Category Archives: Interesting Stuff

Maps and more places to imagine than you can imagine

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Peter Loshin

OK, here are three links that you might find interesting: Fantasy Cartography is all about maps to places that have only been imagined. In other words, "…a collection of maps from various fantasy and science fiction works for your viewing." … Continue reading →

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Scintillating grains of sand

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Peter Loshin

If you think sand is just gritty, brownish, and tiny, you’re in for a surprise: Each Grain of Sand a Tiny Work of Art is a surprising gallery of extreme closeup photographs of sand from around the world, from Discover … Continue reading →

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Learn about electricity and electronics!

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Peter Loshin

I never "got" electronics, but that might have been because I never found the right book (or teacher). You’ve got to love the Internet, though, for bringing us things like Tony R. Kuphaldt’s Lessons In Electric Circuits, published freely on … Continue reading →

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Assorted pictures and other interesting stuff

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Peter Loshin

I keep tripping over some of the most fascinating stuff on the the interwebs, much of it uncategorizable. So here’s a bunch of things that you might like to check out: As a boy, I was fascinated by everything to … Continue reading →

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Dorodango: Shiny Japanese mud balls!

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Peter Loshin

This may not be news to Japanese schoolchildren, but Dorodango (Wikipedia link) is a fascinating "craft" that anyone can make. I haven’t tried this yet (it’s been too snowy and rainy for the past 8 months or so here in … Continue reading →

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Award-winning Fractals

Posted on January 23, 2008 by Peter Loshin

Check out the Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2007 results. I can’t stop looking at this one, Spiral Fantasy, by Alfred Laing, but they all are incredible. I just wish they had bigger versions on the website, and a good … Continue reading →

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Casual Gaming

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Peter Loshin

People enjoy games: we’ve got a bunch of handhelds and a couple of consoles, with plenty of games, but the boys still enjoy going online and gaming on the web. It turns out that there’s an actual name for these … Continue reading →

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An interestingly shaped thing. Very interesting.

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Peter Loshin

This is called a Gomboc (from the Hungarian Gömböc). Here’s an article from Metafilter; here’s a picture from Wikipedia. And here’s a Gomboc website that’s mostly in Hungarian, with some more pictures. Can you find more interesting pictures or articles … Continue reading →

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A Cultural Optical Illusion

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Peter Loshin

A "Psychological" Optical Illusion shows just how much of what we perceive (eyewitness information) is colored by who we are. I’ll not give any more away; perhaps I’ve already given away too much. Enjoy!

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Groovy Retro Technology

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Peter Loshin

If you think your old TV or computer is boring, imagine how it’ll look in fifty years or so. Or just take a look at these collections of images of TVs and computers from olden times: Dawn of the Computer … Continue reading →

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