This was the top posting on FiveThirtyEight this morning. I stared at it for a good ten seconds before going to the text and realizing that the posting was talking about Byrd’s sickness, not the fact that he was a Third. Sans-Serifs can be such a pain. This is something I go into with new …
Monthly Archives: June 2010
From the Producer of "Javatar"
I’m not a programmer yet I find this enormously amusing. It probably wouldn’t be as much fun if it were in English. And don’t forget to click on the vuvuzela button!
Happy Solstice!
In three…two…one…NOW! Congratulations on surviving our free annual trip around the sun. I understand that next year’s journey is being cut 5% due to the economic downturn.
Not a Random Video: Family!
My brother in law, John Ryan, works for the Montery Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California (MBARI, pronounced Em-Bar-Eee). He’s helping out with some gulf oil spill stuff. See him at 1:11. Update: I apologize if you got random crappy code. Here’s the link
TED Talk and Animated Short
Here is a great TED Talk about math education. But forget about that; math’s not important. Go to 11:40 and watch the animated short.
Meetings as Sabotage
Bruce Schneier linked to a declassified sabotage manual from WWII (pdf). It’s an easy quick read if you’re interested. It contains a lot of general ideas of how to be a pain in the ass to an occupying power. It mainly advocates low-level irritation and minor sabotage that, if combined with the actions of other …
Chemistry Lesson
Saw it on Bad Astronomy