His 2005 commencement address at Kenyon College, now as a short film [full text]:
In The Interest of Awareness
- Friday, May 17 2013 @ 03:00 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,435
Re-Blogged from: Nanopolitan
Welcome to BlogDogIt Friday, August 17 2018 @ 05:47 AM EDT
Expecting The Unexpected
- Friday, May 10 2013 @ 03:13 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 4,573
I was looking at my server-stats page and noticed I had a new referrer bringing several thousand hits to BlogDogit.com.
Normally referrer spam is a big problem for blogs and I am using several methods to help combat this phenomenon. Today I noticed I had a new referrer among the Top10 and this got my attention. I never recommend visiting a referrer based on a log entry (this after all is what the spammers are hoping you will do) but this was major "hitage" that I wanted to get to the bottom of. So donning my internet detective cap I discovered that these hits were the result of someone in a high profile forum direct-linking to one of the Philosohoraptor images hosted by BlogDogIt.com. (See the Philosohoraptor widget in masodo's musings topic.)
Once I made this discovery I went directly into Photoshop and crafted a replacement image (shown in the screen grab above.) I simply added the Hosted-By Tag at the bottom of the linked image (of course I could have replaced it with any image - but I play fair) [smiley:;)]
I would like to welcome all the new visitors brought to BlogDogIt
via the free publicity and will only say:
Go 49ers!
http://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/nfl-draft/172861-what-unusual-reid-selection/
Testing Domino Magnification Theory
- Wednesday, May 08 2013 @ 09:59 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,627
Domino Magnification - J. M. J. van Leeuwen
Abstract: The conditions are investigated under which a row of increasing dominoes is able to keep tumbling over. The analysis is restricted to the simplest case of frictionless dominoes that only can topple not slide. The model is scale invariant, i.e. dominoes and distance grow in size at a fixed rate, while keeping the aspect ratios of the dominoes constant. The maximal growth rate for which a domino effect exist is determined as a function of the mutual separation.
Dutch Science Quiz tests a theory — and nabs a world record in the process.
Hans Van Leeuwen of Leiden University in the Netherlands, published a paper online showing that, theoretically, dominoes could have a size ratio of up to 2:1. That's in an ideal (and probably unrealistic) situation. The team at the Dutch Science Quiz wanted to test the theory. So they built some really huge dominos (the largest is 26 feet high and weighs over 1000 pounds), the above video segment shows what happened.
Source story: physicsbuzz
Video Source: http://www.wetenschap24.nl/
Quicksand [PubDom Cinema]
- Tuesday, May 07 2013 @ 12:15 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,403
Source: The Internet Archive
An engrossing film noir with Mickey Rooney, Peter Lorre, and Jeanne Cagney. Needing money for a date, Rooney borrows $20 from the cash register, starting a chain of events that includes car theft, burglary, and possibly murder. [IMDB]
Suggested By Jeff Kaplan - Archive.org Blog:
http://blog.archive.org/2010/09/21/little-known-classics-you-need-to-watch/
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Boy and Dog 2 - (Legomation)
- Sunday, May 05 2013 @ 12:12 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,407
Boy and Dog 2 - By Brodyn
Brodyn's Second Animation Project - Directed by Papaw
[100px X 70px scaled to 500px X 375px]
Boy and Dog are back for their next adventure. In this episode a romp in the park turns disasterous as the blob monster from beneath the Earth has his own ideas about the game of fetch. Papaw directed from the camera position and Brodyn did the animation work. More fun times with Brodyn at Papaw's house. Enjoy!
[ Download the higher-rez 250px X 188px version 2.9MB ]
Don't Miss: Alien Wars - (Legomation)
Spotlight[Science]: The Trenches of Discovery
- Friday, May 03 2013 @ 01:10 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,783
Étienne-Jules Marey, Chronophotograph of a gull in flight, 1887
STORY: Planck rumours will soon become Planck results
The sky as seen by Planck in 2010. Only, they hadn't removed the foregrounds yet.
There's a whole Milky Way galaxy in the way. Why must they make us wait so long?
F.A.Q.
The Trenches of Discovery is a blog collectively authored by artists and scientists working actively in diverse fields of fundamental research: cosmology, biochemistry, aesthetics.
Our aim is to create a platform for this research to be shared and discussed: both between disciplines, and across them, to a wider community.
We hope this blog will spark an interest and a greater sense of involvement in what is often very specialized work. We want to create a mode of access to the truly astonishing discoveries occurring daily and in plain sight, yet strangely hidden, at universities, laboratories, museums, technical institutes, and so many other publicly-funded institutions of creativity and research.
Not least, we hope to broaden our own knowledge by conducting this discussion—across deep differences in specialization and training—online and in public. We're after the kinds of insights that can only be ignited by real, frictional collaboration: through conversation, disagreement, and an active sense of wonder.
Here is our post introducing the blog.
Our aim is to create a platform for this research to be shared and discussed: both between disciplines, and across them, to a wider community.
We hope this blog will spark an interest and a greater sense of involvement in what is often very specialized work. We want to create a mode of access to the truly astonishing discoveries occurring daily and in plain sight, yet strangely hidden, at universities, laboratories, museums, technical institutes, and so many other publicly-funded institutions of creativity and research.
Not least, we hope to broaden our own knowledge by conducting this discussion—across deep differences in specialization and training—online and in public. We're after the kinds of insights that can only be ignited by real, frictional collaboration: through conversation, disagreement, and an active sense of wonder.
Here is our post introducing the blog.
[ Continues... ]
A Boy and His Atom
- Wednesday, May 01 2013 @ 12:54 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,197
The World's Smallest Movie
Published on Apr 30, 2013 IBM/YouTube
You're about to see the movie that holds the Guinness World Records™ record for the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film (see how it was made at http://youtu.be/xA4QWwaweWA). The ability to move single atoms — the smallest particles of any element in the universe — is crucial to IBM's research in the field of atomic memory. But even nanophysicists need to have a little fun. In that spirit, IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules (two atoms stacked on top of each other), all in pursuit of making a movie so small it can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times. A movie made with atoms. Learn more about atomic memory, data storage and big data at http://www.ibm.com/madewithatoms
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The World's First Website is Back.
- Tuesday, April 30 2013 @ 02:26 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,117
The "Ripe Tomato" is the cat's meow!
- Tuesday, April 30 2013 @ 09:19 AM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 3,299
One can easily imagine Al Capone admiring the gams of some young tomato while setting around the juice joint plotting his next caper. He would razz you and likely tell you to dry up if you tried to suggest that someday dolls would be sporting this hotsy-totsy doo:
Japan's Newest Hairstyle Craze: "Ripe Tomato"
Via [ KOTAKU ]
Teens around the world have been known to experiment with their look, from clothes and makeup to piercings and tattoos, but Japanese youths today have upped the ante with eccentric hairstyles including one in particular that resembles a freshly picked tomato. While the hairdo may not yet be a craze adopted by the majority of teens, it is certainly a spectacle to be revered for its creativity.
Via [ KOTAKU ]
Source: MyModernMet.com
Riding A Space Shuttle Booster
- Friday, April 26 2013 @ 10:12 PM EDT
- Contributed by: masodo
- Views: 1,409
I have always enjoyed the tips and suggestion presented on the RandomReveals web site so when they suggested I have a look at this "Mindblowing Video Taken From Space Shuttle During Launch" I just knew it would be worth my while. At 8-1/2 minutes my first thought was this is a bit long for a random youtube forray but after hitting play I certainly enjoyed the ride. You should too.
Riding the Booster with enhanced sound - Submitted by michael interbartolo
As a model rocketeer from way-back I could not help but be reminded of the Estes Cineroc Super 8 Rocket Cams and was thereby motivated to see what the internet remembers about the device. My searching led me to RCGrabBag.com where they posted a restoration of a film from Estes Industries promoting the Cineroc.
Please Watch Now: Estes Cineroc Prep and Flight
;)
Them All!
