{"id":135311,"date":"2017-11-06T13:16:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T20:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135311"},"modified":"2017-11-07T07:48:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:48:01","slug":"lava-lamps-random-number-generators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/lava-lamps-random-number-generators.html","title":{"rendered":"Lava Lamps as Random Number Generators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, that&#8217;s pretty clever.<\/p>\n<p>Also: lava lamps are one of the few areas where LEDs will never replace incandescent bulbs (because they depend on the heat of the bulb to melt the wax [lava].<\/p>\n<p>I used to have a lava lamp in my office. Very soothing. As such time as I get an office again, I&#8217;ll have to look into getting another one.<\/p>\n<p>[h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a class=\"proflink\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/103748887870095862080\">Les Jenkins<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1cUUfMeOijg\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/2QFpDcSPMTC\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, that&#8217;s pretty clever. Also: lava lamps are one of the few areas where LEDs will never replace incandescent bulbs (because they depend on the heat of the bulb to melt the wax [lava]. I used to have a lava lamp in my office. Very soothing. As such time as I get an office again, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/lava-lamps-random-number-generators.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lava Lamps as Random Number Generators&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-blogging","category-hi-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/lava-lamp1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30113,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/07\/i-speak-for-the-trees-let-them-glow.html","url_meta":{"origin":135311,"position":0},"title":"I speak for the trees! 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