Nerdy stuff Kindness in all situations? 1 Oct 20191 Oct 2019 I appreciate that those of you who have asked the question I am about to discuss, have done so in direct messages. It gives me the opportunity to talk in…
Nerdy stuff Ping f…ing Pong 24 Sep 201916 Sep 2019 Look at this video, please do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRXbV7KrRw I could never move around like this, of course, but I did play well enough to disassemble my joints with the help of…
Nerdy stuff Extrasomatic knowledge 17 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 Carl Sagan was the one who introduced me to the concept of "extrasomatic knowledge" through one of his books. As it appears, we have grown as a species due to…
Nerdy stuff Another type of discovery 10 Sep 20199 Sep 2019 When I went to school, I was called "nerd" and "geek" - it was not a good thing. Here, however, it says: "Some of those who self-identify as nerds and…
Nerdy stuff Who says there’s “fun” in physics? 3 Sep 201925 Aug 2019 Making fun of physics is difficult. Sure, you can go Sitcom-style and make fun of people, the scientists. But making fun of science itself? What's the Sheldon Cooper of actual…
Nerdy stuff The non-chalance of a Rube-Goldberg cat 27 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 Can you explain to me why this made me laugh so hard? No cat, I believe, has ever expected such a reaction from the inanimate object it tried to push…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…two sticks and a loose connection between them? 20 Aug 201919 Aug 2019 Ah, the double pendulum. Nowadays, with science becoming a bigger and bigger thing, at least in our neck of the woods, these things become rather prevalent in science centers. Why?…
Nerdy stuff Don’t forget your credit card, Sir! 13 Aug 201912 Aug 2019 Confucius says "Memory is the faculty of the brain by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. " Well, no, that's Wikipedia. You know, when you want to…
Nerdy stuff What does it take to geek out about…leafy trees? 6 Aug 20195 Jul 2019 Kudos to you, if you already knew why leafy trees and Camera Obscura belong together. If not, it's both simple and difficult at once: See, if you let light come…
