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 commentsSeriously.
Some of our readers are being forced by their company to use Internet Explorer. Help us stand up against corporate decrees of idiocy. Install Firefox at home and get us one user closer to abolishing Internet Explorer.
There are definitely still some hold outs. My family among them.
Family! Friends! There is a reason people heart Firefox. Try it for two weeks. If for no other reason, MikeDiDonato.com totally blows in Internet Explorer.
Authored by: mike d.A dude jumps on the back of an attacking crocodile to protect his wife.
Authored by: mike d.Attention Team D! Let’s all work together to help out my sister’s buddy Tony on a survey of epic proportions. You can even win $100!!!!
It takes about 15-20 minutes and is pretty interesting. I’ve disabled the comments in order to help ensure that no one can influence anyone else.
Perhaps once tony finishes with his study he can give us a little info on his findings.
Thanks guys!
Take the Survey HERE.
Authored by: mike d.He is the guy who did the overtone throat singing last weekend in Boston. Check it out!
This is much more frightening if it’s dark and you’re sitting alone in a lab at a psychiatric hospital.
Authored by: mike d.So yes. If you didn’t see the post yesterday explaining what was going on, this 720 posts thing was an April fools joke. Ryan decided to post a bunch o’ posts. But I figured I’d counter by actually continuing onward. So I made a bunch of posts. Today will probably conclude the madness. And you definitely won’t be getting 23 monsters today. you’ll get a handful. Maybe 7?
you’ll also get a link to some crazy creepy music. And perhaps a survey that we should all take to help out one of my sister’s friends.
Anyway. rock on.
Authored by: mike d.
