I was being lazy this weekend when I flipped the tv to Discovery Channel and started watching MythBusters, a pretty new show where these two crazy guys try to prove or disprove common myths. This particular show caught my attention, because they were trying to blow stuff up with gasoline vapor and static electricity. A bit further into the show, they tested the myth of whether high speed cdrom drives go fast enough to actually shatter the disks. The best part was when they plugged in a 110VAC router with a cd attached to it into 220VAC, they shattered the CD and blew the router motor! Most excellent.

But the part that really grabbed my attention was when they went to Silicon Valley to a “large computer surplus store”, which turned out to be…..Surplus Computers in Santa Clara. I knew where they were as soon as they walked up to that single door entry. In true form, the store was full of mega-nerds as it always is. They ended up buying some cheap CDR’s and computers for testing. I think I might have even seen myself trolling around in the backround with a SoundBug in one hand and an IDE cable in the other…

Here is the show info from Discovery’s website:
Season 2 / Episode 2: Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering
In this episode, Jamie and Adam test several explosive theories. Can chatting on a cell phone while pumping gas cause the pump to blow up? Our mythbusters put themselves at risk so you don’t have to. They also put silicone breast implants to the test at high altitude. Will they burst under pressure? Finally, we’ll learn once and for all if high-speed CD-ROM players can really shatter a compact disc.