. NOTE: One of my videos appeared 11/28/2008 on Science Channel's "Brink!" Woo!

Magnesium is one of the most commonly used structural metals, being light and strong. It's necessary for living cells. And was used in early flash photography. But what you really want to know, is it 'splodey? Let's find out!! Oh, and there are also special appearances by "Chris Crocker" and the "Cookie Monster" (both impersonations done badly by me) as they drag you kicking and screaming through a few Internet Memes of 2007. You can refer to WebElements (http://www.webelements.com/magnesium/) for more on Magnesium. Or just use Google, silly. Special thanks goes out to Martyrd (www.myspace.com/martyrd) for the use of "Blue and Black" in this video, and to Andrew (www.myspace.com/morbidcaffienejunkies) for being an excellent camera-using minion.

Potential Energy: PE=mgh. The energy stored by moving a mass to a height above the surface of the earth, which turns into Kinetic Energy when dropped due to the force of Gravity. Music for this episode courtesy of Hatecore Inc's "Wish You Were Dead.

Silly Chop-Socky Physics Demonstration! Technique, Training, Focus, Power. All are important when trying to break boards bare-handed. However, there are also important physics principles that explain why the boards are broken.

In this episode of Slightly-Mad Science I demonstrate the Leidenfrost Effect by breaking 3 boards that are on fire with my bare hand - protected by only a thin layer of water. Music from Endrone with permission.

This is a "Special Message" From Slightly-Mad Science regarding "huffing." From Medicinenet.com: Inhalant abuse (commonly called "huffing") is the intentional inhalation of chemical vapors to attain a mental “high” or euphoric effect. A wide variety of substances, including many common household products, are abused by inhalers." (Seriously though, huffing is very dangerous and can kill you on the first try. Find safer hobbies...like full-contact kickboxing.)

From http://www.slightlymadscience.com Using 15KV 60ma of electricity, a smaller light bulb will light up like a little storm. The light bulb's glass will eventually fail, with the electricity burning a hole through the glass. Pretty dramatic effect, too.

From http://www.slightlymadscience.com Turning a light bulb into a plasma ball. To limit the amount of electricity that goes into the transformer, there's a 200 watt light bulb in the circuit.

I have remained silent while a tragedy of epidemic proportions rages across the entire world. I can no longer remain silent. I MUST do something. Sarcasm follows.

From http://www.slightlymadscience.com This is a slightly-mad science parody of Blendtec's popular webseries: "Will it Blend?" (http://www.willitblend.com/). My take is "Will it Burn?" It asks the question many ask, but with a twist. Which is better, the Mac or the PC? I figure more than enough people tangle with the typical issues regarding that. I wanna see how well they handle high voltage (neon transformer) and fire!

From http://www.slightlymadscience.com This is the same video as the original Doll Death, but has a totally different musical score. Music courtesy of Awake In The Nightmare (www.myspace.com/awakeinthenightmare). They've granted me rights to use their song "Hopeless" in this video, and if you like metal, they're worth checking out.