You may recall that last week, the dog knocked my laptop to the floor and shattered the screen. It was a very sad day. Then several blog readers suggested that I try to replace the screen. So last weekend I ordered a new screen off eBay for $72. There were over a dozen vendors on [...]

Why do people procrastinate? Here’s the answer: Motivating minds [See previous question]

A really interesting technique for enhancing video. Hopefully cameras or video software will be able to start doing this in the near future: Enhancing and Experiencing Spacetime Resolution with Videos and Stills from pro on Vimeo. See also: A different way to think about video

Last year the record was 6.0 HHz using liquid nitrogen: This year the record waqs set with liquid helium at 6.5 GHz: Liquid helium is not cheap, so this was an expensive experiment. Also, we may soon start running out of helium: Peak helium [See previous WR]

The furthest object ever thrown (by a human being) is 427.2 meters, or something close to a quarter of a mile. Here is the record being set: [See previous WR]

If you are a parent, you take photos of your kids. I am guilty – Irena and I were recently looking at photos on my computer and she innocently asked, “how many pictures do we have?” Since all the the Brain family photos are in one subdirectory, I asked Windows how many files it contained. [...]

Is Los Angeles about to have a huge earthquake? Here’s the answer: Study finds troubling pattern of Southern California quakes See also: How bad could it get? [See previous question]

Here’s a program that quite often wins at hangman. Can you beat it: Hangmancheat.com It even explains how it works… [See previous test]