I wouldn’t be posting this video if this woman didn’t sound sharper than anyone even remotely close to her age that I’ve met, but she does. Now it’s not necessarily the games that have kept her this way, she may have just always been bright and never slowed down, but there ha[...]
Archive for January, 2012
January 30th, 2012 - 5:21 am § in Miscellaneous
Mathematically analyzing Spongebob Squarepants.
Here’s another Vihart video, and I’m not surprised at all with the subject matter she’s taking on, but it’s done with the same thoroughness and style we’re used to. So if you can look past the fact that they’re having campfires underwater and drinking classes of w[...]
January 27th, 2012 - 5:02 am § in Miscellaneous
Catcerto
This video is a perfect example of the power of the internet. Someone has the freedom to upload footage of their cat playing the piano (which 23 million people view), and then a Lithuanian composer (Mindaugas Piečaitis) can compose a concerto around the footage of the cat playing the piano and uplo[...]
January 26th, 2012 - 5:14 am § in Miscellaneous
Astonishing Molecular Machines
One of the most important ways to understand what’s going on on a molecular level in your body is to see it yourself. Unfortunately not everyone has the capability to do such a thing, and even if they did they might not even know what they’re looking at. This is why scientists have alway[...]
January 25th, 2012 - 5:07 am § in Miscellaneous
Thorium
Thorium is one of those things that’s almost too good to be true. It’s a power source that’s better in just about every way than nuclear power. The cost, the availability, the environmental effect, the amount of space a station would make up. All we need is for someone with money t[...]