admin | January 22, 2010
This guy is the shiznit. After diagnosing himself with appendicitis, being the only surgeon on the expedition, he operates on himself. Pictures included. It takes a real man to poke around your own innards, without gloves. Ha, that could be misinterpreted lol.
“I did not sleep at all last night. It hurts like the devil! A [...]
Ron | January 8, 2010
So Avatar, the anti-corporate-excess, anti-unregulated-mercenary, anti-imperialist, anti-war, anti-materialism, anti-racism, pro-environment, sci-fi action adventure romance just passed $1.1 billion not too long ago (and stands as the fastest movie to hit a billion). Not too shabby, especially for sci-fi, which traditionally does not have wide appeal. I guess James Cameron knows how to make a movie. [...]
Ron | March 19, 2009
This is fascinating: http://www.andreaharner.com/archives/2009/03/eyewitness_test.html
It never ceases to amaze me how powerful asking for forgiveness can be, and in kind, forgiving. It equally ceases to amaze me how stubborn some people can be in refusing to ever admit being wrong. Because that would be weak. To me, it’s cowardice; it takes more balls to swallow pride, than [...]
Ron | February 21, 2009
Oh god. Commence the groaning. It’s a Valentines-themed song using math lingo. It’s probably one of the nerdiest things I’ve ever seen. I seem like an uneducated barbarian (pre-fire era) before these guys. But it’s amusing. It’s kinda fun trying to identify which words are math keywords. Once you start wiki-ing them, it kinda makes [...]
Ron | December 19, 2008
Go science! Omni-mirror allows creation of laser scalpel. Surgeons rejoice.
Then, on the other end of the spectrum, some things never change. Dumbasses. “But the man told me to!”
Ron | October 21, 2008
Oops forgot to publish this.
This is so awesome. A new era of medical, optical, and power technology could be upon us. I like the name, too.
http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/10/12/sionyx-brings-black-silicon-into-the-light-material-could-upend-solar-imaging-industries/
Ron | October 3, 2008
Donate money directly to classrooms that need funding for science projects.
http://cosmicvariance.com/2008/10/01/donorschoose-challenge/
It looks like blogs, along with their “vassal” blogs, compete against each other to see who can rally the most financial support.
Each classroom has a description of what their project needs are, as well as their relative poverty level. Pick one, donate, finish!
Personally, I [...]
Ron | September 12, 2008
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider.html
I’m looking forward to when physics unlocks a new era of technology for man. I kinda feel like we’re stuck in a slowing iterative path at the moment, struggling to find new sources of energy. Thanks Eric.
