Posts Tagged ‘waves’

One More Thing: Coolness In Physics

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Place a wave generator at the originating point and detect using a wave detector that measures the height of the waves that pass. For reasons of familiarity, we speak of electrons here instead of neutrons.) Place an electron gun at the originating point and an electron detector in the detector place. Instead of a continuous [...]

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CD/DOWNLOAD RELEASE: Mark O’Leary “Ellipses” On FMR Records

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Ellipses features three long pieces, each taking its time to evolve. The title piece is first and begins with some eerie electronic swirls. I like the way this piece unfolds by slowly adding layers of electronic sounds with Herndon’s swirling percussion outlining the waves below the surface. When O’Leary finally enters on guitar, he has [...]

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Riya Gets Touchy About Rushdie

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I find Salman Rushdie nothing more than a literary playboy. That he is a fine writer, I have not a dram of doubt about but I hate the way he is feted about in academic circles. I however would be compelled to echo the opinion that the subjects of Rushdie’s books are almost always fascinating, [...]

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Rumour Alert: Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon Stir Engagement Rumors

Monday, April 28th, 2008

So, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have been dating forfive wholeminutes now, obviously the next step is the engagement rumor. Mimi, doing her best to always keep the spotlight where it belongs — on her — flashed a huge, diamond rock on her leftring finger last night, at the premiere of her new movie, Tennessee. [...]

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Cheats Gta 4 Cheat

Monday, April 28th, 2008

One fun thing about being at a place like Mahalo is Jason pretty much gives us free will to experiment with new ideas for the content. Back when Super Smash Bros was released I came up with the idea to setup a Ustream Channel and stream some live game play. This turned out to be [...]

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Johnny Tsunami

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The wedding of his hero — his grandfather, local surf legend
Johnny Tsunami — and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. Johnny tsunami. Johnny tsunami. Johnny Tsunami — and to catch a few famous Kauai waves.

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ko-john-e.blogspot.com
rapidleak.com
vh-samuel-n.blogspot.com
xx-jerome-l.blogspot.com
uv-david-q.blogspot.com
rk-peter-j.blogspot.com

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Bonus Friday Science Poem

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Are sometimes like waves, and then sometimes like particles. Of electrons and suchlike is governed by chance! Where some of ‘em is and the rest of ‘em was.” Not everyone bought this. The comforting linkage of cause and effect. To tell him what quantum mechanics implied.
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annika.mu.nu
journals.aol.com
jdupuis.blogspot.com
sciencenotes.wordpress.com
www.plos.org
sortingoutscience.net

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So Today I Watched… ZENRYOKU USAGI 1

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

And GIVE IT ALL THEY’VE GOT is what they do, be it their morning dance/warm-up routine, the construction work - or the inevitable deconstruction and reconstruction that follow. Our main bunny is the spunky but fragile Minarai, who doesn’t leave for the worksite without his trusty pen marker-ed eyebrows (LOL!). He tries to GIVE IT [...]

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