Tastes Like Bacon!
Wine tasting robot identifies reporter as being "prosciutto," cameraman as "bacon."
Wes Phillips
Most Popular Myths in Science
Of course, I'm linking to this one. For one thing, it's a list—and it's filled with useful information.
Amuse Me or Feed Me
"I'm so bored," said Bagheera. "You know what to do."
I'm Napping Here!
"No treats, no cuteness," said Huckleberry. "We're strictly on a pay-for-play system from now on."
Compression Redux
Why listening to music is no longer relaxing. How many times do we have to say it? Enough already with 1dB dynamic ranges!
Interactive Periodic Table
Hours of mindful fun!
A Brilliant Book Review
My definition of a brilliant book review is one that interests you in a subject you wouldn't have devoted five seconds to—interests you enough to spend many hours contemplating it.
Harry Smith: Filmmaker
You know how all of those articles about Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music identified him as an "experimental filmmaker"? Well, Early Abstractions was one of those experiments.
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Return of the Son of Quarter Notes
A new feature for the blog: Every Thursday, I'll spotlight a recording of special merit—stuff that grabs me for both its content and its recording quality. Think of it as the return of Quarter Notes, sort of.
The Biology of B-Movie Monsters
Being big isn't simple. "Absolute size cannot be treated in isolation; size per se affects almost every aspect of an organism's biology. Indeed, the effects of size on biology are sufficiently pervasive and the study of these effects sufficiently rich in biological insight that the field has earned a name of its own: 'scaling.'"