What Is This?

By Jake • August 27th, 2009 • 15 Comments

Image by my lovely wife used with permission, I hope.

Image by my lovely wife used with permission, I hope.

If you read Gizmodo, you’re familiar with their “What Is This?” post series.

Basically, they post cool images of weird stuff and ask “What Is This”, simple right?

Here’s an example. I’m a compulsive scanner, so I rarely read the posts, but it looks like they identify the subject in the same post.

That doesn’t seem as fun as asking for comments first, then revealing. So, let’s do that.

It’s almost Friday here, so I figure why waste any brainpower on a thoughtful post that won’t get read. I learned that last Friday, or maybe you all just don’t care about enterprise/private clouds.

Anyway, everyone likes pretty pictures, right?

So, what is this? Tell me in comments.

If you like this series, send me your images by email, and we’ll make it regular. But please no pr0n, inappropriate or restricted license crap. Use your work filter.

Update: Not terribly popular, except maybe with Billy and his, erm active, imagination. Love the guesses. John is correct. It’s beads of rain water on top of an oil slick reflecting light. You can make out my wife’s silhouette in the water beads.

Good stuff. If you want to play more, send me images.


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  • http://empoprise-bi.blogspot.com/ John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises)

    My guess is some type of oil or other liquid, floating on water. Not sure where the different colors come from, though.

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    I'll let you know tomorrow-ish. You've been quiet for a while. Good to have you back in comments.

  • http://billy.cripe.myopenid.com/ Billy Cripe

    painting by your wife entitled “chocolate chip cookie as seen by David after Dentist”

  • http://billy.cripe.myopenid.com/ Billy Cripe

    a “make your own garden paver” from a kit you bought from Menards/Home Depot/ACE/Lowes with glass beads you got from Michaels?

  • http://billy.cripe.myopenid.com/ Billy Cripe

    Burning Man “chromasphere” community, as seen from the International Space Station. (I didn't know you were married to an astronaut).

  • http://billy.cripe.myopenid.com/ Billy Cripe

    A close-up of the tread of the newest Zappos ninja kicks?

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    Who's David? Hmm . . . suspicious.

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    Your mother's an astronaut (“White Men Can't Jump” reference).

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    Wow, you're on a roll.

  • http://billy.cripe.myopenid.com/ Billy Cripe

    hrm. rain on oil. Beautiful Pollution or “Green Art” (because it draws attention to the problem)?

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    I think it just looked cool, but yours sound better.

  • http://empoprise-bi.blogspot.com/ John E. Bredehoft (Empoprises)

    Definitely on a roll…Burning Man and dentistry? Wow…

  • http://theappslab.com Jake

    Yeah, you may have been right (winner!), but Billy gets creativity points.

  • Matt Rasmussen

    It's a reference to a YouTube video that sparked a lot of debate for recording a child affected by drugs after dental surgery. Having recorded my 11-yr-old sleep walking, I think there's no debate unless the parents were supplying the drugs to become famous.