Archive for January, 2008

North World: Great Web Comic

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

It has been awhile since I posted about a web comic but North World by Lars Brown has made my must be read regularly list recently and I thought I would point it out. North World has a very simple premise but one I haven’t seen done in web comics before, our modern world is [...]

Not Really Science

Friday, January 25th, 2008

This isn’t really science, but it is kind of neat. Virgil Griffith scraped Facebook data for which books people picked as favorites and what college they attended and created a graph of which books are most likely to be associated with higher or lower SAT scores. He calls it Books That Make You Dumb. I [...]

Is Europe a Country?

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

So I got sent this by some of the Europeans at work. This is of course exactly what they think all Americans are like. I don’t mind, it make me look good.

Summer of Fear Gets A Bit Too Personal

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Their day out was to end in unforgettable horror when a crocodile killed Brett, then returned to circle relentlessly beneath a tree in which the other two had taken refuge. This story is not new, but when Brett gets eaten by a croc, I pay attention. Also in croc news you have the heartwarming story [...]

No Leg To Stand On

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

An unusual auction is coming up of World War Two memorabilia that includes a prosthetic leg worn by Douglas Bader, one of the true heroes of the Second World War. Bader lost both legs in a plane crash before the war commenting ‘Crashed slow-rolling near ground. Bad show.‘ in his log but he kept fighting [...]

Today In History: Battle of Isandlwana

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

January 22nd: Today in 1879 the Imperial British Army suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of the army of Zulu King Cetshwayo at the Battle of Isandlwana. The battle was a complete disaster for the British force with an army of twelve hundred men completely destroyed in a field battle, something the British Army [...]