[Citation not needed]: During the Pascal-B nuclear test, a 900-kilogram (2,000 lb) steel plate cap (a piece of armor plate) was blasted off the top of a test shaft at a speed of more than 66 km/s (41 mi/s; 240,000 km/h; 150,000 mph). Before the test, experimental designer Dr. Brownlee had estimated that the nuclear …
Tag: macro
The most recurrent computer errors on the web
(Not a color blindness test) Error codes in computing are a curious heritage of a bygone era when paper was relevant and memory usage stripped to the bare minimum. In those days, it was normal for a programmer to stumble upon an error code, stand up, reach for a dusty manual on a shelf, look up the …
Dissection of a scam
Most internet-savvy people develop a kind of natural resistance against spam, obtrusive advertisement, and online scams. Stopping for a second to ponder the state of things reveals a wealth of information not only on the scammers themselves, but also sheds light on the people being scammed. A few days ago I noticed at the end of …
8-bit color cycling time-aware live wallpapers by Mark Ferrari
In which I am totally hypnotized by the retro art from the illustrator of Monkey-Islandian memory and set on a mission to have it always close to my eyes. …
Turn a ramen shop into a pasta bar
In which I go to Japan, fall in love with small ramen shops and think of adapting the model to Italian food. …
That is so Hollywood
[Citation not needed] Sandra Zober Sandra Zober was an actress. She was the first wife of actor Leonard Nimoy, with whom she had two children. […] She eventually joined a support group for women divorced from Hollywood stars that was initially called Life After Divorce Is Eventually Sane (LADIES), but was soon renamed the Hollywood Dumpettes. …
Content Marketing Deluge
Some days ago this presentation got my attention: Crap. The Content Marketing Deluge. from Velocity Partners Download It felt daring because it was expressing something that a lot of us think, but very few Marketing Agencies have the guts of saying so bluntly. My friend Peçanha happened to be in town and he knows a thing …
Gelato Jilatu
I think it was my brother who first introduced me to the concept of Wiki-nationalism. This happens when an article on Wikipedia says very different things in different languages, reflecting the point of view of a given country or culture. I remember laughing while reading the article on Christopher Columbus in English, Spanish and Italian. The English …
Keep up with the times
The mechanism of Antikythera is an ancient Greek “Analogue computer” used to calculate astronomical positions. It’s a fascinating piece of technology that represents the earliest known mechanical clockwork: it is believed to have functioned as a set of at least 30 different bronze gears which several studies tried to reconstruct as digital or physical models. Its …
You are human, aren’t you?
I firmly believe that you want to believe that. Don’t know if Sam Vaknin is the real deal, but in the best tradition of the Turing test, if he fools the experts, he probably is. Either way, this is a chilly (but curious to watch) documentary. …