Category: Links Dump

Gallery: Flickr users make accidental maps – tech – 27 April 2009 – New Scientist "Billions of photos have now been uploaded to the internet, and many are tagged with text descriptions. Some are even geotagged – stamped with the latitude and longitude coordinates at which the image was taken. David Crandall and colleagues at… Continue reading links for 2009-04-29

Acephalous: Concerning the inherent superiority of printed text to irresponsible online drivel. "Is it absolutely necessary for the image gracing the cover of the most recent issue of the official mouthpiece of my professional organization to depict something that, when seen on my desk by a colleague from another department, compelled her to ask where… Continue reading links for 2009-04-28

LiveLeak.com – Smart Mutt How to get your tennis ball out of the pool without swimming. (tags: silly video animals dog)

ROCKET SCIENCE « Pundit Kitchen: Lol News and Lol Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden and more "It really is that hard, but the results kick ass." (tags: science astronomy space silly pictures internet) http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~neum/physics-faq.txt "This document (a simple ASCII file) contains answers to some more or less frequently asked questions from theoretical… Continue reading links for 2009-04-26

A lot of ignorance needn’t stop you from offering contradictory theories § Unqualified Offerings "I have no particular opinion on why there is a gender gap in certain fields of science. I have a lot of skepticism for various theories offered, but I have no theory of my own. And it isn’t just because it’s… Continue reading links for 2009-04-25

Michael Bay And Shia LeBeouf Spitball Transformers 2 Ideas | Film | A.V. Club "Michael Bay: Okay, so boom goes the sphinx. Boom goes the pyramid. Boom! Boom! Boom! Go the HondaCivicstrons we positioned all around the entrance to the tomb. And then, whhhhhhhhiiiiiiirrrrr, click, clack, crunch, sweepy spin thwaaaack! Here comes Beefy, our hero,… Continue reading links for 2009-04-24

Particulate pollution cuts carbon dioxide, model shows – physicsworld.com "Falling levels of aerosol pollution could make it much harder to curb the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. That is the conclusion of climate researchers in the UK and Switzerland, who have found that pollution in the form of aerosol particles gives a dramatic… Continue reading links for 2009-04-23

Pop Quiz – Advanced Placement – Education Life – Interactive Quiz – A.P. Economics – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com I got 14/18, which isn’t all that bad if you consider that I never took economics at any level. (tags: economics business quiz) Think Progress » TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress To Hold Impeachment Hearings Against Judge… Continue reading links for 2009-04-22

The Washington Monthly "[S]trange to say, in 2007 the median family income in New York City was $52,871. Maybe New York takes in floods of new residents every year, and so many of them die of starvation that the median income is actually below the level needed to survive. Maybe over half of the families… Continue reading links for 2009-04-21

Amazon.com: From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time: Sean Carroll: Books Sure, it looks like a really good book about physics. But where’s the talking dog? (tags: science physics books) Built on Facts : Testing 123 "In the physical sciences and physics especially, science follows an infinite loop procedure. I’ll… Continue reading links for 2009-04-20