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Still working on my upgrade to Ishbadiddle -- wrestling with Drupal is like wrestling with angel, only with more extensive documentation.
What I have in mind is to collect data streams from the Greater Ishbadiddle Community. The new Ishbadiddle will take in Twitter, LiveJournal, blogs, delicious links, RSS feeds, email, and however else the Ishbadiddlers want to post their information. Sort of what I've tried to do with the "On Our Blogs" section with Yahoo! Pipes, but integrated into the main blog. Suggestions on redesign / retooling are welcome (but email me, because the comments here are nearly broken).
In other news, I have a couple of job interviews coming up (yay!) and sold my first Zepto Dice (wahoo!) And here's the first video of Science Mondays With Dad:
I started doing science stuff with the boys after they went to Carmello the Science Fellow for a week over the summer. They wanted to do his after-school program, but 1) it's pricey, 2) it's not close to home, and 3) we weren't that impressed with the week-long program. Carmello showed them a lot of TV. And we're not talking Cosmos re-runs, either. So I figured I'd do it myself. Coming up next: Electromagnetic Crane, and Which Takes Up More Volume: Ice or Water?
Stay tuned!
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Could the LHC have been sabotaged -- by particles from the future? I guess it's time to go check on Temporal Anomalies and see if this theory's kosher.
And by the by -- aren't these wonderful time travel posters? But not as useful as this poster to keep in your time machine.
LHC story via Rebecca Blood.
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Physics | Posters | Time Travel | Weird Science
"We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission," stated Harry Schoell, Cyclone's CEO. [HT: Colin]
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Robots | Weird Science | Zombies
I knew there was less linguistic distinction between green and blue; this chart lays out the different color terms. See also: Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution on how languages develop color names, and in what order -- which is one explanation for why Homer's sea is always wine-dark. (More here)
posted this | this entry's link | 1 comment | Color | Japan | Language
Hashing out the classic question with Strouhal numbers and simplified flight waveforms.
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Monty Python | Weird Science
Over at BoingBoing there's a discussion of the mathematics of traffic jams. (Hey, here's a neat traffic simulator!) An opportunity, therefore, for me to get on my Anti-Traffic-Jam-Driving high horse:
Leaving adequate space in front of you helps reduce jams because traffic is a sorting problem. Let's say a left-lane driver realizes he has to exit soon, but the center lane is tightly packed. The left-laner will slow down, waiting for a space to free up in the center lane, causing the entire left lane to slow down, jam begins. Leaving sorting space in front of you is also safer -- defensive driving!
I've changed my driving tactics since reading the Traffic Waves site, leaving lots of "sorting space" in front of me, whether the traffic is fast or slow. Traffic is one of those tragedy of the commons situations -- acting in your own self-interest (i.e., going as fast as possible, and not letting other cars "beat you") leads to the breakdown of the common good (traffic jams!)
The moral of this story: slow down, and you'll go faster, Alice.
Traffic jams are one of those M E-L
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This book on neuroplasticity will change the way you think about the way you think.
| Brain | Cognition | Neurology | Psychology
Robot attacked Swedish factory worker. Via Fark.
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Robots | Sweden
Hurrah, hurrah. With an army of these I could... take over THE WORLD! Add some stigmergy, stand back.
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-- via BoingBoing
Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal
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The best viral ad for a science company / We Are the World parody you'll see today. Also: School-House Rock-esque vid about Darwin (and Wallace!). Or, if you prefer, cute kids singing same. It's like watching kids singing secular humanist hymns!
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | DNA | Evolution | Music Videos | Parody | Viral Advertising
Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning. Didn't they see Jurassic Park? (Or, you know, read it?)
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Genetics | Mad Science | Science Fiction
The Physics of Road Runner. Related: the evolution of gravity in the Mario video game series.
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Loony Tunes | Physics | Video Games
Japan leads with 295 industrial robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers.
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Super-Ant Taking Over Europe. Via Harper's.
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Insects
You can get some true randomness generated by atmospheric noise -- or, if you prefer, by radioactive decay, which would be more useful for deciding whether your cat is alive or not. Via MeFi
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Random | Web Tools
For those who like me who obsess over their Every Day Carry gear.
posted this | this entry's link | speak your mind | Gear | Preparedness
