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What Number are You?

I’m (very approximately) the 77,711,816,278th person ever born. What number are you?

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2011 10 28 Squidocto Comments (0)

Search for Planets. Lose Hours of Your Life.

Data obtained by NASA’s Kepler mission has been put up with a nice, simple interface. And you, yes you, can aid in the ongoing search for extrasolar planets. With a short learning curve, it has already become my favorite ‘wind down’ activity. It seems it may have eclipsed Angry Birds….

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2010 12 18 Squidocto Games
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Einstein Up Close

So you know how Einstein showed that time is relative? And that time for someone moving quickly is different for someone staying still? And that gravity causes the exact same effect? Now clocks have gotten so precise that a team of researchers has measured time dilation in every-day scenarios: time moves differently for two clocks [...]

2010 09 30 Squidocto science Comments (0)

Multitaskers Beware

The Times has an interesting article about our technology-warped brains. Brrrraaaaaaaains. The best part are the interactive tests, one tests your focus, the other your ability to change tasks.

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2010 06 07 Squidocto science
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nunc

While looking for an online Latin-English translator we discovered that there really isn’t a good one. Or many at all. This one, though it appears to be from 1995, worked the best. Maybe there’s a really good one you’ve come across? Otherwise, this is still a service that you can pay for on the Internet. [...]

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2010 06 05 Crushinator Comments (0)

Brain Eater

Bleah! Another thing to think about when unable to sleep at night. Stumbled upon while researching warm springs in Oregon.

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2010 05 11 Crushinator nature
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It sounded hissy

I had a dream on Tuesday night in which someone explained to me that before records and wax cylinders, snakes were a choice recording medium. I don’t know how you’d use or play them back, maybe like a wire recorder? Anyhow I recall looking into a basket of snakes and each one was a different [...]

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2010 01 28 Crushinator History
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They Might Be Dreams

I dreamed a song this morning, and just as my eyes opened I realized it was They Might Be Giants playing the song. Their distinctive sound and voices were playing this refrain: There’s a kaleidoscope on fire It’s indefensible the way these lenses tend to burn So my question is, is this a real song [...]

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2010 01 25 Squidocto art Comments (1)

I Continue To Love The Random

Random Wikipedia. Random WikiMedia. Random Website. Random Perry Bible Fellowship.

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2009 10 21 Squidocto art
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Leaving Me in the Lurch

I love this saying and have been using it more frequently in the last few months, or at least have more frequently noticed that I use it. And now I know where it comes from. lurch |lərtʃ| |ləːtʃ| noun (in phrase leave someone in the lurch) leave an associate or friend abruptly and without assistance [...]

2009 06 25 Crushinator History Comments (2)