Archive for October 2009
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Save Face With Facebank
Japan’s consumer goods lived up to their surreal billing during a recent stay at Narita Airport in Japan on my way to IAC 2009.
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Essays, Projects, and Distractions of Geoff Milburn
- Vorg on The Golden Rule in the Wild: The simulation of 50 turns doesn’t show any equilibrium. Do the Pavlovs...
- Mike S on Koide’s Formula: Good morning man! I ended up here by Googling how to make your own memory foam bed,...
- greg@sicherheit on Fermilab’s Strange Letter – Progress: Does my mac adresse change if I upgrade my...
- Karthik CV on Triumph of the Golden Rule: Actually the same thing was discussed in one of Richard Dawkin’s...
- Fermilab’s Strange Letter – Progress
- Essentia Forma Spa Review
- The Ultimate Home Laser Show – Concept and Design
- Water Supply Improvements
- What is Memory Foam?
- A Quaternion Fractal Chorus
- Anonymous’ Homemade Air Conditioner
- The Black Beauty
- The Ultimate Home Laser Show – Laser Safety
- Wain’s Kalideoscope Cats
Emily’s Trees
Emily’s Trees are made by a girl with a passion for nature and a love of jewelry who decided to combine these... Read More »
The Trees of Mars
Science is a far more dynamic process than many realize. The constant upheaval of new measurements and new data... Read More »
Geoff’s Original Homemade Air Conditioner
My very first attempt at homemade air conditioning, preserved for posterity. If... Read More »
A Quaternion Fractal Chorus
This undulating plane is a visualization of all quaternion Julia sets. Bookmark This PostDiggReddit Read More »
The Fracture Modes of Spaghetti
Basile Audoly and Sebastien Neukirch at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France... Read More »
Sierpin-Skiing
Ski lift operators have proved that it’s not only conidae snails who can produce the Sierpinski triangle in... Read More »
Technical Notes
Several people have asked me if I have managed to quantify the performance of this system. I ran a few quick numbers... Read More »
When Advertisers Get Lazy
Internet advertising is a strange beast. Some of the most popular ads play directly off our insecurities... Read More »
Koide’s Formula
Finding a beautiful and simple equation for something in the natural world is fascinating to me – it’s... Read More »
What are the Differences Between Memory Foams?
Memory foam refers only to the “viscoelastic” behaviour exhibited by... Read More »