Cool Stuff
1089 – a magic number!
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010A nice arithmetical trick to show to children is the 1089 trick. It’s not really a trick, just a surprising and cool arithmetical result that appears to be inexplicable at first sight. And a bit spooky. What is it about 1089 that is so universally significant!? Here’s the trick… Take any 3 digit number for [...]
Pi Day!
Monday, March 15th, 2010(Pi by Mykl Roventine) The 14th March (3/14 in American date notation) has over recent years become Pi day because it famously starts with 3.14 New Scientist magazine posted several fascinating facts about Pi and it seemed apropos to share them with you. Did you know.. you can use the stars to calculate Pi ….or [...]
The Antikythera – a 2000 year old computer!
Saturday, January 9th, 2010From second-century BC Greece, the Antikythera is a mechanical computer that, in terms of complexity, was 1,500 years ahead of it’s time! It is a shock to discover that the ancients had the abilty to not only design a device of this complexity, but that they had the metallurgucal precision to create it. Discovered in [...]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009This is a grammatically correct sentence: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Amazingly, eight buffalo’s in a row conforms to the rules of English grammar. The word “buffalo” in the sentence is used as a noun, a verb and an adjective (the place name Buffalo). The sentence was devised by William J. Rapaport, [...]
OMG! a Harris Hawk killed my camera (video)
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009This Harris Hawk kills the camera that is videoing it (Youtube). My camera is broken beyond repair. If you enjoyed the video please consider donating any amount towards a new one. Thanks.


