Exploring the Infinite
The Visual Elements Periodic Table has been put together by the Royal Society of Chemistry in an attempt to produce an interactive website with visuals and information that reflect the diversity of material that makes up the world we live in. It's a great way to learn the periodic table and they also provide a brief history of its development,
Remember catching snowflakes on your tongue when you were a kid? Remember cutting snowflakes out of paper and marveling at the uniqueness of each unfolded flake? I'm captivated by snowfall and dazzled by the beauty of it sparkling in the sunlight. The intricate and delicate structure of snowflakes reminds me that we are living in a fractal universe. Kenneth G.
By now you've probably heard about the 76 year old performance artist who chose to express himself artistically by attacking Marcel Duchamp's “Fountain” with a hammer. He insists that his attack on the $3.6 million urinal would have pleased Dada artists. This is the performance artists second vandalism of the piece. In 1993 he also urinated into it when it
Find out how old you would be if you were live on other planets! I am 2.7 years old on Jupiter, 133.2 years old on Murcury, and only 1.29 years old on Pluto! While earth takes 365 days to make one revolution around the sun, the closest planet, Mercury, takes only 88 days. The distant planet Pluto takes a whopping
HyperStealth Biotechnology Corp. has been working with 3M's vehicle wrap technology and Scotchprint® and ScotchCal® window coatings to create better military camouflage designs using fractal patterns that can be applied to weapons, vehicles, helicopters, and even jet aircraft. They claim that these patterns can be applied with little specialized training. Defense Industry Daily reports that at present, up to 10
When I was a youngster, I was the master Rubik's-cube-solver. Someone could hand me a messed up cube and I'd masterfully solve it in less than a minute. Timed solving contests ruled the day at Turrill Elementary. I remember getting a pair of Rubik's Cube hair ties from a girl in my second grade Brownies pack for Christmas. They had
Mike sent me the link to this site and now I'm hopelessly addicted. I've played with my sand gardens for days on end. Here's a shot of one of the cool gardens Mike made: And here's one of mine: Now it's your turn. What can you do with infinite amounts of sand, oil, water, salt and plantlife? Oh, and lets
Food for your inner-geek. If you can stand to watch it all, that is.
Ok, so I got to IQ level 1420 before I started getting bored. I might go back to it later though. 😉 Colorama is a fun game in which you have to find the one block that is different in the two pictures. At first, the blocks start out very large and each level they get smaller and smaller, making
“The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. The Museum's curatorial, conservation, and education staff—the largest team of art experts anywhere in the world—research and write the Timeline, which is an invaluable reference and research tool for
Car repairs are almost always a nightmare experience because Garages and Mechanics have been screwing over the public so long that most of them are incapable of functioning in any other manner. Last night Sya and I were travelling to do some unwanted but needed grocery shopping when the grind kicked in, the grind that is from the brakes. Sigh,
So a couple years ago the Chicago tribune asked readers to send in pictures of their children's traumatic experiences with Santa. Since then, SouthFlorida.com has put together a compilation of photos sent to them by parents and grandparents all over the nation: Scared of Santa Yeah, some of those Santas scared me too.
A Westborough, Mass. man says he returned to his unlocked car after work to find someone had left a little box with a ring inside on his seat with a note that read: “Merry Christmas. Thank you for leaving your car door unlocked. Instead of stealing your car I gave you a present. Hopefully this will land in the hands
Mike and I just arrived home from our 4 night 5 day vacation in the Windy City! While I had been hoping for unseasonably warm weather, what we actually got was unseasonably COLD weather, even for Chicago. There was a huge snow storm, and if you have watched the news over the last few days, you'd have heard about the
Picture Snow White or Sleeping Beauty frolicking in the forest, singing songs with the little animals and the sound of her beautiful voice causes the critters to gather around and gaze upon her lovingly. The birds are inspired to sing quaint little harmonies and the world is all a'bliss. Pretty little picture, yes, but alas, it's make-believe. Unfortunately, my reality