I took this photograph shortly after midnight on Monday, May 20, 2013. This is the view just outside my window.
Stargazing in Captain Cook, Hawaii
Lexical Differences Among European Languages Visualized in a Graph
Nearly 75% of the words in the English language come from French, Latin, and the Romance Languages. Yet, English is considered a Germanic language.
Why?
Reserve a Spot for the DC Drive-In at Union Market
DCist has a writeup on the newly announced DC summer drive-in movies at Union Market. Looks like there are plans to use the large white wall of the market to show movies! I’ll be walking over to catch these films. If you intend to drive there are extra spots available even though car spot reservations are all booked up.
PhantomX Hexapod robotics kit
So. This exists. It’s a Trossen Robotics hexapod robotics kit. They’re not the cheapest things out there but that doesn’t mean they’re not cool as hell and that I want…
Parov Stelar – Booty Swing
But it’s easy to see how this video, though posted several months ago is starting to go viral. It makes even a stodgy old man like me wax nostalgic for the days when gangstas were zoot-suited and class-over-swag were the currency of cool.
Species of Illumination – Lamps That Behave like Animals
Ever needed some light but you were too far away and didn’t have the clapper installed? What if you could just call the lamp over like your pet dog. For his graduation project at Design Academy Eindhoven, Bob de Graaf is exploring ideas such as this. Inspired by the movie Wall-E and an experiment at a park in Eindhoven, Bob has begun creating lamps that respond to humans and light much like organisms would.
NASA MSL Curiosity Rover Lego Robot
I had the pleasure of spending the day of the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) at Kennedy Space Center. Beside the IMAX auditorium was an incredible Lego…
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