Sometimes it seems we’re at the brink of war with the entire world.
side note: Did you know that Brink! is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie set in the backdrop of competitive inline skating? It is.
No commentsa Gummy Bear meets its violent end.
No commentsThis is a great little chart that shows how much things weigh and how much they are worth.
No commentsThe Olympics are over. Who won? Depends on how you count…
All Medals Total
1. USA (110 medals)
2. China (100)
3. Russia (72)
4. Great Britain (47)
5. Australia (46)
6. Germany (41)
7. France (40)
8. South Korea (31)
9. Italy (28)
10. Ukraine (27)
Gold Medals Only
1. China (51 gold medals)
2. USA (36)
3. Russia (23)
4. Great Britain (19)
5. Germany (16)
6. Australia (14)
7. South Korea (13)
8. Japan (9)
9. Rep.of Michael Phelps (8)
10. Italy (8)
Weighted*Medals Total
1. China (223 points)
2. USA (220)
3. Russia (139)
4. Great Britain (98)
5. Australia (89)
6. Germany (83)
7. France (70)
8. South Korea (67)
9. Italy (54)
10. Japan (49)
Population per Total Medals
1. Bahamas (165k people per medal)
2. Jamaica (247k)
3. Iceland (316k)
4. Slovenia (406k)
5. Australia (465k)
6. Cuba (470k)
7. New Zealand (475k)
8. Norway (478k)
9. Armenia (500k)
10. Belarus (510k)
Population per Gold Medals
1. Jamaica (452m people per gold medal)
2. Bahrain (760m)
3. Mongolia (1.31m)
4. Estonia (1.34m)
5. New Zealand (1.42m)
6. Georgia (1.47m)
7. Australia (1.53m)
8. Norway (1.59m)
9. Slovakia (1.80m)
10. Slovenia (2.03m)
Population per Weighted* Medals
1. Jamaica (101k people per point)
2. Bahamas (110k)
3. Iceland (158k)
4. Slovenia (225k)
5. Norway (227k)
6. Australia (240k)
7. Bahrain (253k)
8. Mongolia (263k)
9. New Zealand 267k)
10. Estonia (268k)
GDP per Total Medals
1. North Korea ($370m per medal)
2. Jamaica ($870m)
3. Mongolia ($964m)
4. Armenia ($1.55b)
5. Georgia ($1.59b)
6. Krygyzstan ($1.74b)
7. Tajikistan ($1.85b)
8. Cuba ($1.88b)
9. Belarus ($2.04b)
10. Kenya ($2.11b)
GDP per Gold Medals
1. North Korea ($1.11b per gold medal)
2. Jamaica ($1.48b)
3. Mongolia ($1.93b)
4. Georgia ($3.18b)
5. Ethiopia ($4.23b)
6. Kenya ($5.90b)
7. Belarus ($1.68b)
8. Zimbabwe ($16.2b)
9. Bahrain ($16.9b)
10. Panama ($19.3b)
GDP per Weighted* Medals
1. North Korea ($202m per point)
2. Jamaica ($343m)
3. Mongolia ($385m)
4. Georgia ($796m)
5. Kenya ($1.02b)
6. Ethiopia ($1.06b)
7. Cuba ($1.16b)
8. Krygyzstan ($1.16b)
9. Belarus ($1.21b)
10. Tajikistan ($1.23b)
* Weighted to Gold = 3 points, Silver = 2 points, Bronze = 1 point
5 CommentsJon Abad linked to this cute little kids version of the Dark Knight trailer.
1 CommentIt is dark here. I am likely to be eaten by a grue.
5 CommentsI am boarding a flight to Cleveland Ohio!
No commentsI have fallen way behind on e-mails.
Bear with me for a few days, we’ll be back in business soon.
2 CommentsThis was a very successful week at work. We made some really big progress on the equipment being built, and had a productive meeting with our customer.
I’m tired.
No comments[Edit: updated again 8/18]
It’s time for counting medals again, and this summer, as you all know, has a smackdown for the ages in USA vs. China. And as exciting as that may be… it’s predictable and lame. We’ve got the country with the highest GDP vs. the country with the most people. Of course they are going to spit out a ton of medals.
Let’s take a look at the medal count from two other perspectives:
Medals per Population
1) Slovenia (1 medal per 507K people)
2) Armenia (1 per 600K)
3) Australia (1 per 648K)
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41) USA (1 per 4.23M people)
58) China (1 per 19.8M people)
Medals per GDP
1) North Korea (1 medal per $370M)
2) Kyrgyzstan (1 per $1.74B)
3) Armenia (1 per $1.85B)
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37) China (1 per $49.2B)
63) USA (1 per $192B)
Action Figure Slow Motion Punches video.
This is really great - the lead up, the action itself, and the music - all great.
No commentsI’ve started reading an astronomy text book. So you’ll probably see more of these fun facts as the summer progresses.
Fun Astronomy Fact #1: It takes about 1.3 seconds for light to travel from the moon to Earth.
No commentsWork is a lot like a race. A non-stop relay where you pass the baton to yourself lap after lap. Sometimes you can look at the last lap favorably, other times you curse your slow speed. I wonder which day today will be.
1 CommentAbsurd Beatbox Video
No commentsWell done Casey D and company.
Well done.
video.
As reported by The Onion
3 CommentsAn animation done for the University Of Hertfordshire.
It’s awesome.
A fun 5 minute game that has you trying to guess as many of the 100 most common words as you can.
and…. GO!
(i only got 43)
9 CommentsA fun picture.
No commentsAre those….pandas?
Found by Vivienne.
No commentsDarn it!
I really wanted to take a week of vacation next week, but I have to go to Cleveland on Tuesday, and the rest of the week is full of visits from our British colleagues.
This means:
I have tons of vacation and no where to use it.
Suggestions needed.
Authored by: mike d.Today looks like it’s not going to fall into the “good day” filing cabinet.
I woke up from a dream in which I was fired from work. I woke with a headache, sore throat, and slight nausea that were all just barely tame enough that I couldn’t warrant staying home from work.
So I came to work. Unfortunately, I’ve been easily distracted and have made a horrible fool out of myself on numerous occasions for missing obvious details. Bah! I was not born for this sort of engineering gig.
Thankfully, the day will surely turn for the better after work when I get to head up to hartford to work on a take home exam, which I must get an 88 on or I will owe $3300 for the class.
Authored by: mike d.So Patrick figured out the satellite from last week. It’s the island of Capri off the coast of Italy.
The skyline was Denver. Sadly no one picked that one up. (thanks to Arianne for the photo!)
New game! (WARNING: ANSWER MAY BE IN THE COMMENTS)
This particular edition of the skyline game excites me. I think it has high potential to be figured out by quite a few people.
Bonus points if you can provide the name of the church. Extra bonus points if you can send me a picture you took of the inside of the church.
Bonus points if you can figure out the significance of the pier in the northwest corner.
Good luck!
Authored by: mike d.
