Read about a nifty gadget in Wired, a handheld XRF scanner - that can be used to determine the atomic mix of various items (such as archeological finds, deposits from mining, unknown dumpsites....) The technology and method is old, but the handheld versions are new - and represent a great leap in terms of both ease of use and potential fields of application. In theory you could bring it into an old abandoned mine and figure out which parts/directions might be worth further excavation. Or it could be used by enviromentalists to do instant evaluation of exhaust and waste from various industrial sites. Insight at the touch of a button.
...on another note winter is here - as I came home 45 minutes ago it started gently snowing, and now everything outside is beeing cowered by a thin white layer. Wonder how it will look in the morning? Will it keep on snowing, blow away or simply melt? Oh well, for now I feel the x-mas spirit coming on! HO HO HO!
...and the sun has gone done - but the first snow is falling outside...
Wednesday, November 17
Tuesday, November 16
Simple = Beautiful
Read an interesting piece by K. Chang of the NY Times; the greatest (math) equations. Is it the real basic ones (1 + 1 = 2) or the more "fundamental" ones (euler, e to the power of i times Pi = -1 (or +1 = 0)... oh how easy to do maths in regular html)? My personal "shortlist" would probably include Maxwell, mostly because of a rather geeky tshirt with the text: "And God said...." followed by the equations.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light [us std]
(passed 400k and went into top 12k on whizzball...)
...and the sun makes short apperances as it heads south for the winter...
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light [us std]
(passed 400k and went into top 12k on whizzball...)
...and the sun makes short apperances as it heads south for the winter...
Monday, November 8
Riverside
Dansk Arkitekturguide gives (in Danish) an overview of some of the many spectacular buildings along the waterfront in Copenhagen. One of the favorites? The black diamond, or the National Library as the "real" name is. The main DAC guide site also has information on three other cities.
Friday, November 5
muse
want gives inspiration?
a picture?
a song?
a sound?
the view out the windov
a cup of latte
an article
curling up on the sofa with a book
or just a random flash in the back of the mind?
a picture?
a song?
a sound?
the view out the windov
a cup of latte
an article
curling up on the sofa with a book
or just a random flash in the back of the mind?
al-Q and dollars
Bruce Sterling has some interesting points and qoutes over at hisWired Blog: "al-Qaida spent $500 000 on the event, while America, in the incident and its aftermath, lost – according to the lowest estimate – more than 500 billion dollars"
puts things in perspective? A rather scary perspective!
(Hmmmmm. the pop-up editod uses strong and em!!! Guess I should stick to using it rather than the main site)
puts things in perspective? A rather scary perspective!
(Hmmmmm. the pop-up editod uses strong and em!!! Guess I should stick to using it rather than the main site)
deserving - days later
today the emailed version showed up. I sent it on the 3rd... so there is a little bit of lag somewhere in the google system! Wonder if/when the others will appear. (Oh yes, "google" is not in the spellchecker either - can you say generic purchase?)
Wednesday, November 3
What you get...
"..., you get when you least deserve it, and what you loose, you loose when you expect it the least" - Brit Bildøen, author "Everything in this world comes and goes" (or Alt her i verda kjem og går) Her view of the world, and saying that she thinks many people will recognize the feeling. And that brings us to the SinFest strip I posted earlier - I guess it is the same sentiment Monique had; shit happens! Why?
And then there are two very short quotes from the "readers digest" New York TImes (a 16 page weekly supplement to a local paper, selected articles in English).
"A squirrel is a rat with good PR" - Pulp Fiction anyone? Would you eat a sweet looking animal? So instead, try the game of Bourre (pronounced: Boo-Ray - at least according to the sources) Comes from south Louisianna, cajun-land, where you can actually expect to get a day off before the start of squirrel hunting season.
And they nag us about wanting to keep on hunting whales. Yeah. Check. 58,3 million. And still counting. (guess that's why blogger is so slow today - to many people screaming about it all) On a sidenote, 70% of the .5 million votes on CNN.com said that the Electoral College system is overdue for an overhaul. How about the old one man - one vote idea? Plain and simple, easy to explain, makes everybody all over the place just as involved.
And then there are two very short quotes from the "readers digest" New York TImes (a 16 page weekly supplement to a local paper, selected articles in English).
"A squirrel is a rat with good PR" - Pulp Fiction anyone? Would you eat a sweet looking animal? So instead, try the game of Bourre (pronounced: Boo-Ray - at least according to the sources) Comes from south Louisianna, cajun-land, where you can actually expect to get a day off before the start of squirrel hunting season.
And they nag us about wanting to keep on hunting whales. Yeah. Check. 58,3 million. And still counting. (guess that's why blogger is so slow today - to many people screaming about it all) On a sidenote, 70% of the .5 million votes on CNN.com said that the Electoral College system is overdue for an overhaul. How about the old one man - one vote idea? Plain and simple, easy to explain, makes everybody all over the place just as involved.
[filling my head with the beats of: Cornelius - Wataridori 2 - from the Wired "Rip Sample Mash Share" cd]
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