Archive for September, 2008
Amazing video of the American mortgage market
Posted in Uncategorized on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Aeropress
Posted in Uncategorized on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Aerobie makes frisbees and my coffee maker. This is my $29 coffee maker, the Aeropress. If you buy this coffee maker, your old one will be on the curb by Monday morning.
Tandem Migration Ale
Posted in Uncategorized on September 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For those of you that don’t know, I am a homebrewer. I was asked to make a couple beers for an upcoming wedding between a wetlands wildlife biologist and a bicycling enthusiast. Here’s the label I came up with for the occasion.
Why Global Warming Skeptics Can’t Win the Argument.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m working on a presentation for my scenario planning class this week. Topic: How might anthropogenic global warming effect business.
If you’ve looked into the subject yourself , you know that its really complicated to figure out if man-made CO2, natural climatic cycling, water vapor, or something completely different like solar intensity and orbital variables are [...]
Time, Matter, and Energy with a leather strap.
Posted in Uncategorized on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Einstein’s wristwatch will be sold at auction on October 16. I can’t think of an object that is a more emblematic heirloom of Einstein’s work.
Of course, the equation is not complete without understanding the “space” in which the auction will be held.
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Fireflies near and far
Posted in Uncategorized on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Photogenesis. This means the ability to create light. Typically we think of this as a fascinating quality of certain glowing fish and insects. Actually the natural world is packed with animals that flash. In some science experiments, biologists have used the genes behind photogenesis to make glowing bacteria in the lab. They program these glow [...]
What Happens in the LHC decays in the LHC
Posted in Uncategorized on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Does making something already really interesting, more interesting, sound interesting? In other words, do you want to bet on the likelihood that scientists will find the Higgs boson in 2009? Here’s a graph showing the spread right now on Intrade. Cautious Hint: Stephen Hawking is betting against it. (and he plays poker with Data and [...]
The Spooky Reliability of Prediction Markets
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Acurately guessing the future is almost impossible for individuals to do. However, if you aren’t familiar with studies showing the uncanny accuracy of group guesswork, then you need to familiarize yourself with the studies of James Surowiecki. He is the author of The Wisdom of the Crowd. Its a fascinating topic that at first appears [...]
Lawn Mawler
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My lawn mower has not been cutting very well this year. It frays the tops of my grass. This has made the top 3 mm of each blade turn brown and tattered. Over an entire lawn, this makes my green grass take on a beige appearance at the surface. This has been the case all [...]
Hadron’s Ring
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This Wednesday, mankind’s curiosity makes its latest unrelenting step closer to unveiling the fundamentals of existence itself. On Septemper 10th, the Large Hadron Collider will make its debut particle collision. This tool is the most complex science experiment ever built. The LHC will create energetic conditions similar to those found at the birth of this [...]
