The Bronx High School of Science has produced seven Nobel prize winners in physics. Interestingly, most of the physics-learning at the school took place outside the classroom.
(From a collection of photos of women and robots. Uncertain of its origins.)
(Nystan Numero 70. I am seeing a lot of photos in this Nystan series — who is responsible for creating them?)
(by Michele Clement)
The most interesting thing I have read yet about the Times paywall:
Why would I get any of my clients to talk to the Times or the Sunday Times if they are behind a paywall? Who can see it? I can’t even share a link and they aren’t on search. It’s as though their writers don’t exist anymore.
Interaction between electricity and the penis: science investigates.
Finally, the ultimate skydive: Felix Baumgartner plans to jump from 120,000 feet and break the sound barrier.
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Everything you wanted to know about Beck U, but were afraid to ask. |
| Instructions on how to jog … with an erection. |  |
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In case you missed it, Prince dissed the Internet, saying that it is completely over. We have opinions on this at the Big Bad Blog. As draft posts indicate, these opinions are entirely incoherent at the moment. We will likely forget them. |
| For those of you who Twitter: A rant about retweeting celebrities.
Personally, anything to do with celebrities baffles me. People either have something intelligent (or interesting, or funny) to say, or they do not. Beyond that … who cares? |
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Shazam is an awesome smartphone app. However, its makers apparently do not understand the purpose of patents, and insist that their patented software not be discussed in public. |
| You might have noticed that we link to a lot of other sites at the Big Bad Blog. But you probably are not aware exactly how brave we are to do this. Linking to some websites is against their terms of use, and there’s a list of (some of) them here. |  |
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An interesting little article about fine distinctions between words. |
| A final treat for all y’all: Magical Penis Thieves appears to be one of those phrases for which this blog will now doubtlessly rise to the the top of the Google Search Board.
Awesome. |
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You knew it had to exist somewhere — a scientific look at penis injury due to insertion into vacuum. |
| What does a fetus see in the womb? Not much — turns out that it’s dark in there. |  |
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Want to be a farmer, but too lazy to shear your sheep. Well, you’re in luck — just go out and buy some self-shearing sheep. Have I mentioned recently that we live in the future? |
| The zombie movie flowchart. |  |
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It’s strange enough that workers are striking over a prohibition on drinking alcohol while at work. It’s even stranger when you realize that these workers are truck drivers. |
| Trying to convince somebody that global warming is real? Turns out that facts won’t help you. |  |
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A tip to adoptive parents out there — if you’re not happy with the child you’ve adopted, don’t just put them on a plane back to the orphanage with a note attached. |
| For Foursquare addicts — who will be the first Mayor of the North Pole? |  |
