E. W. Dijkstra Archive features a compilation of his various manuscripts. The founding father of computer science believed it was a scientist’s duty to maintain a lively correspondence with his scientific colleagues. And he followed through.
Category: links
Shoot the monkey demo
Shoot the Monkey is a popular physics demo (watch the video), that demonstrates projectile motion. Here’s a java simulation of the experiment.
Foldable mountain bike
The Paratrooper mountain bike from Montague is lightweight and foldable; designed with jumping out of a plane in mind. It would also be pretty handy size for an apartment or throwing in a car.
A list of mp3 weblogs
Monkeyfilter’s wiki has a fairly comprehensive list of mp3 weblogs, enough to keep you nice and busy for awhile.
Mascots for Beijing Olympics
The Mascots for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing have been announced. They’re adorable little cartoon characters. That said, the only thing that scares me more than the one holding a pistol (or the one holding a sword) is the one holding a pistol and sword, riding a horse.
Origami Earth
The NGDC has some interesting global relief and mapping materials available including an origami earth (and dodecahedron).
The Great Everyday Red
An article describing a recent push of wines from the Rhone Valley. I spent a couple weeks there in high-school, that’s when I started to enjoy wine. Picked up a bottle of the Perrin Reserve last night, it’s damn good.
Egg McMuffin maker
Egg & Muffin 2-Slice Toaster and Egg Poacher. Oh god, I want one.
50 Greatest Independent Films
Empire’s list of the 50 greatest independent films. I’ve seen 17 out of 50.
The world as a palette
The I/O Brush out of MIT is a amazing to watch. It uses a ccd embedded in the brush to record video images that are used as the palette for subsequent strokes. Just watch the video is mind-blowing; it would be awesome to see a room full of kids using it.