Day 100: 100 x 10

originally published April 9, 2012 Every day I try to sum up some great concept (like stacking plastic chairs) in a thousand words. Today, in honor of my one hundredth consecutive day of stretching my fingers at the whim of Lady Wiki, I am trying something different. 100 subjects, each summed up in exactly ten […]

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Day 98: Thought Experiments, And Other Ways To Hurt One’s Brain

originally published April 7, 2012 Any physicists reading today’s article (and I’ve been told that my site is tremendously popular among physicists, especially when I write about stacking chairs or old Andrew Dice Clay movies) should stop now. I’m about to make an ass of myself, trying to understand a handful of ‘thought experiments’ that […]

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Day 96: Where Were You In 4000 BC?

originally published April 5, 2012 Depending on whom you ask, history’s starting date is up for discussion. First off, you have your scientific-minded people who will tell you that the universe is billions and billions of years old. I’m just going to discard that nonsense right away, because it doesn’t fit in with today’s topic, […]

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Day 95: Who Do Jamu? Do You?

originally published April 4, 2012 It’s only a matter of time before we’re all hopped up on jamu. My Indonesian fanbase (and according to the figures before me, you all constitute a whopping 0.37% of my adoring millions) will no doubt agree with this. Jamu is old-school medicine, once (and still) sold by the Indonesian […]

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