Category Archives: science
you say you want an evolution…
there was an article in the guardian today about a new fossil discovery related to the evolutionary path from fish to land animals. other than the scientific aspect, it was interesting that a cast of the fossils was now on … Continue reading
how to make charcoal
in “collapse”, they keep talking about using cutting down forests to make charcoal for various uses in many different civilizations. so i was curious how you actually make charcoal. i found a couple of links off google. the main part … Continue reading
inductrack, maglev: the next generation
wikipedia has a good article on the various types of maglev trains in existance as well as a bit on inductrack. i’ve always found the two primary forms of maglev trains a bit disappointing in their requirements of electromagnets, superconductors … Continue reading
statistical commuting
some guy named brandon u. hansen has written an article on his statistical anaylisis of his daily commute. probably more information than most of you will want, but still interesting. you can at least get something out of the intro … Continue reading
you have to ignore the extremists on both sides
someone sent this blog post to the london linux users group mailing list. it’s a bit frighteningly uninformed to say the least. i find the comment about his i.b.m. laptop a little strange since it was mostly likely built in … Continue reading