It's from The Electron Café, which is written by a research scientist. Oh, my, I have lived this.
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Showing posts with label Research. Show all posts
30 January 2013
Science Fun
Came across this in my daughter's tumblr feed (click on the image to make it bigger):
It's from The Electron Café, which is written by a research scientist. Oh, my, I have lived this.
It's from The Electron Café, which is written by a research scientist. Oh, my, I have lived this.
27 January 2013
Link Gumbo - Weather, The Future, and An Adventure
What's the difference between sleet and freezing rain? I'll start with this, given we may well see both of these today in the Chicago area. Angela Fritz, atmospheric scientist, explains.
Permafrost is melting all across the northern reaches of the globe. Researchers in Alaska found the remains of "Bison Bob," a 40,000-year-old steppe bison, in a thawing river bank. Here's the story.
The World Economic Forum occurred recently at Davos, Switzerland. Here's a brief summary of some predictions for the future.
I write fiction, as do many of my friends and readers. We paint images with words. Here's a short animated film that is only images, no words! There are fantasy adventure tropes galore as well as a wonderful, satisfying ending.
Stay warm! I'm going to make another mocha and do some editing.
UPDATE: We have sleet! (In case you're wondering, sleet and hail are almost the same. Sleet happens in winter, hail happens in summer and is often larger than sleet.)
I can hear the little balls pinging off the windows.
Permafrost is melting all across the northern reaches of the globe. Researchers in Alaska found the remains of "Bison Bob," a 40,000-year-old steppe bison, in a thawing river bank. Here's the story.
The World Economic Forum occurred recently at Davos, Switzerland. Here's a brief summary of some predictions for the future.
I write fiction, as do many of my friends and readers. We paint images with words. Here's a short animated film that is only images, no words! There are fantasy adventure tropes galore as well as a wonderful, satisfying ending.
Stay warm! I'm going to make another mocha and do some editing.
UPDATE: We have sleet! (In case you're wondering, sleet and hail are almost the same. Sleet happens in winter, hail happens in summer and is often larger than sleet.)
I can hear the little balls pinging off the windows.
06 April 2012
Pick a Bike from the Lyrics
I love my characters. They push me to find out stuff I didn’t know before.
In the current WIP, my character Cait has a motorcycle and won’t consider any other vehicle. So this evening I went hunting for which bike she rides.
What little I know of motorbikes I learned from Richard Thompson’s song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.” (See my post of 2/11/12 if you’ve never heard it.) There’s one line of the song where he lists three brands of bike that “won’t do” - meaning they’re not as good as Vincents. I’ve noticed that in different recordings he lists different bikes: Nortons and Indians and Greeveses, Velocettes and Triumphs and Sunbeams.
It seemed risky to choose one from his list. I mean, from the lyrics Vincents are obviously some classic bike. Anything he listed might not be made any more!
I first thought to give her a Beemer. Asserting my independence of the lyrics? My cyber search took me to motorcycle.com, where the manufacturers list included Triumph. So after reading a bit about Beemers and picking a potential one, I went exploring Triumphs.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, Cait rides a Triumph. Specifically a Street Triple R, that this website says is on their Sexiest Bikes of the Decade list.
It’s a middleweight street bike, “the one who broke into the classroom, stole the test answers out of the teacher’s desk, did a smoky burnout and wheelied away.”
Yep, that is SO Cait’s bike!
In the current WIP, my character Cait has a motorcycle and won’t consider any other vehicle. So this evening I went hunting for which bike she rides.
What little I know of motorbikes I learned from Richard Thompson’s song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning.” (See my post of 2/11/12 if you’ve never heard it.) There’s one line of the song where he lists three brands of bike that “won’t do” - meaning they’re not as good as Vincents. I’ve noticed that in different recordings he lists different bikes: Nortons and Indians and Greeveses, Velocettes and Triumphs and Sunbeams.
It seemed risky to choose one from his list. I mean, from the lyrics Vincents are obviously some classic bike. Anything he listed might not be made any more!
I first thought to give her a Beemer. Asserting my independence of the lyrics? My cyber search took me to motorcycle.com, where the manufacturers list included Triumph. So after reading a bit about Beemers and picking a potential one, I went exploring Triumphs.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, Cait rides a Triumph. Specifically a Street Triple R, that this website says is on their Sexiest Bikes of the Decade list.
It’s a middleweight street bike, “the one who broke into the classroom, stole the test answers out of the teacher’s desk, did a smoky burnout and wheelied away.”
Yep, that is SO Cait’s bike!
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