"I’m vaccinated. I’m boosted. And I still got infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19. Here’s what I learned, and what it means for the possible end of this pandemic. References and sources:... continue reading

posted by ant 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 106 views • 17:55

Robert Levin plays the third movement of Mozart's Sonata No. 17 in B flat major K 570, and talks about the differences between the instrument it was composed on and the pianos typically used today and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,130 views • 4:37

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46

It was just a routine workers’ compensation fraud case for Ken Sheppard. Show up for a spot check, do some surveillance of the subject and keep it pushing. But on March 3, 2014, it was anything but routine... continue reading

posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 1,157 views • 5:01

YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years ago • 176 views • 4:26

This very odd one-off pistol first appeared in a 1958 Golden State Arms catalog, with no description of its history or mechanical design. I have often seen it referred to as an automatic revolver, but... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 155 views • 8:30

In which Hank Green attempts to explain the revolution going on in Egypt (seemingly again). From YT: The situation in Egypt is extremely complicated and changing constantly. The arguments between... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 1 year 8 months 1 week ago • 1,794 views • 7:42