Jay’s thoughts on science in ’09

Thursday, 25 December 2008, 15:31 | Category : DiscoChan, Future, General Science, Musings, web
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Ah, there… Steaming dark-roast in cup (Starbucks’ Verona, if you’re curious), let’s catch up… You see, for the past few weeks, I’ve been scratching my head, trying to figure out how to create a multi-layered frame-in-frame look for a single Flash file. Most recently, Daily Planet host and Discovery Interactive’s resident expert, Jay Ingram, cooly […]

My Favourite Rube Goldberg Contraption

Thursday, 4 December 2008, 22:00 | Category : Musings, Physics, Psychology, Uncategorized
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Daily Planet did a segment on this in 2007. It’s one of my all time favourite DP clips as well.

Lego NXT Rubik’s Cube Solver

Thursday, 4 December 2008, 21:50 | Category : Musings, Technology, Uncategorized
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Watch from the 2:20 min mark, when it goes from analyzing to solving.

This kid’s going places…

Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 22:36 | Category : Uncategorized
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My fave boom de ah dah rendition:

Riding the Great White

Wednesday, 3 December 2008, 0:29 | Category : Animals, Uncategorized
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They’re the stuff our nightmares are made of – and they’re also tragically misunderstood. This past summer, I had a chance to do some research for Discovery’s annual Shark Week. I was shocked to learn the number of shark species on the verge of extinction. In fact, statistically they are more likely to die from […]

Imagining the Tenth Dimension (and its precursors)

Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 0:45 | Category : Uncategorized
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Rob Bryanton does a great job articulating concepts that are beyond most people’s existential reach.

Washing hands makes you more lenient: Researchers

Monday, 1 December 2008, 1:38 | Category : Psychology
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Still can’t get over how that guy you thought was your friend took off with your girlfriend?? Here’s something that might help you move past the grudge: wash your hands, then give the sitch another thought. What’s one got to do with the other, you ask? Plenty, according to British researchers. The team – out […]

Meteor over Edmonton, Alberta

Saturday, 29 November 2008, 16:29 | Category : Space
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Introducing Viewzi, for the Visually-Inclined

Thursday, 20 November 2008, 1:04 | Category : Uncategorized, web
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The web…like you’ve always wanted it. Sounds like a tag line? It should be. Viewzi is to your regular search engine what the picture dictionary is to your regular Oxford. Except it doesn’t omit any info. No reading required. Unless of course you want to.

At the Root: Sourcing Your Political Leanings

Monday, 17 November 2008, 23:28 | Category : Policy, Psychology, Uncategorized
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Psychologist Jonathan Haidt looks at why you vote the way you do.