Reminds me of the time in 1996, during a semester off from college when I worked in tech support at an ISP, that we had way too many free AOL CDs and a spare microwave oven, so one at a time, we placed the CDs in the oven, cooked them for 3-5 seconds each, watched the CDs flare, and then tacked them on the wall in the server room as decorations.

OK, so maybe it's not the same as mad scientists playing with Mentos.