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Date: December 2nd, 2008

That’s Dr. Time to You, Pal!

2 December, 2008 (16:14) | Journalism, Physics, Time | No comments

Meet the world’s director of time
An interview with Dennis McCarthy, who is the Director of the Directorate of Time (or was at one point; I’m not sure how his retirement and subsequent resurrection affected the job title)
Though the BBC filmed in the lab, none of that footage made it into the embedded [...]

Noted

2 December, 2008 (05:07) | Education | No comments

The Cornell Note-taking Method
The Cornell method involves organizing your note-taking page into two regions, left and right. After writing the notes in the main, right-hand space, use the left-hand space to label each idea and detail with a key word or “cue.” When studying, use the cues to recall the material.

Funny and Not Funny at the Same Time

2 December, 2008 (05:07) | Humor, Physics | 1 comment

(Really, it should have a legend like blue = dead, yellow = alive)

Strobe! Camera! Inaction!

2 December, 2008 (05:06) | Physics, Tech, Video | No comments

Strobe light and falling water droplets
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Comparison Shopping

2 December, 2008 (05:06) | Tech | No comments

Wil Shipley at Call Me Fishmeal compares the car he’s ordered and the car already he has (life is soooo tough) Tesla v. Supercharged Lotus Elise
The Tesla people were uniformly cool and real and fun. During the open house there wasn’t a single question they dodged. They offered up problems they’d found, troubles they’d [...]

 

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