by richardc | May 17, 2007 | News
Viewed from an altitude of 37,000 feet, the Earth looks a lot different than our everyday experience. The majestic Rockies are a bumpy patch of acne. Mighty rivers look like static, crooked lines. Teeming cities become their smoggy, Google Earth counterparts. We build...
by richardc | May 2, 2007 | News
In the late 1940s, musician Les Paul began experimenting with a machine that allowed him to record himself playing music, and later record another track while listening to the first. In 1947 he released “Lover (When You’re Near Me)”, a song that...
by richardc | Apr 26, 2007 | News
I like to think I’m a reasonably smart guy. At the very least I am somewhat technically-inclined. I can build a computer from individual parts, I learn new things pretty easily, I even set up home theater with a sound level meter so that anyone who sits on the...
by richardc | Apr 18, 2007 | News
One day, in college, I went over to my friend’s apartment. His name was Mike. We were playing Super Nintendo and I happened to look over at his kitchen table. On it stood a pyramid of soft drinks–Cokes, Sprites, Diet Cokes, etc.–and next to this was...
by richardc | Mar 30, 2007 | News
Let’s talk about relativity. For every observer, things seem slightly different. From a physics point of view, you do not occupy the same location in space as anyone else, and you might be moving at different velocities, and so on. This is why using astrology for...
by richardc | Feb 16, 2007 | News
One day I’m flipping through Golf Digest, as I’m wont to do, and I see an ad that says: World’s Worst Swing ContestDo you know someone whose golf swing would make a baby cry? That looks like a robot having a seizure? Or maybe it’s you?Send us a...
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