Future (space)ships

These drawings are some very cool concept designs of sci-fi-y spaceships and their environments. Lovely.

Too true

This really is. And I thought I was alone.

Dr. Horrible

A creative new format that probably won’t catch on, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog made by Joss Whedon (of ‘Buffy’ fame, which I’m a huge fan of) is an enjoyable web experiment that’s worth checking out for the humor, songs, and story in a small package.

Best mating area

It’s nice to know that Madison ranks highly, as I’m available. (Note: was number one in their magazine but is last of the group online.)

Back in service

Breaking news. Well, that’s a relief (literally).

Spheres of light

These simple illuminated orbs are a fantastic outdoor decoration idea as the beautiful photos show. They seem to belong in their environment.

Paper cutouts

Wonderful paper art by Peter Callesen where the three dimensional creations spring forth from contiguous cutouts of a single piece of white paper.

Fireworks illustration

I really like the style of these illustrations by Ryan hicks using Fireworks which makes certain techniques intuitive. Found here.

Obama delegate switches to Hillary

It’s not a headline you would see, as at this stage it only goes the other way. But I wonder, is there a Hillary supporting superdelagate that once was an Obama supporter?

The worst

I’d have to agree, completely. There’s no reason to wait to judge. But there could be worse in the future, however unlikely.

Glass is a solid

It’s such a common misconception. I’ve even heard it repeated by some engineering students who should know better. But what is it about hearing something like ‘glass is a liquid and in old cathedrals’ windows it flows down’ become so easy to accept without evidence?

While the nature of glass may certainly be unclear, that doesn’t mean anything goes. It rests on a technical definition of a liquid as a disordered arrangement of atoms and molecules. While glass fits this definition clearly no one has ever seen glass flow at room temperature and should be taken to a solid, which it behaves like and is the far more important consideration. A little skepticism goes a long way. Perhaps it’s knowing that sometimes science produces counter-intuitive results and some fact like this could be just one of those sorts of things. (But it’s not.)