August 2011
5 posts
Pidgeons are smarter than humans! →
Pigeons switch doors (the optimal strategy) on the famous Monty Hall Problem, whereas many humans do not.
White, pink and brown noise generator →
Concentrates the mind wonderfully.
Also, I can’t be the only person who thought “brown noise” meant “noise that makes you poop yourself.”
“Gays want to be in the military. Here’s how I feel about it, alright?...”
– Bill Hicks - relevant, as always.
July 2011
8 posts
How to Un-Fry an Egg →
September 2010
1 post
August 2010
4 posts
Drops, pinches and dashes →
Cooking for people who need to know exactly how much stuff to add.
July 2010
2 posts
June 2010
1 post
“Baking is wonderful. It’s like science for hungry people!”
– Hannelore from Questionable Content
May 2010
9 posts
Cloudy, with a Chance of Meatballs →
A film that sums up how I feel about science.
Know-it-all programmable felted bag →
Point of Interest! →
This lady chemist makes her own cosmetics. Thoroughly.
“The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can...”
– Ada Lovelace
“Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters”
– Rosa Luxemburg
“You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralising...”
– Rosalind Franklin
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than...”
– Anaïs Nin
Smart, Pretty and Awkward →
A blog I found today.