Atlas Obscura: Growing Up in a Library Is Exactly As Magical As You’d Imagine. “Ronald Clark and his daughter spent years living in one of New York City’s branch libraries.” By Sarah Laskow.
Link via dangerousmeta.
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Our Summer Vacation 2016
André posted a set of photos from our trip to the US this summer:
Spicy Noodles on Flickr: USA Southwest 2016 – Four-Week Roadtrip through Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah.
Some of the highlights:
Physics can be broadly broken down into three parts
Dominic Walliman: The Map of Physics. Direct link to the map itself.
Dominic Walliman is a physicist and science writer and the author of the Professor Astro Cat science books.
Some links via MetaFilter: (Includes the Chasm of Ignorance).
A Conversation with President Obama
Rolling Stone: The Day After: Obama on His Legacy, Trump’s Win and the Path Forward.
“In an interview conducted the day after the election, the commander in chief reflected on the stunning results and how he’ll spend his time post-White House.” By Jann S. Wenner. November 29th, 2016.
“And one of the things that I have been telling my younger staff, who in some cases have only known politics through my presidency, is history doesn’t travel in a straight line. And it zigs and it zags and sometimes you take two steps forward and then you take a step back.
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There’s no benefit that’s derived from pulling into a fetal position. We go out there, and we work. And we slog through challenges, and over time things get better.”
Don’t try this at home
Smarter Every Day: Handheld TESLA COIL GUN at 28,000fps.
Tesla Coils are a lot of fun, but I don’t recommend doing this at home unless you know what you’re doing. Very cool to watch in this video, though.