Why did the chicken cross the road? No, despite what some think, it’s neither the oldest* nor the worst joke of all time. Hell, it’s not even a joke - it’s an anti-joke. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6nSOgsI_vo#![/youtube] In this awesome video, YouTube Channel VSauce’s** Michael Stevens looks at the world’s most famous anti-joke, explaining WHY it’s so […]
Culture
A toolkit for organisations and social media
…Well, a little bit. Certainly, this post is for those of you who know organisations which are looking at social media and considering whether to get involved or not. Now, before a number of you cough and splutter, dear readers, it’s worth noting that many organisations are, really, honestly, I absolutely promise, still pondering this […]
Herd thinking, meet herd immunity
A fantastic cartoon, courtesy of Scientific American and by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham, explains herd immunity (and highlights the problem with herd thinking). Cheers to Explore, where I found this!
So you think science is hogwash?
I think this piece almost perfectly sums up why I struggle not to become Quiet and Sarcastic* with anti-science people. You stare into your high definition plasma screen monitor, type into your cordless keyboard then hit enter which causes your computer to convert all that visual data into a binary signal that’s processed by […]
nerd nite Wellington 10, featuring Mars, quantum mechanics and Mad Makers
This month’s edition of nerd nite Wellington looks to be a cracker. Or, possibly, a corker. To celebrate the 10th edition,we’ve got people talking about making mad gadgets (and noises with them), KiwiMars and quantum mechanics. April 23rd, from 6pm. And two of them are Scibloggers! Elf Eldridge and Roger Hanson, to be […]
Protecting your Web
What a mad day. I’ve been happily tweeting/Facebooking/Google Plussing these links today, and figured I should just get it over and point to them in a brief blog post. This post will cover protecting your web browsing habits, tracking who’s tracking you, and how to better encrypt your traffic. So, yes. First things first. Your […]
TOSP Episode 22: February 27th 2012
Hello, and welcome to a very watery TOSP :) [Original post on the Sciblogs The Official Sciblogs Podcast site] This week, Elf and aimee talk of things watery – watery planets, flying squid and plankton blooms – as well as new FTL neutrino info (what may have gone wrong), genius computer software, bioscience’s contribution to […]
#webstock tweetage
Hooray for the internets! Most appropriately, during Jeremy Keith (@adactio)’s talk about, amongst other things, trying to keep and store as much data/information as we can, and not letting the internet forget as easily as it might, I’ve set up an archive of #webstock (webstock conference) tweets. It’s being updated every five minutes, and is […]
I fink u freeky…
AND, talking of the expression ‘But is it art?’, freak-rap/industrial rave/genre-defying/confusing to non-South Africans group Die Antwoord has brought out its newest single/music vid. And it’s NOM. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uee_mcxvrw[/youtube] It’s off their new album TEN$ION, which, it is claimed, delivers “some apocalyptic fuckin’ industrial rave.” Makes me very proud to be of South African extraction, and […]
But is it art?
UPDATE: The expression, as it may not have been clear, is ‘but is it art?’ There’s an expression I grew up with, and which was often chortled, in an appropriate accent, when I was growing up*. It was also widely spoken by the people I hung out with at university (I was generally the only […]