At least that’s the illusion James Dyson creates in his entry ‘Wrong Garden’ for the Chelsea (England) Flower Show
Water flows uphill
May 30th, 2003The kilogram can do it, why not me???
May 30th, 2003(via Metafilter)
The kilogram is losing weight! (NYT link requries registration)
At least, the refence kilogram, defined by a platinum-iridium cylinder, has lost 50 micrograms, so scientists are looking for a new way of defining the kilogram, perhaps as a certain number of molecules of an element. They’re probably afraid they’ll look fat next to a slimmer, trimmer kilogram at parties.
Happy Birthday, Bob
May 29th, 2003Happy 100th Birthday to Bob Hope
This guy is amazing – his career covered vaudeville, radio, Broadway, movies, and TV, not to mention entertaining troops from World War II to Desert Storm. A cool guy.
Go Juve!
May 29th, 2003UPDATE: Juventus U18 beat Cape Cod 3-0! Next up: v. Lusitano, June 6
Ben’s Juventus U18 team squeaked into first place last week, tying Inter 2-2 and Fuller Hamlets 3-3 to end the season < a href="http://www.maplesoccer.org/Standings/user/agedivisionresults.cfm?AgeGroup=U18%20Boys&Division=1">undefeated (3 wins, 2 ties). Their last season game was also their first round-robin game for the State Cups. Their next game is this afternoon, vs Cape Cod. They need to win this one, and next week’s vs Lusitano in order to make it into the semifinals at UMass.
Damon’s Junventus U15 team finished the season in first, with an amazing 7-0 record. Their round-robin games start this weekend at UMass.
Teeny Weeny Galaxies
May 28th, 2003(via New Scientist)
Maybe not as small as the one in Men In Black, but these galaxies are pretty darn small!
COMPVTER ROMANVS
May 28th, 2003(via Dave Barry’s blog)
A Calculator for the Pax Americanus.
Dr Who Flash webcast
May 22nd, 2003The BBC has recreated a Dr Who story – Shada – on the web as a Flash animation. This story was written by Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker’s Guide fame, but filming was never finished, so it never made it on the air. Episodes are being added weekly.
Weird Al’s back
May 22nd, 2003(what about his back?)
Four years after his last album, Running With Scissors, Weird Al Yankovic is back with Poodle Hat
I don’t usually indulge in commecial plugs, but I really liked his last album, (especially It’s All About The Pentiums, and Horoscope) so what the heck! (By the way, I will accept bribes!)
Einstein online
May 19th, 2003(via IP)
www.alberteinstein.info came online today, a joint project of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and CalTech.
Digitized images of over 900 documents written by Einstein; his scientific and non-scientific writings, diaries, and correspondence, and a database of documents by and about Einstein.
Well, can you believe that!
May 19th, 2003Ben’s Prom
May 19th, 2003Ben’s senior prom was this weekend…actually, it was Halley’s junior prom, but Ben had just finished getting all his paperwork in to Clonlara so he’s done high school! Woo-hoo!
A few pictures of him heading out. More once we get some of him and Halley.
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Juve U15 vs Inter
May 19th, 2003A couple of pictures from Damon’s Juventus team vs Inter last week.
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Debate: Bush v. Bush
May 2nd, 2003(via Puzzlepieces)
From Comedy Centrals’ The Daily Show, it’s Bush v. Bush
Why do air traffic controllers get paid so much?
May 2nd, 2003(via ST)
(Actually, I have no idea if air traffic controllers are paid a lot. They sure deserve to be; and after seeing this, you couldn’t pay me enough!)
Power series to the people!
May 2nd, 2003(via MetaFilter)
PlanetMath.org is a (well, I’ll let them say it) “free, collaborative, online mathematics encyclopedia. The stress is on peer review, rigour, openness, pedagogy, real-time content, interlinked content, and community-drivenness.”
Great reference site.
But don’t forget about Mathword, hosted by Wolfram Research, the Mathematica folks.
If you don’t find it on one of these sites, it ain’t math!
At last! A country song I like!
May 1st, 2003Somebody’s been playing too much Everquest:
If you give a site a penny…
May 1st, 2003This site has been around for a while, it’s a great look at how pennies add up.
Don’t miss the bonus section!
Flash Flash Revolution
May 1st, 2003(via /usr/bin/girl)
For when ya gotta dance, but just don’t want to get off your big fat…easy chair.
Sacred Texts
April 25th, 2003(via MetaFilter)
This is pretty cool – The Internet Sacred Text Archive
– archives of religious, spiritual, and mythical texts.
Washington Post Contest winner
April 24th, 2003(via the Home-Ed list)
The Washington Post had a contest; submit instructions for anything, written in the style of a famous person.
The winning entry:
The Hokey Pokey (as written by W. Shakespeare).
O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke — banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, ’tis what it’s all about.
— by William Shakespeare (Jeff Brechlin, Potomac
Falls)
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