December 2009
42 posts
It's Story Time Kids
I just tossed up a post about the importance of the story in science over at ACME Science and I am here now to talk about the same kind of thing. There is nothing more important to a child than a story; it is how we all learned to grasp the least understandable parts of the world, it is what we heard before we were put to bed, and it is what we acted out in the play ground as Cowboys and Indians...
Greatest Historical Scientific Website? Yes, Just... →
Whether you want to read about Boyle transfusing blood from one dog to another, an eclipse of the sun in 1715, flying kites in the sun, or Captain James Hook’s methods for preserving the health of his crew it is all here and many more. Many thanks to the wonderful Royal Society and BoingBoing for the link.
November 2009
76 posts
WatchPlaymobil Minifig Dance Party (via @apelad)
“It was an army skit I was recording with my...
Watchadamisacson:
“It is not enough these days just to question authority. You’ve got to speak with it, too.”
Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap. An animated and fun typographic version of one of Taylor Mali’s poems. Are you two of my favorite things ever combined? Yes, yes you are you beautiful things. Now come here, that is right come here, no don’t be afraid, I am not going to hurt you,...
Best Way To Search Images Ever? Why Yes It Is. →
Dis-United Kingdom off the (free to download) new...
Real Salt Lake beat the LA Galaxy to win the 2009... →
Mine is the 4-Color Theorem, now how about all of... →
Craxworthy: MaxFunCon '10
craxy:
Okay, first off - I know. I know what you’re thinking. “Jenny. What in the hell makes you think that you can just post about shit that you like and that it means anything?”
I’ll tell you right now. It’s because I have a name that ends in -worth, and when you have a name that ends in -worth, you pretty much are obligated to add a Y to make it -worthy, and feed your own ego by declaring...
Have you ever wondered why a normal, sane person...
Well I can not answer that question but I did just write a longer form(i.e. longer than I want to put on tumblr, over at ACME Science outlining the reason that normal, sane mathematicians are fed up with the discipline and sometimes leave the area they love. From the part of the post where I am talking about what happens when a person joins a mathematics department:
I found myself in...
Hey look I interviewed yet another mathematician....
Hey look I talked to yet another...
Dollhouse is canceled. Me and the three other...
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craxy:
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