An interesting post over at the Cornell Mushroom blog, which reports on an idea from Agata Jaworska.
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An Embuggerance
The author Terry Pratchett has let it be known that he has early onset Alzheimer’s disease – an embuggerance, as he describes it. He recently gave a radio interview about it, and I must say that he seems to be dealing with the diagnosis remarkably well, all things considered.Leave a comment
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Startling Revelations
Via archaeoastronomy, I’ve only just heard this interview with Sir Arthur Greeb-Streebling concerning the remains of Christ. Brilliant stuff – I must catch the other interviews that he gave Chris Morris back in 1994.Leave a comment
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String Theory
This is the winning video in a competition run by Discover Magazine to explain String Theory in two minutes or less. I give you: String DuckyLeave a comment
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And Now…
…for something completely different. I give you the Trondheim Akkordian Ensemble and their rendition of Widor’s Toccata and Fugue. Deliciously bizarre, and while I can admire their musicianship, I do somewhat miss the sheer in-yer-face presence of the walking, growling bass line of the piece. The accordion just doesn’t have the same oomph of a thumping great organ (as it were).(hat tip to Robert)2 responses to “And Now…”
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Yeeeees. It does lack that certain…….. something……
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I was waiting for the drum kits at the back to burst into life…
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Where On Earth Are They?
Stuart Pinfold got bored during the night shifts at the BBC, and ended up writing a Google Earth mashup that shows where the Beeb’s correspondents are located around the world, and their most recent stories. Fascinating.Leave a comment
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Science and the Pope
I see the Pope’s doing the old bait and switch again. He tells a bunch of academics that science cannot understand the mystery of man, thereby implying that his religion can. And, I note, displays breathtaking ignorance while he’s doing it:Contrary to the Darwinian concept of man, Pope Benedict said that “man is not the result of mere chance, of converging circumstances, of determinism, of chemical inter-reactions.”Ah, the old canard that evolution is simply "mere chance" again. Really, the Pope ought to understand a subject a little better before he pontificates on it. Ophelia has more.One response to “Science and the Pope”
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Yes. The use of emphatic statements as fact, be it ‘Man is not…… ‘ or, ‘evolution is…….’ with no back up of any kind – on any side of a debate – always annoys me, because that ends any sensible discussion.
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I’m Sorry, I’ll Read That Again
Sometimes, I feel that I agree with some of the observations that Rowan Williams makes. But sometimes, I wonder whose side he is on. Cue this speech. And Ophelia, as usual, points out the poison in the guts.Leave a comment
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Such A Sadness
David Lynch has his doubts about watching films on mobile telephones. I concur.(hat tip to Tim Spaulding, over at Thingology, for the link)Leave a comment
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What If…
…the thinking behind homeopathy and other woo were to be applied in the aviation industry? Then we might end up with something like this wry vision of Alternative Flight. Worth reading.Leave a comment
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Synapsis
A game. Try it.14 responses to “Synapsis”
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Don’t get it. How do you play? Feeling a bit thick here…
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Don’t get it. How do you play? Feeling a bit thick here…
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Click on the cube to begin. Then if you are feeling really slow, try http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/01/synapsis.php#walkthrough
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That was absorbing. I wasn’t keen on the ending though – I just ended up in hospital with some clown laughing at me. figures
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Okay, still feeling thick. What next?
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Okay, still feeling thick. What next?
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Coboró, I have no idea from your post of where you might be in Synapsis. It may well be that, like Gelert, you’re in the hospital ward with clowns laughing at you. If so, then that’s all folks! What… you were expecting life, the universe and everything?
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I don’t need to be in a hospital bed with clowns laughing at me. I work for the US government.
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I don’t need to be in a hospital bed with clowns laughing at me. I work for the US government.
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I don’t need to be in a hospital bed with clowns laughing at me. I work for the US government.
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I don’t need to be in a hospital bed with clowns laughing at me. I work for the US government.
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I don’t need to be in a hospital bed with clowns laughing at me. I work for the US government.
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I don’t need to be in a hospital bed with clowns laughing at me. I work for the US government.
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Coboró, you have my sympathies…
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Rijksgadget No Workee…
The Rijksmuseum offers a computer desktop widget that is supposed to display a new picture from the museum’s art collection every day.It’s a brilliant idea, and it’s been delivering a new piece of art to my desktop since last March. That is, until it stopped working a week ago. Since then, it’s just sat there, complaining that it can’t connect to the museum. I’ve sent a couple of emails to the Rijksmuseum alerting them to the problem, but so far, I’ve had neither an answer or even an acknowledgement. I’m not impressed.
Update 30 Jan 2008: dunno what has changed, but the gadget started working again this morning… Normal service appears to have been resumed…Update 1 Feb 2008: I see that Peter Gorgels, who works at the Rijksmuseum has commented on this entry to say that, indeed, the servers at the museum were configured wrongly. The probem has been fixed. Thanks for letting me know, Peter.3 responses to “Rijksgadget No Workee…”
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Have you moved to the new version? The site talks about a newer version, that the old one will stop working, and that the two can’t coexist. I just pulled down the Mac version, which works for me (and maybe I’ll get a bit of culture out of keeping it around – bonus!). Don’t have Vista handy to test that out.
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Mike – yep, done that. I have version 2. But the Vista version don’t work no more…
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Hi Geoff,Settings were changed on the Rijksmuseum servers, wich caused an unexpected failure of the Rijksgadget. We fixed it. Sorry and we hope you will enjoy our art and the Rijksmuseum in the future.Peter GorgelsRijksmuseum Amsterdam
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Is It Real?
Somehow, I don’t think goldfish are this smart. I favour the "pin and magnets under the table" theory myself…(hat tip to Dangerous Intersection)Leave a comment
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It’s a Test
Only the pure in mind and the truly innocent will be able to look at this and not go: WTF?!3 responses to “It’s a Test”
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WTF?!
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WTF?!
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I see you failed…
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Tourist Warning
Welcome to New York. Although, if you’re a family visiting on a shopping trip, then you’d better be careful.Leave a comment
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Tufte on the iPhone
Edward Tufte is a guru who specialises in the presentation of information in a graphical form. Here he is talking about the good and bad design points of the iPhone interface.(hat tip to Geoff Arnold)Leave a comment
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Set Your Faces To Stunned…
…that’s the quite brilliant opening of Marina Hyde’s Lost in Showbiz piece in The Guardian today. Considering that she’s dealing with events concerning Robbie Williams and David Icke, it seems a fair summing up.Leave a comment
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The Three Little Pigs
Here’s my chance to use that well-worn phrase of the reactionary: "It’s Political Correctness gone mad!" Except that I think that just about sums up the only sane reaction to the news that a story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a UK government agency’s annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims.I’m sorry, but this is simply ridiculous. As the book’s creative director said (I hope with a trace of disgust towards the judges), does this mean that Orwell’s Animal Farm can no longer be taught in schools because it features pigs?Update: Some more background here – and it’s even worse than I thought. The judges’ feedback is quite mind-blowingly stupid.Leave a comment
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