View from Sulphur Mountain Webcam
Winter afternoon.
Chansons d’Amour
Kongelige Bibliotek (Danish Royal Library): “The French-burgundian parchment manuscript, Chansons d’Amour — also known as The Copenhagen Chansonnier — was produced in the late 15th century.”
(Via Bibliodyssey.)
Bicycle Helmets Put You at Risk
New York Times: “For years, cyclists who ride on city streets have cherished an unusual superstition: if they wear a helmet, they are more likely to get hit by a car. ‘I belong to an e-mail list for cyclists, and they complain about this all the time,’ says Ian Walker, a psychologist at the University of Bath who rides his bike to work every day. But could this actually be true?”
The Mirror of Folly
bibliodyssey: “I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men”
[Sir Isaac Newton, after losing a fortune (£20,000) in the bubble]
Warren Magazine Collection
Warren Magazine Collection: CREEPY, EERIE, VAMPIRELLA
Amazon.com Industrial & Scientific
Amazon.com: Metals, Plastics, Bearings, Gears, Fasteners, Wire, Springs
Vacuum Tube Tesla Coil Does Fascinating Stunts
Light bulbs and spinning wires which glow with weird effects, cigarettes which light mysteriously— these are a few of the stunts you can do with this vacuum tube Tesla coil.
U Calgary launders money for astroturf group
Deltoid: Charles Montgomery has a detailed expose in the Globe and Mail on the activities of Tim Ball and the Friends of Science. It turns out that the University of Calgary has been used to launder oil company money to fund the Friends of Science.