An amazingly beautiful talk by Brian Cox on the Large Hadron Collider.
It’s 15 minutes long. I was sad when it ended.
No commentsRated Pg-13 for Language.
I saw hints of this on the internet but didn’t check it out until Shamus sent the link to me. It’s Rage Against the Machine performing acapella after the authorities killed their power at the RNC.
Bulls on Parade? epic.
WAH WAH Chicka WAH WAH chickachickachicka
Killing in the Name of
If you only have time for one, I recommend Bulls on Parade.
4 Commentsin an Elevator.
1 CommentThis article just kind of makes me jealous I wasn’t born 150 years from now.
By then, surely we’ll have beat that ol’ dying thing.
1 CommentBen and Katrina were strolling through the Mt. Auburn Cemetery the other day when Katrina noticed something moving.
It was a Huge Coyote! Check out the picture here.
No commentsThe Mythbusters paint a pixelated* Mona Lisa in 80 milliseconds with 1,100 paint balls, 1,100 paint ball barrels, and a lot of pressurized air.
*for lack of a better word
No commentsSometimes 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.
2 CommentsIt 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 commentsI just found out* I have a 10 page paper due in my international business class Friday. AND I had already agreed to go to Karaoke tonight. I hope ear bursting Journey tunes will provide enough energy for me to stay up for the next 60 hours to write this paper.
*we were actually told about this long ago**. I just forgot entirely until a classmate reminded me.
**long ago = about 4 weeks. But really. I just found out*(***)
***recursive footnotes!!!
Last night at Kung Fu, I fought Ben. Ben… is really ridiculous.
Ben is younger than I. He trained in China for a number of months in a Kung Fu variant that is highly acrobatic and very aggressive. Right now he’s training for a full contact fight in a tournament down in Florida. Whenever you fight Ben it is a test of nerves. Ben will win. It’s just a matter of how.
This fight was on mats. And Ben was allowed to throw.
The fight began. I circled quickly to my right threw a faux kick and a right hook. Ben blocked. From there the fight became a bit of a blur. Ben wasn’t being very aggressive. He was just taking my hits and occasionally jabbing me in the face or throwing a precise kick. There was one kick which literally, clipped my nose. That doesn’t mean I dodged it, it means Ben decided not to extend his foot the whole way.
His successful jabs were bothersome. In an attempt to push him back, I threw a side kick. He caught the kick, twisted, stepped forward, and swept my other leg out from under me.
I jumped up and charged with a crescent kick… he caught that two. I went down again.
It was fun, but humbling.
Clearly, I still have a lot of Kung Fu to learn.
Authored by: mike d.
