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6 balloon soccer ball
6 balloon soccer ball theAmatour - 150 views - 2 weeks ago
Perhaps this should be called a truncated icosahedron instead since the colouring is all wrong. Unfortunately the video quality sucks because it comes from my cell phone rather than my late flip mino :(
I'll be buying an HD flip as soon as I can. Until then I'll make do. It's not worth taking any good videos until I can get a reasonable quality. I'll have a live soccer ball construction as soon as I can.
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A new modular balloon technique
A new modular balloon technique theAmatour - 147 views - 3 weeks ago
This describes my new technique for creating certain polyhedra. It's less based on the geodesics and more modular so that makes it easier to construct--more local twisting. The complicated cube is a lot easier. In the video I make a truncated tetrahedron but it's the technique that is the focus.
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Blinky the safety balloon shark
Blinky the safety balloon shark theAmatour - 89 views - 3 weeks ago
Blinky introduces a few important balloon safety tips. (I miss my flip...who knew that submerging it was a bad idea?).
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Alec Baldwin - Best performance
Alec Baldwin - Best performance DavidSalomon - 971,598 views - 2 years ago
In Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin plays the character Blake, almost earning Baldwin an Oscar for the role. The salestalk presented is one of the finest ever, allthough sarcastic, it contains the foundations of a well meditated salesmen.
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Solving MathsNet 3D cube puzzle
Solving MathsNet 3D cube puzzle mcleodide... - 5,043 views - 2 years ago
This is my solution proposal for the 3D puzzle at http://mathsnet.net/geometry/s olid/houses.html
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DIY Ornaments
DIY Ornaments makemagazine - 66,206 views - 1 year ago
Make your own awesome nerdtacular ornaments to give as gifts or decorate your tree!
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Name:
Jim
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This is a dumping place for my videos: some videos I use in my geometry class, some videos I use to communicate to my balloonist friends, and some videos I'm just playing around with Youtube. I designed all the balloons in this channel if not otherwise stated. Feel free to use them especially if you use them to promote interest in geometry.
Also for more detail check out polygoncraze.blogspot.com. For academic discussion, email me at jim.morey@gmail.com.
About Me: I'm a green Canadian with algorithmic-geometric thoughts: no car, no cell phone. no TV, just a bike and too many computers.
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Canada
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Assistant Professor
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Wesleyan College
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balloons geometry biking
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This describes my new technique for creating certain polyhedra. It's less based on the geodesics and more modular so that makes it easier to const...   more
 
 
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Blinky introduces a few important balloon safety tips. (I miss my flip...who knew that submerging it was a bad idea?).
 
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Channel Comments (10)
livexxfree (1 month ago)
I have a request. A cupcake possibly?
fewdoit (1 month ago)
Great channel and you are really good balloon twister!
HappyCabbie (2 months ago)
Behold, the balloon master is TheAmatour
balloonking2 (2 months ago)
an icosahedon
Balloonkingtwo (4 months ago)
Zoobooks
livexxfree (6 months ago)
Marry me?
balloon1twister (7 months ago)
I really love you channel. I have been twisting for ten years, but I have never seen anyone make geometric designs before. Just when I was starting to think I had seen it all! Keep those videos coming!
donjuanila (9 months ago)
Yey, a geometry geek like me! See you can be good at maths and art at the same time...

Particularly love the paper weaving!
marlonmarquezgt (1 year ago)
Congratulations... Muy Bonitas Tus Creaciones... Congratulations ;Op
HappyCabbie (1 year ago)
Cool videos I do hope you post some more. Lets have a race and see who's Snowflake balloon video reaches 100 views first. Deadline is by Christmas.