Monthly Archives: March 2011

Split Second

The rapatronic camera was developed by Harold Edgerton to perform ultra-high-speed photography. Specifically, to photograph nuclear explosions in their earliest stages. The photo to the right depicts a nuclear fireball with a diameter of perhaps 20 meters. (We can estimate … Continue reading

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FOTY 1977: Young / Foreman

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1977 Jimmy Young fought George Foreman for 12 rounds in San Juan, Puerto Rico. No … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: Misconception

“Salmonella is not transmitted by salmon.”

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OpenGL ES 1.1 Demo

Not too much to say about this: It’s an OpenGL ES 1.1 demo. It draws and animates the Platonic solids (tap the screen to cycle through them). If you look at the code (most of the interesting stuff is in … Continue reading

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Needless To Say

Today, in another episode of my attempt to single-handedly beautify the common usage of the English language, I aim my lance at the windmill of the cliche “needless to say”. Google returns 65,700,000 results for this phrase, and almost every … Continue reading

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Boids

Because I have a houseplant, I keep my office blinds open almost all the time. Because I’m lazy thoughtful, I look out my window a lot. Because there are trees outside my window, I see a lot of birds. Here’s … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: Acceleration

120 MPH arrived faster than expected.

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Energy

On NRO, I saw the following in relation to the disaster in Japan: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.) is calling for a temporary moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants. “The reality is that we’re watching something unfold,” … Continue reading

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FOTY 1976: Foreman / Lyle

This is an entry in an occasional series of posts looking back at the Ring Magazine Fights of the Year from 1970 to 2009. In 1976 George Foreman fought Ron Lyle for the fringe NABF title in his first real … Continue reading

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Six Word Stories: You

You’re born. You live. You die.

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