http://extremetechnology.blogspot.com/2006/02/yes-theyre-real.html The tag may seem odd, but the number of women I know who crave getting fancy jewelry (diamonds, specifically) as a sign of affection is sadly high. That’s a mindset that originates far earlier than the medieval period, but given what we know today about the cartel’s insidious intentions, the links to terrorist activity, […]
Category Archives: Science
Timeflex – Stick On Watch by Igor Solovyov & Maria Solovyova & Yanko Design
http://www.yankodesign.com/product_info.php?products_id=794 It’s both disposable and conceptual, and thus offends both my environmentalist ethics and my pragmatic tendencies, but this is just too damn cool: Non permanent, self-gumming watch “timeflex” designed for using in situations when individual time control is necessary, but personal watch is difficult to access (swimming, sunbathing, working in laboratory, during going in […]
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Science faces dangerous times
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4482174.stm A more serious plea for reason as relating to the increasing attacks on science: In his final speech as president of the Royal Society, Lord May of Oxford will say scientists must speak out against the climate change “denial lobby”. He will warn core scientific values are “under serious threat from resurgent fundamentalism, West […]
The Fresnel Lens
http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/fresnel.html Stolen from Culverin2, a look at the invention of lighthouse lenses. In 1822 a French Physicist named Augustin Fresnel invented a lens that would make his name commonplace along the seacoasts of Europe and North America. It looked like a giant glass beehive, with a light at the center. The lens could be as […]
Science pop – The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/08/21/science_pop/ This is a two-part stumble! First off, how cool is this? Back in February the 133-year-old magazine Popular Science quietly slipped a Contributing Troubadour onto its masthead. An explanation finally appeared in the current (September) issue: Jonathan Coulton, the magazine’s designated tunesmith, has recorded a soundtrack to the issue.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9842701/ The grammar bible, The Elements of Style, has become a mini-musical.
Story – Technology – canada.com
http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=f6ebf013-4d44-4f13-90a2-a938292f4739 Bad vibes, man! This is hilarious, and confirms my suspicions. I had a coworker for a few years who managed to blow out SIX optical drives on three different machines. We started calling him “Radioactive Man” (and unbeknownst to the balding loser who sat next to him, he did have a sidekick “Fallout Boy”): […]
Snowflake and Snow Crystal Photographs
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm I like it? Pfft. Where’s the I LOVE IT! button? Nature once again proves herself to be a master artist.
SLEEPTRACKER Watch Review | Gear Live
http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/sleeptracker_watch_review_03221147/ I think claiming that it’ll wake me up when I’d be most alert is a bit far-fetched (I’m in an almost-constant state of wishing I was in bed) but this is an intriguing product!