a non-linear, unsteady aerodynamic effect occurring when aerofoils rapidly change angle or, in simpler terms, how the bumblebee is able to fly
Eons ago a friend of mine sent me this fun and quick little meme via email. I hope you all play along and respond with your 4-4-4 in the comments!
Come on! What else ya gonna do at work?
4-4-4-4
1. Four places I go to over and over: Work, teach yoga, home, dreamyland
2. Four people who e-mail [...]
The largest machine in the world…
The precise circumference of the LHC accelerator is 26 659 m, with a total of 9300 magnets inside. Not only is the LHC the world’s largest particle accelerator, just one-eighth of its cryogenic distribution system would qualify as the world’s largest fridge. All the magnets will be pre‑cooled to -193.2°C (80 K) using 10 080 tonnes of liquid nitrogen, before they are filled with nearly 60 tonnes of liquid helium to bring them down to -271.3°C (1.9 K).
In: Blogopolis
7 Sep 2008as if you didn’t already notice!
Please let me know if anything is broken or if you have suggestions as to the placement of stuff.
I’m still tweaking and twonking the sidebar, header and adding loads of new plugins to fancy the place up a bit.
Anyone have a favorite plugin or Wordpress hack they’d like [...]
In: NC
6 Sep 2008but otherwise fine although I’m still not capable of sleeping through a nasty storm without the watchful eye of a companion. Thus, I’m up up up and insomniac at 4 AM.
It looks like I’m on the other side of the storm now. Power went out four or five times but only for a couple [...]
In: Humor
2 Sep 2008What Facebook/Myspace/Friendster Photos Really Mean