Posted by base10 on July 12, 2010 under Geek Talk | 
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1. Price shocks waiting as US abandons helium business
John Timmer in Ars Technica:
The light weight of a helium atom, which makes it perfect for party balloons and blimps, is also the key to its scarcity. The Earth simply doesn’t exert enough gravitational force to keep it on the planet. Once in the atmosphere, helium will migrate [...]
Posted by 5x5 on July 4, 2010 under Geek Talk | Be the First to Comment
A severed cable may be miles away and still cause symptoms to emerge near your home or place of work. If you have experienced an Internet outage, your family or co-workers might have become affected by Severed Cable Syndrome (SCS). Knowing the signs of SCS may protect you and your family from its drastic effects.
Signs [...]
Posted by 5x5 on June 14, 2010 under Geek Talk, Random Science | Be the First to Comment
Have you heard organic chemistry is hard? It’s not true! Here are a few study guidelines to get you to that “A”.
Read more...Posted by base10 on June 7, 2010 under Random Science | Be the First to Comment
If you’re a fan of space, like we are, be sure to check out this eight minute clip from the launch of Apollo 11.
Read more...Posted by 5x5 on May 18, 2010 under Geek Adventures | Be the First to Comment
In the small city of Escanaba, MI Pluto is thankfully, still the 9th planet.
Read more...Posted by 5x5 on May 10, 2010 under Getting Mental | Be the First to Comment
It isn’t only during multiplication that you can take two negatives and get a positive out of it. You can also do this with undesirable tasks around the house.
Read more...Posted by 5x5 on April 28, 2010 under Getting Mental | Read the First Comment
Have you ever had one event in your day that simply pushed you too far? Perhaps it was your boss or a co-worker or perhaps it was that really bad driver on the road who cut you off. From that point on in the day, your mood is grim.
Read more...Posted by 5x5 on April 9, 2010 under Geek Talk | 2 Comments to Read
After giving up caffeine, migraine headaches became a far and few between part of my life.
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We’re big fans of keeping complexity to a minimum. But not everything can really be simple. Panic designer Neven Mrgan has a good piece on necessary complexity:
[Dilbert creator Scott] Adams lists four examples of simple things that have been made unusable for him by our modern world’s complexity: service fees on his business checking account, [...]
Read more...Posted by 5x5 on March 27, 2010 under Geek Talk | Read the First Comment
For this “experiment” we decided to compare two quality bourbon and then see what kind of foods pair well with them. The bourbons in question, Woodford Reserve and Jefferson’s.
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