June 2011
“I know that this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law.”
– Bugs Bunny
(via scienceisbeauty)
May 2011
“To those who do not know mathematics it is difficult to get across a real...”
– Richard Feynman (via isomorphisms)
the land of blueness and time: Why I love all the... →
meagsicle:
janeturenne:
a photo essay
1: Because he’s adorable when embarrassed, he’s always learning and growing, and he’s still very much a Time Lord. Because he’s got precisely the reverse of Matt Smith going on: he’s young by the standards of his own species but old by ours, and it creates the most fascinating dynamic.
2: Because he’s kind, considerate, demonstrative, loving,...
“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average...”
– Stephen Hawking
“When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later,...”
– via caplan (via f-yeahclassical)
“Marge, I agree with you - in theory. In theory, communism works. In theory.”
– Homer Simpson
fooyeahcode: The Joys of the Craft →
Why is programming fun? What delights may its practitioner expect as his reward?
First is the sheer joy of making things. As the child delights in his mud pie, so the adult enjoys building things, especially things of his own design. I think this delight must be an image of God’s delight in…
“Good programs never die - they are ported to new hardware platforms.”
– The Unix Philosophy (via fooyeahcode)
Mathematical Poetics: Polyhedra →
hiremebecauseimsmart:
Polygons (2), polyhedra (3), polychora (4-D), and polytopes (∀) can be represented as a graph — the same network-skeletal structure that models Facebook friends, network connections, loop quantum gravity, spin foams, Ising magnetism, molecules, subway maps, scientific collaboration, …
Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. →
fooyeahcode:
dhotson:
You read that correctly.. the Linux kernel running in your browser.
One word: ohmyfuckinggod… :-O
This is seriously the coolest thing. It actually runs quite well, it’s not slow at all. Don’t miss the tech notes.. and as always, there’s more discussion on HN.
this is epic
