Category Archives: Odds and ends

Casual Friday — how much does the internet weigh?

Posted on 18 November, 2011 by Sam Wise

It all comes down to electrons (direct link): For an earlier estimate of this weight, you might want to compare this. H/T: Andrew Sullivan

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Casual Friday — Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Posted on 7 October, 2011 by Sam Wise

I’d originally planned on posting a light but science-related video for today’s slot. But in light of the passing of Steve Jobs, thought that a more appropriate and fitting bit of video would be his commencement address at Stanford…

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Radiation doses, in perspective

Posted on 20 March, 2011 by Sam Wise

Courtesy of Randal Munroe (of xkcd fame), there’s now a comparison chart of radiation doses to help you put the Japanese reactor troubles in perspective (click on the image to get to the full-size image on the xkcd site)

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The Solar System to Scale

Posted on 19 February, 2011 by Sam Wise

Just ran across this great infographic on Space.com and couldn’t keep from passing it along… Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration

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Casual Friday — walking in circles

Posted on 21 January, 2011 by Sam Wise

Why can’t we walk straight? A great explanation via animation, from NPR…

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Casual Friday — a birds’ eye view of birds of prey

Posted on 8 October, 2010 by Sam Wise

The amazing abilities of a Peregrine Falcon and a Goshawk — as seen by a camera mounted to their backs…

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Casual Friday — and you thought *your* weather was bad…

Posted on 24 September, 2010 by admin

National Geographic cameraman was filming elephants in Mali when he got to experience a dust storm first-hand…

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Casual Friday — life in slow motion

Posted on 21 August, 2010 by admin

It’s just plain fun and interesting to watch what life looks like in super slow motion. Courtesy of Philip Heron, here’s a short film on the subject — Tempus II…

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Casual Friday — like a bolt from the blue

Posted on 6 August, 2010 by admin

A 9,000 frames-per-second view of some lightning in Rapid City, South Dakota…

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Sad but true…

Posted on 24 July, 2010 by admin

SMBC on risk tolerance

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