Oct 30 2010 | 12 comment(s) Rugby is a beastly game played by
gentlemen; soccer is a gentleman's game played by beasts; football is a
beastly game played by beasts. Henry Blaha
Oct 25 2010 | 1 comment(s) Statistically, whichever of these you are not will be funny. The one you are, not so much.
A Good Year For The 'A' Word: Fido Report, 2010
Oct 20 2010 | 3 comment(s) Anthropomorphizing, the process, as Twain might say, of “underestimating the animal by assigning to him human traits,” has had a good year. The reasons range from the continuing dominance of the Obama dog, Bo, on Fox News (Bo: “Socialist or simple anarcho syndiclist?”), to the rise of kitty cat “jammers” for tabby sleepover night. Not kidding. On the sleepover thing.
Oct 17 2010 | 0 comment(s) From Yahoo News.
The best typo you will read today
Oct 11 2010 | 1 comment(s) An article at TBD.com by Amanda Hess is about HIV-positive black gay men. Okay, so far so good. But it had an important typo, namely a key letter left out of a word, and the correction at the top now reads:If you can't read it ...
Baseball, Vision And Alcohol: Analyzing The Zito Curve
Oct 10 2010 | 0 comment(s) This article has basically nothing to do with baseball or Barry Zito's curveball so you can stop reading if that is your interest - or check out The Science Of Baseball: What Is The Fastest A Pitcher Can Throw?The Science Of Baseball: What Is The Farthest Home Run (And Did Mickey Mantle Hit It)?Does A Curveball In Baseball Really Break?
Sep 28 2010 | 2 comment(s) Yesterday's Guardian featured this gem, "This is a news website article about a scientific paper", by Martin Robbins. It begins: "In the standfirst I will make a fairly obvious pun about the subject matter before posing an inane question I have no intention of really answering: is this an important scientific finding?"Enjoy!Alex
Science Webtoons 5
Sep 03 2010 | 0 comment(s) Behold true tales of procrastination! Learn whether to get a PhD! Or just kick back and enjoy fall. Enjoy another science webcomics interlude! The first two are 'long form', so follow their links to get the full story. The last, a poetic commentary on the new Fall season, stands on its own.First, an overlap of Science and Comic-Con-- the full comic has the entire tale.
Finally, gravity and Bernoulli's principle explained
Aug 23 2010 | 0 comment(s) What do you get when you combine gravity, Bernoulli's principle, and a social media giant? An easy-to-understand explanation of how planes fly, courtesy of Facebook users. And you were worried about the future of our country...not with these geniuses in charge!Source: BuzzFeed
Tom Scott has some new science journalism warnings we can all use ...
Aug 13 2010 | 3 comment(s) Tom Scott is a geek comedian who has been described as a "sometime internet funny man" by The Register has come to the rescue of science journalism with a list of warnings they can go ahead and stick on their articles.
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Oct 30 2010 | 12 comment(s) Rugby is a beastly game played by
gentlemen; soccer is a gentleman's game played by beasts; football is a
beastly game played by beasts. Henry Blaha
Oct 25 2010 | 1 comment(s) Statistically, whichever of these you are not will be funny. The one you are, not so much.
A Good Year For The 'A' Word: Fido Report, 2010
Oct 20 2010 | 3 comment(s) Anthropomorphizing, the process, as Twain might say, of “underestimating the animal by assigning to him human traits,” has had a good year. The reasons range from the continuing dominance of the Obama dog, Bo, on Fox News (Bo: “Socialist or simple anarcho syndiclist?”), to the rise of kitty cat “jammers” for tabby sleepover night. Not kidding. On the sleepover thing.
Oct 17 2010 | 0 comment(s) From Yahoo News.
The best typo you will read today
Oct 11 2010 | 1 comment(s) An article at TBD.com by Amanda Hess is about HIV-positive black gay men. Okay, so far so good. But it had an important typo, namely a key letter left out of a word, and the correction at the top now reads:If you can't read it ...
Baseball, Vision And Alcohol: Analyzing The Zito Curve
Oct 10 2010 | 0 comment(s) This article has basically nothing to do with baseball or Barry Zito's curveball so you can stop reading if that is your interest - or check out The Science Of Baseball: What Is The Fastest A Pitcher Can Throw?The Science Of Baseball: What Is The Farthest Home Run (And Did Mickey Mantle Hit It)?Does A Curveball In Baseball Really Break?
Sep 28 2010 |
 2 comment(s) Yesterday's Guardian featured this gem, "This is a news website article about a scientific paper", by Martin Robbins. It begins: "In the standfirst I will make a fairly obvious pun about the subject matter before posing an inane question I have no intention of really answering: is this an important scientific finding?"Enjoy!Alex
Science Webtoons 5
Sep 03 2010 | 0 comment(s) Behold true tales of procrastination! Learn whether to get a PhD! Or just kick back and enjoy fall. Enjoy another science webcomics interlude! The first two are 'long form', so follow their links to get the full story. The last, a poetic commentary on the new Fall season, stands on its own.First, an overlap of Science and Comic-Con-- the full comic has the entire tale.
Finally, gravity and Bernoulli's principle explained
Aug 23 2010 | 0 comment(s) What do you get when you combine gravity, Bernoulli's principle, and a social media giant? An easy-to-understand explanation of how planes fly, courtesy of Facebook users. And you were worried about the future of our country...not with these geniuses in charge!Source: BuzzFeed
Tom Scott has some new science journalism warnings we can all use ...
Aug 13 2010 | 3 comment(s) Tom Scott is a geek comedian who has been described as a "sometime internet funny man" by The Register has come to the rescue of science journalism with a list of warnings they can go ahead and stick on their articles.
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