In the Ramtop village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away – until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Procurem, obtenham e oiçam.

Yeah Yeah Yeah Song

Obvious

Just because things are obvious doesn’t mean they’re true.

Back

Back to basics.

Putting my handycraft skills at work.

Putting my handycraft skills at work.

Presenting data

Not only the subject is great, the way Hans Rosling presents data is awesome.

OMG LOL!! ROTFL!!!!! (Obfuscatingly Mess…

OMG LOL!! ROTFL!!!!!
(Obfuscatingly Messy Graphs, Lacks Older LIterature, Research Objectives Totally Flimsy, Lazy)

Rob wants to give you an high five! [you…

Rob wants to give you an high five!

Wolfram Alpha

I was trying to take a ride on the new Wolfram|Alpha and I got the most epic error message:

A well-known scientist (some say it was …

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: “What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.” The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, “What is the tortoise standing on?” “You’re very clever, young man, very clever,” said the old lady. “But it’s turtles all the way down!

The Colour of Magic

The first book of the Discworld series has arrived.

Online package tracking

That’s EXACTLY what i do when i send a package with tracking number xD