In the fever dream that was my youth, I was enamored with an odd sketch on Sesame Street featuring a ball that goes up and down a long, windy track before ending up as a pile of powder. This sequence ...

There's something mesmerizing about watching a marble race down a wooden track, clicking and clacking its way through loops, spirals, and drops. It's a simple pleasure that never gets old, no matter ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=X_iW9nrBtHI] Keeping with my theme of DIY projects as gifts, I present to you this little treat, a ...

Which marble run is best? Marble runs are rolling ball sculptures you build yourself. You assemble tracks in all kinds of wild configurations and watch as the marbles roll down hills, around corners ...