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Entertaining follies
One of the mainstays of the telco industry is what I call the “reality disconnection coefficient”. This is something that usually manifests in two ways, depending on whether you are “in” or “out” of the telco universe: ...
A video on the physics of everyday objects
Here is a short video describing some of the nice physics associated with everyday objects and phenomena over at Harvard magazine (link via iMechanica):. The wrinkling in an elephant’s trunk and in billionth-of-a-meter nanotubes proceed ...
Backstreet Boys Land Down Under
It seems that more and more American celebrities are making their way to Australia these days. And the latest US imports to hit Aussie shores are the Backstreet Boys. Touring for their latest release (sans Kevin Richardson) “Unbreakable ...
Serious Games Creating Entertaining Branding Experiences
In malls, theaters and other spaces, Reactrix creates highly entertaining branding displays that respond to the physical movements of the audience. The resulting "brand play" makes Reactrix the highest engagement advertising available ...
Dina Martina's Oscar Entertaining Party Hints!
And there you have it — an Oscar lover's guide to haute entertaining! Follow these few simple guidelines, and Sunday, February 25th, will see you firmly ensconced as the premiere Academy Awards Party host/hostess of (your town), ...
The CBC Digital Archives: An Entertaining Presentation of History
The more time I spend learning about Digital History, the more I become convinced that what makes the digital world such an important tool for the Public Historian, is that it allows us to give the public access to materials they ...
Interesting But Not Entertaining
I read a review on Amazon that sums up my limited experience with Eco’s non-fiction — “it is like listening to a professor who is interesting but not really entertaining”. I have really enjoyed Eco’s fiction though and I’m happy to read ...
Will Open Access promote “plain junk”?
In the March 2008 issue of the Notices of AMS, the executive director of AMS, John Ewing, has a two page piece (to which I have linked in my previous post too) that argues (using rather strong language), that Open Access publishing is a ...
Some mathematical links!
The March issue of American Mathematical Monthly is full of wonderful reading material:. Indika Rajapakse et al describe GH Hardy’s contribution to computational genetics, namely, Hardy-Weinberg law (pdf);; Steve Batterson writes about ...
Assemble a Fruit Platter
Slice the pineapple and other fruit.