best links of February
Mar. 4th, 2007 12:51 amHere are some links I found this past month (most are recycled from other lj posts people have made; ignore if you've already seen some of them):
Samuel L. Jackson and Bill Nye golfing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M78-7aqXGOA&eurl=
A human slingshot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIjjWXstjZc&eurl=
Flute beatboxing inspector gadget (overall, my favorite link from February!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0
Inflatable exoskeleton "power jacket" (includes photo!):
http://news.com.com/2300-11394_3-6120170-1.html
Sith lords take control of 22 year-old's birthday party (humor):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qOwXIarEpzI
Why smart guys date in parallel (humor):
http://www.bitquabit.com/2007/02/14/smart-guys-date-in-parallel/
Some disturbing passages from the Qu'ran:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icaseQQO-hs&watch_response
Video of Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a f*gg*t
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/02/coulter-edwards/
Mental typewriter controlled by thought alone (from last year, but I recently ran across it):
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn8826
The origin of the term "penguin diagram" in physics, according to this academic paper was a flash of insight reknowned physicist John Ellis had after "smoking some illegal substance" (see pg 6):
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9510397
DNA Visualization: wrapping and replication video (my second favorite this month):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NHcQesYl8&eurl=
Samuel L. Jackson and Bill Nye golfing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M78-7aqXGOA&eurl=
A human slingshot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIjjWXstjZc&eurl=
Flute beatboxing inspector gadget (overall, my favorite link from February!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0
Inflatable exoskeleton "power jacket" (includes photo!):
http://news.com.com/2300-11394_3-6120170-1.html
Sith lords take control of 22 year-old's birthday party (humor):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qOwXIarEpzI
Why smart guys date in parallel (humor):
http://www.bitquabit.com/2007/02/14/smart-guys-date-in-parallel/
Some disturbing passages from the Qu'ran:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icaseQQO-hs&watch_response
Video of Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a f*gg*t
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/02/coulter-edwards/
Mental typewriter controlled by thought alone (from last year, but I recently ran across it):
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn8826
The origin of the term "penguin diagram" in physics, according to this academic paper was a flash of insight reknowned physicist John Ellis had after "smoking some illegal substance" (see pg 6):
http://www.arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9510397
DNA Visualization: wrapping and replication video (my second favorite this month):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8NHcQesYl8&eurl=