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Date: July 21st, 2008

Bloghide!

21 July, 2008 (17:34) | Misc, admin | 3 comments

Blogrolling, rolling, rolling, keep them blogs a-rolling
Blog Roll How To (howto) at Greg Laden’s Blog.
What does a blog roll do for the blogger? Well, it allows the blogger a way to give and receive link love. Link love is not a form of on line cybersex. It is in part a replacement for one on [...]

Where Does a 728-Ton Gorilla Sit?

21 July, 2008 (03:58) | Physics, Tech | 1 comment

By gorilla, of course, I mean inverted pendulum. The answer is: anywhere it wants in the middle of a tall building.
It’s a tuned mass damper for stabilizing the Taipei 101 skyscraper, and the link includes a video taken during the May earthquake.

Cool Clock

21 July, 2008 (03:54) | Tech, Time | No comments

Analogy web clock.
via The Long Now

Decisions, Decisions

21 July, 2008 (03:53) | History, Physics, Tech | 3 comments

No one knows why anyone does anything.
Why did I choose these socks today?
Trinity +1: the Decision to Use the Bomb, 17 July-6 August, 1945
The truth of the matter was that it was a very complex issue, an easily misunderstood tapestry of circumstance and consequence. The major issue of course was that the Japanese would [...]

 

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