http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer My sister is obsessed with Gary Larson’s late, lamented (by her, especially) Far Side cartoon. Apparently she’s not the only one with the obsession – did you know that a Far Side punchline has become palaeontological canon? Whatever was the original word for the spiked tail of Stegosaurus, if it indeed ever had one, […]
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http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2006/1756390.htm Nutmeg sends me this article about a techie nerd researcher who aims to create sensory – and sentient – clothing. Those of you with robot revolution phobias are quaking in your analog boots right now, I know it. The line that had me most stumped was this one: Berzowska also has musical clothes including […]
Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine | KurzweilAI
http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0504.html?printable=1 The luckiest students in the world get one of their fathers to help them with their homework. Of course, the homework is an early computer cluster and the father is Nobel Laureate/Los Alamos Genius Richard Feynman. Getting Richard to give advice like that was sometimes tricky. He pretended not to like working on any […]
Pluto mnemonic device contest results
http://www.kottke.org/06/08/pluto-mnemonic-device-contest-results I’ve been wondering, since Pluto’s planetary blacklisting, what effect we’d see on grade-school mnemonics across the world. (What exactly does the very early man not use to munch his juicy steaks now?) This one doesn’t solve the problem, though it does manage to express every affected grade schooler’s digust and coat it with a […]
Homepage – www.nearingzero.net
http://www.nearingzero.net/sbunch5.html Most of these don’t even inspire a smile, but the molecule cartoons are terrific.
Microwaved Water and Plants
http://www.execonn.com/sf/ I gave up my microwave years ago, due more to space and enthusiams issues than medical concerns, but this kind of experiment makes me wonder if I shouldn’t have ditched it sooner. Note disclaimers at bottom of page, but the pictures say a lot.
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”): […]
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!