Planet Simulation Game

June 24, 2007 at 6:14 pm | Posted in Books, Games, Legal, Physics, Webware | Leave a comment

This 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 comment

Zzt!

Jim’s Demo Film

June 20, 2007 at 5:03 am | Posted in Animation, Fiction, History, Physics, Software, Technology | Leave a comment

An 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 Comment

If 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 comment

Just who was the iconic hero of China’s 1989 massacre?

The Journey Of Mankind

June 4, 2007 at 6:45 pm | Posted in Animation, Books, Education, History, Painting, Physics, Reference, Webware | Leave a comment

The 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 comment

In 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 comment

Quarrels between nations and groups of people do indeed produce misery and suffering for all those willingly or unwillingly involved, but thankfully there is much more to study and learn about the great conflicts of our time than merely the violence and destruction they caused.”

Victorian Spy Pocket Watch

May 11, 2007 at 8:33 am | Posted in History, Photography, Physics, Technology, Television | Leave a comment

Coolest antique I’ve seen in months, if not years.

Interative Timeline of British History

May 1, 2007 at 4:40 pm | Posted in Books, History, Painting, Physics, Reference, Webware | Leave a comment

From Neolithic to Neovictorian.

Gizmo

April 29, 2007 at 9:35 pm | Posted in Esoterica, Film, FutureTech, History, Humor, Literature, Physics, Politics, Technology | Leave a comment

A 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 comment

From the Umayyads to the Ottomans, and beyond!

The 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 comment

It’s beautiful, compelling, and freakin’ huge.

Jim Henson’s “Coffee Break Machine”

April 26, 2007 at 2:56 am | Posted in Film, History, Humor, Physics, Technology, Television | Leave a comment

A 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 comment

How 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 comment

That’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 comment

Handy one-page guides for understanding esoteric science.

Kansas City Sheet Music

April 15, 2007 at 3:53 am | Posted in CG, Gratis, History, Music, Painting, Physics, Reference | Leave a comment

The 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

Feminist decontruction of modern advertising.

“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

A historical review of computer user interfaces.

“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 Comments

In 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 comment

Whee!

An Eroica Project

April 7, 2007 at 7:14 am | Posted in Art, Chemistry, History, Music, Physics, Science, Statistics | Leave a comment

An 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 comment

The 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 comment

Speaks for itself.

Universcale

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 comment

Powers of ten, for your mouse wheel.

Dual Photography

March 31, 2007 at 1:18 am | Posted in CG, Crafts, Legal, Mashup/Remix, Photography, Physics, Robotics, Technology, Television | Leave a comment

A counter-intuitive means of using projectors as cameras and cameras as projectors to achieve a number of surprising effects.

10 Classic Widespread April Fool’s Pranks

March 31, 2007 at 1:17 am | Posted in History, Humor, Physics | Leave a comment

Huzzah!

Paleo-Future

March 29, 2007 at 3:22 am | Posted in Architecture, Esoterica, FutureTech, Gratis, History, Humor, Mathematics, Physics, Propaganda, Technology | Leave a comment

An ongoing examination of the past’s idea of the future, in blog form.

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