Casual Friday: Linkology, or Stuff I Found While Looking Around
It’s been several weeks since I’ve done a Linkology post, and my Google Reader is full of starred items. (At least you don’t have another story about me making stuff up to my son, right?) So, off we...
View ArticleCasual Friday: An App That Tracks and Quantifies Your Sleep. Yes, Really.
I’ve talked about sleep before, and how it relates to health. I’m a nerd that way. I think sleep is important, and most of us don’t get enough of it and what we do get is often poor quality. So, that...
View ArticleMagnetic Putty Devours Magnets
Here’s the coolest — and strangest — video you’ll watch all day. The moral: physics is amazing. Let’s get this week rolling, shall we? Related Posts:Casual Friday: Know Your Yelling Goat Meme (and...
View ArticleWhat if Planets Were as Close to Earth as the Moon?
Rosie Taylor for The Daily Mail: Ron Miller, a former art director for NASA, used digital trickery to superimpose scale drawings of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune over the...
View ArticleWhy Hot Water Freezes Faster Than Cold Water
It’s Monday, and that might mean it’s counterintuitive science day. Up on the block: why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? It does, but it shouldn’t. Right? Wrong. The reason behind it is...
View ArticleThe Universe in a Glass of Wine
Great video narrated by none other than the great Richard Feynman, whom I consider a hero. Enjoy! Related Posts:Casual Friday: Know Your Yelling Goat Meme (and Mashups)Motorcyclist Saves Coffee...
View ArticleSpurious Correlations
The cliché goes, ‘correlation does not equal causation.’ This means, of course, that just because Thing A correlates to Thing B, it does not mean Thing A caused Thing B. Tyler Vigen over at Spurious...
View ArticleiPhone 6 Pixels
The first time you see an iPhone 6 or 6+ display, it looks considerably better than the previous generation iPhone (5S) despite having the same resolution. Bryan Jones, a photographer, explains it...
View ArticleLinkology: The Best of the Internet for 7/29/11
Last week, I talked to you about Charleston, South Carolina and the very real chance that you would burst into flame if you dared walk outside. I’m happy to say that I have returned uncombusted and in...
View ArticleLinkology: The Best of the Internet for 10/21/11
Stories from Italy, Vol. 2 I had a chance to spend a day in Cortona, which aside from being medieval and kinda scary at night, I found to be insanely awesome. I could write an entire travel guide...
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