Stream of consciousness A plant in Madeira, that’s all. 29 Sep 201920 Sep 2019 The inverted google image search gave me a Mexican plant. This is Madeira, though. Google doesn't know everything (yet, thankfully). Do you? What kind of plant is this? © 2019…
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 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…
Stream of consciousness From whence came you, stranger? 8 Sep 20195 Sep 2019 It is curious to realize that wet sand will keep footprints in it, while dry sand won't. I wonder whether it is as simple as a question of friction. Then,…
Stream of consciousness When nature applies a warm-color-filter 1 Sep 201931 Aug 2019 It's actually Rayleigh-scatter we are talking about here. During the day, it gives you your blue sky, or at least it contributes to it. In the evening, however, a lot…
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?…
Stream of consciousness Bird in flight 18 Aug 20197 Aug 2019 Why do I think of SUVAT equations now? © 2019 Alexander Biebricher All Rights Reserved.
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…wine? 18 Jun 201912 Jun 2019 I grew up in wine country. Fine beer there, too, but this was wine country in Southern Germany. Here's how it would usually go after entering that "pub": "Hm. I…
