Oregon State “crushes” Pitt in the Sun Bowl. 3-0
(More squeaking, actually)
Daily Archives: December 31, 2008
Pedant on the Loose!
Blake’s mention of a “First Night” celebration in Boston, coupled with memories of many stories about similar celebrations in upstate New York (Albany and Saratoga), have triggered this.
The problem: “First Night” celebrations are held on New Year’s Eve, which is the LAST night of the year. I mean seriously, WTF? After midnight, it’s A.M. — Morning*. The organizers must be the same bunch of differently-abled mathletes that celebrated the new millennium when the calendar rolled over to 2000.
*Don’t believe me? Call someone normally asleep at 2 A.M. and see of the they don’t yell at you for waking them up at two in the morning!
The Mouse Problem
Man: Well… I was about seventeen and some mates and me went to a party, and, er… we had quite a lot to drink… and then some of the fellows there … started handing … cheese around … and well just out of curiosity I tried a bit … and well that was that.
Interviewer: And what else did these fellows do?
Man: Well some of them started dressing up as mice a bit … and then when they’d got the costumes on they started … squeaking.
Oh, wait. Wrong source of squeaking. It’s winter here, so we’re talking about snow.
ScienceGeekGirl discusses Why does snow squeak when it’s cold?
More snow-related stuff: Why does snow sparkle? I’m dreaming of a white and sparkling christmas at Morning Coffee Physics
Update: I shoveled some squeaky white stuff this afternoon. Just as I finished, it started coming down heavy again. Prediction: 2″-4″, actual was about 6″.
Wizard Chess
Here’s a wonderful claymation video of a chess match
The Earth is My Canvas
Examples of GPS drawing
The drawings and maps are made by recording location and movement using Global Positioning System technology. GPS data contains latitude, longitude, altitude, and precise time information that can be rendered, sculpted and animated.