Challenger

I brew beer. And yes, that’s a hop cone escaping my...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:33 -0400

I brew beer. And yes, that’s a hop cone escaping my primary.

congratulations, Beyoncé & Co.

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:40 -0400

congratulations, Beyoncé & Co.

show us how you did it, kai

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:23:57 -0400

show us how you did it, kai

Blue Man of Steel

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:14:57 -0400

Blue Man of Steel

say hello to my little friend, Tobias

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:22:41 -0400

say hello to my little friend, Tobias

lol, solar flares

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:25:22 -0400

lol, solar flares

“Higher, higher!” Hard to believe it’s been a...

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:53:04 -0400

“Higher, higher!”

Hard to believe it’s been a year since I made this. It was from an old black and white Band-Aid commercial that used this effect when the kids were injured while playing. I put the color bands on and posted it.

The cool part of this wasn’t just the notes, but that Dain Fagerholm (one of my favorite tumblr artists) contacted me to point out that this is a visual example of multiplexing.

I could stare at this forever.

3D and Kanye West on the soundtrack? Brilliant.

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:00:13 -0400

3D and Kanye West on the soundtrack? Brilliant.

five more minutes, then i’ll get up and war with you

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:43:22 -0400

five more minutes, then i’ll get up and war with you

got a light?

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:19:45 -0400

got a light?

Televandalist-inspired Family Circus solipsism GIF

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:30:11 -0400

Televandalist-inspired Family Circus solipsism GIF

orly

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:40:46 -0400

orly

read any good books lately?

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:16:17 -0400

read any good books lately?

This is a false-color image of a laser beam showing a...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:47:15 -0400

This is a false-color image of a laser beam showing a superposition of entangled photons spinning in opposite directions.

bachelor party, 2006

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:29:42 -0400

bachelor party, 2006

or everyone will hate you forever

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:23:03 -0400

or everyone will hate you forever

The Annihilation of Lucifer

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:34:00 -0400

The Annihilation of Lucifer

Gustav Dore, from The Divine Comedy

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:20:40 -0400

Gustav Dore, from The Divine Comedy

ADITYA HRIDAYAM PUNYAM SARV SHATRU BENA SHENAM (All evil...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:21:08 -0400

ADITYA HRIDAYAM PUNYAM SARV SHATRU BENA SHENAM

(All evil vanishes from life for him who keeps the sun in his heart.) — Ramayana

MAXI J1659-152, a black hole more than three times the size of...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:49:15 -0400

MAXI J1659-152, a black hole more than three times the size of our sun is feeding off of a red dwarf companion star that is about a fifth of the size of our sun. They’re roughly a million kilometers apart, and the orbit is happening once every 2.4 hours.

That means the orbit is about (c=pi*d .. 3.14*1,000,000) 3,140,000 km, which is being completed in 2.4 hours (3140000/2.4), making the speed roughly 1308333 km/h, or just over 20k per minute. That’s 360 km per second. The speed of sound through air is about 340.29 METERS per second. A thousand times faster than sound through air.

That’s over six times faster than the Earth is orbiting the sun, and this thing is twenty times the size of our planet. It’s like comparing a roadside jogger at a good clip to a full-sized pickup truck doing 60 miles an hour.

…and I am still trying to wrap my head around the idea of a black hole three hundred times the size of Earth.