Planet Simulation Game
June 24, 2007 at 6:14 pm | Posted in Books, Games, Legal, Physics, Webware | Leave a commentThis amusing little physics simulator includes planet collisions!
Singing Tesla Coil
June 20, 2007 at 5:16 am | Posted in Legal, Music, Physics, Technology | Leave a commentZzt!
Jim’s Demo Film
June 20, 2007 at 5:03 am | Posted in Animation, Fiction, History, Physics, Software, Technology | Leave a commentAn unremarkable film that was generated in a most remarkable way: one frame at a time on an Apple IIE.
The Youtube Archive Of James Burke
June 11, 2007 at 8:14 pm | Posted in Film, History, Journalism, Physics, Science, Technology, Television | 1 CommentIf you’e like me, you think James Burke is awesome. If you’re not like me, maybe you should become more like me by watching some James Burke.
Tank Man
June 10, 2007 at 7:01 am | Posted in Gratis, History, Journalism, Physics, Propaganda | Leave a commentThe Journey Of Mankind
June 4, 2007 at 6:45 pm | Posted in Animation, Books, Education, History, Painting, Physics, Reference, Webware | Leave a commentThe Bradshaw Foundation gives an educated guess as to the history of human migration.
Michael Larson, Game Show Legend
May 19, 2007 at 6:08 pm | Posted in Film, History, Physics, Television | Leave a commentIn 1984, one man, by paying attention, broke the bank of a CBS gameshow for over $100,000.
The Great War In A Different Light
May 19, 2007 at 6:06 pm | Posted in History, Painting, Photography, Physics, Reference, Television | Leave a commentVictorian Spy Pocket Watch
May 11, 2007 at 8:33 am | Posted in History, Photography, Physics, Technology, Television | Leave a commentInterative Timeline of British History
May 1, 2007 at 4:40 pm | Posted in Books, History, Painting, Physics, Reference, Webware | Leave a commentGizmo
April 29, 2007 at 9:35 pm | Posted in Esoterica, Film, FutureTech, History, Humor, Literature, Physics, Politics, Technology | Leave a commentA documentary about the madness of 20th century invention. Editor Howard Smith explains.
Discover Islamic Art
April 29, 2007 at 9:33 pm | Posted in Art, History, Painting, Physics, Propaganda, Reference, Sculpture, Weapons | Leave a commentThe Map of Science
April 26, 2007 at 3:03 am | Posted in Art, Biology, Chemistry, Drawing, Eye Candy, Legal, Physics, Science, Statistics, Vehicles | Leave a commentJim Henson’s “Coffee Break Machine”
April 26, 2007 at 2:56 am | Posted in Film, History, Humor, Physics, Technology, Television | Leave a commentA 1967 video produced by Jim Henson for IBM, starring a not-yet-famous ravenous monster.
Condom + Water = Fire
April 25, 2007 at 2:23 am | Posted in Crafts, Legal, Painting, Physics, Reference, Robotics | Leave a commentHow to start a fire with a condom and some water. No, really.
Supercooled Water Freezes On Impact
April 20, 2007 at 2:56 pm | Posted in Legal, Physics | Leave a commentThat’s pretty cool. (Rimshot!)
Seed Magazine’s Cribsheets
April 20, 2007 at 8:47 am | Posted in Biology, CG, Chemistry, Drawing, Gratis, Health, Journalism, Legal, Painting, Physics, Reference, Science, Statistics | Leave a commentKansas City Sheet Music
April 15, 2007 at 3:53 am | Posted in CG, Gratis, History, Music, Painting, Physics, Reference | Leave a commentThe University of Missouri presents: a whole lot of free sheet music.
Killing Us Softly 3
April 12, 2007 at 8:00 am | Posted in Advertising, Biology, Gratis, History, Photography, Physics, Propaganda, Psychology, Technology | Leave a comment“Doing With Images Makes Symbols” by Alan Kay
April 11, 2007 at 9:25 pm | Posted in Animation, Education, Esoterica, FutureTech, History, Physics, Software, Technology | Leave a comment“Did NASA Accidentally Nuke Jupiter?” by Richard Hoagland
April 9, 2007 at 12:01 pm | Posted in Astronomy, Fantastic, Legal, Physics, Psychology, Science, Technology, Weapons | 2 CommentsIn September of 2003, NASA sent its Galileo spacecraft tumbling into Jupiter’s atmosphere. One month later, a mysterious black spot was observed on the Jovian surface. Richard Hoagland suspects that the intense pressure of the Jovian atmosphere may have created an atomic explosion, resulting from the compression of Galileo’s plutonium fuel.
The US Real Estate Market As A Rollercoaster
April 9, 2007 at 10:23 am | Posted in Architecture, CG, Chemistry, Economics, Fashion, History, Mashup/Remix, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics | Leave a commentWhee!
An Eroica Project
April 7, 2007 at 7:14 am | Posted in Art, Chemistry, History, Music, Physics, Science, Statistics | Leave a commentAn exhaustive statistical exploration of 363 performances of Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ symphony.
The Book Of Curiosities
April 6, 2007 at 10:34 am | Posted in Advertising, Books, Esoterica, History, Painting, Physics, Politics, Reference, Science | Leave a commentThe 13th-century Muslim world’s state of the scientific art.
Gutterfighting
April 3, 2007 at 11:16 am | Posted in Fantastic, History, Kinesthetics, Painting, Philosophy, Physics, Reference, Weapons | Leave a comment“Any means, fair or foul, to save your life.” Dirty fighting, World War II style.
Top 10 Ways To Destroy The Earth
April 1, 2007 at 8:27 pm | Posted in Astronomy, Fantastic, Legal, Physics, Psychology, Technology, Weapons | Leave a commentUniverscale
March 31, 2007 at 1:30 am | Posted in Animation, Architecture, Astronomy, Biology, Books, Chemistry, Drawing, Education, Eye Candy, Legal, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Reference, Science, Statistics, Vehicles, Webware | Leave a commentDual Photography
March 31, 2007 at 1:18 am | Posted in CG, Crafts, Legal, Mashup/Remix, Photography, Physics, Robotics, Technology, Television | Leave a comment10 Classic Widespread April Fool’s Pranks
March 31, 2007 at 1:17 am | Posted in History, Humor, Physics | Leave a commentPaleo-Future
March 29, 2007 at 3:22 am | Posted in Architecture, Esoterica, FutureTech, Gratis, History, Humor, Mathematics, Physics, Propaganda, Technology | Leave a commentAn ongoing examination of the past’s idea of the future, in blog form.
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