https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/ Rowan Tree and Red Thread - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:51:22 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios mylescorcoran personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/152530/246515 https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/ 68 100 https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/217676.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:51:22 GMT https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/217676.html We watched the first episode of the BBC's new science programme last night. It's not Tomorrow's World, thankfully, though still pop-sci as anything. <br /><br />However they did show this:<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyAyd4WnvhU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="sameDomain"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IyAyd4WnvhU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Cool!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mylescorcoran&ditemid=217676" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/217676.html bang_goes_the_theory vortex_cannon science 2009 tv public 0 https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/215603.html Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:49:15 GMT https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/215603.html <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://sammywol.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://sammywol.dreamwidth.org/'><b>sammywol</b></a></span> brightened my day with <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/my_inner_bennett_cerf.php">this link</a> to some truly wonderful science geek jokes. <br /><br />My favourite so far: <br /><br />A "joke" I heard in special relativity class:<br /><br />"So, a bar walked into a physicist. Oops, wait, wrong reference frame."<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mylescorcoran&ditemid=215603" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://mylescorcoran.dreamwidth.org/215603.html humour geeks jokes 2009 science public 0