Domestic science experiments

If you can have "domestic science", which I am fast becoming experienced at, then why can’t you have domestic science experiments? Well you can.

One day last week I was curious to answer once and for all the question of whether or not the fridge light goes off when you close the door. After neglecting it for some time, I had just fitted a new light to the inside of the fridge, and was wondering if the door light switch was triggering properly. (Yeah sure, that’s just my excuse).

So I got the video camera, turned it on, and put it in the fridge. This is the result:

1. Put the camera in	2. The door closes…	3. The door has shut, but for a moment the light stays on	4. The light goes out
5. Darkness remains…	6. The door opens, and the light goes on again. The camera auto-focus has trouble err… auto-focussing	7. Door fully open, and the camera has focussed itself.	See it in hastily encoded RealVideo format! (Get the Real Player here – Ignore the one that costs money, and look for the tiny link to the free "basic" one)

Have you done anything this futile ever? Feel free to tell the world in the site guestbook.