Thanks Ned for posting the Story of Stuff. I think that it is largely preaching to the choir (with emphasis on “preach”) on this blog but still it is good to know that there are people out there fighting the good fight. I’ve been thinking about these issues over the last few days. [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2008 by J.E.
Filed under: Books, Philosophical, Science | 5 Comments »
With the HP fervor going around, perhaps there is no one out there to read this anyway. I have been haunted by a few things from a discussion we had on this blog months ago now, especially after reading Mountains Beyond Mountains. The first was Peters statement that everyting we do, we do to serve [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Ned
Filed under: Books, Ethics & Morality, Hollow Men, Science | 10 Comments »
I declare this the king of Goldberg machines: http://baynhamtyers.com/contraptionII.html
Cocaine + Corn=http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=54522&in_page_id=2
Our childhood dreams are a reality: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4217989.html
The little red spot: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=452130&in_page_id=1965
J.E.’s next clock: http://technabob.com/blog/2007/06/18/modern-flip-clock-updates-an-old-standard/
The new Transformers movie is already obsolete: http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/more_than_meets_the_eye
Nature already had it figured out: http://www.sycamorefan.com/fan/feature/features.html
Posted on June 28th, 2007 by Tobias
Filed under: Art, Engineering, Hollow Men, Nostalgia, Science | 1 Comment »
From BBC News:
Female Chimps Can Become Killers
Scientists in Scotland have discovered that female chimpanzees can be just as violent as their male counterparts.
The St Andrews University psychologists found examples of female chimps killing the offspring of incoming mothers, previously regarded as a male trait.
The Fife team has been studying chimps in the Budongo [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2007 by J.E.
Filed under: Science | No Comments »
For the next few Mondays I’m going to try to post a science related. Today I’ve expurgated Salon’s review of Daniel H. Wilson’s “Where’s My Jetpack”. You can also read the complete review but if you are not a Salon subscriber you may have to watch an advert.
Staring out of my window in Manhattan’s East [...]
Posted on May 14th, 2007 by J.E.
Filed under: Books, Science | 1 Comment »
R.I.P.?
Posted on April 17th, 2007 by Tobias
Filed under: Science | 15 Comments »
From Damn Interesting (one of my favorite ways of wasting time on the internet).
I saw this for the first time two months ago and the images have set up shop in the same part of my brain that houses the 500 kV video I posted last month. I find these images sublime and hypnotic [...]
Posted on January 3rd, 2007 by J.E.
Filed under: Science | No Comments »
OK, so here is my first post in a while- a two-parter.
I have recently been thinking in systems theories, particularly as they partain to groups like ours. How closely does life imitate art, I ponder. In a system, each part of that system serves a function and hopefully the whole of the system [...]
Posted on January 1st, 2007 by Pete
Filed under: Hollow Men, Movies, Philosophical, Science, TV | 9 Comments »
Stand back. This is what 500,000 volts looks like when it’s angry.
Posted on December 20th, 2006 by J.E.
Filed under: Engineering, Science | 4 Comments »
Thanks for the Rolomite post Toby! In my opinion the blog over-represents nostalgia and doppelgangers to the exclusion of engineering and science.
Here is my offering: The Fletcher Capstan Table.
[quicktime width="320" height="260"]http://www.dbfletcher.com/files/dbfletcher_capstan_schwartz.mov[/quicktime]
Posted on December 13th, 2006 by J.E.
Filed under: Engineering, Science | 1 Comment »
History is darkened by forgetting discoveries like this: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/12/07/forgotten_invention_.html
Here’s more:http://www.rexresearch.com/wilkes/1wilkes.htm
Posted on December 13th, 2006 by Tobias
Filed under: Engineering, Science | No Comments »
