Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. — Francis Bacon
August 30, 2006
Nature
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Archive for August, 2006
August 29, 2006
TimeLapse: Setting up Church
Our church used to meet in a local school. So we’d have to set everything up and take it down each Sunday. Every week. For ten years. A few weeks before we moved into our own building I made this movie showing how we set up the church each week.
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August 28, 2006
Thinking: Averages
Another great puzzle at BrainBrashers today:
A cricketer’s average in his first 20 innings was 15 runs per innings. After a further 10 innings, his average had increased to 17 runs per innings. What was his average for the last 10 innings?
How in the world is cricket played? That score sounds like it will be [...]
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August 28, 2006
TimeLapse: Traveling through Virginia
I shot this driving from my home to my grandparent’s home. I taped the iSight camera to the dashboard, and put my Powerbook in the back seat. It did pretty well, except the laptop battery died, so the video ends abruptly.
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August 27, 2006
TimeLapse: Puppy Dog on the Stairs
This was my first time lapse movie I shot. Although technically this is probably a stop motion (like Claymation) video.
August 26, 2006
Thinking: Integer puzzle
Brainbashers had a straightforward puzzle today: What is the smallest integer, which, when multiplied by 3 gives a number consisting of only 4’s?.
Go ahead, think about it. It’s not as hard as it sounds.
Yes, now.
Wait, wait, wait.
Ok, here’s how I worked it out. Is the final answer 4? No, 4 is not a multiple of [...]
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August 24, 2006
Marketer vs. Lawyer
Whoever claimed that lawyers were the greatest threat to the free world known to man had obviously never met a marketer.
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August 22, 2006
Play Tilt
Doh! It is both easier and harder than you think. I got 1903 points. Play Tilt
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August 21, 2006
Paradox
“The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge but [...]
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August 16, 2006
RIAA and their Abundance of Sensitivity
The RIAA has dropped their lawsuit (settlement) against a dead man. Does the RIAA just not get that they have a horrible image to the public? These type of fiascoes reinforce their image as greedy scum sucking parasites.
Lots of great info at Boing Boing: RIAA’s “abundance of sensitivity” ends harassment of grieving family
My original [...]