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I am very much the child of museums. Growing up in NYC I could often be found at the  Museum of Natural…

I am very much the child of museums. Growing up in NYC I could often be found at the  Museum of Natural History rather than…oh…class. . This video series is done up by a person who is working at such  a place. Emily shows us the behind the exhibit case workings of her place of […]

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18 hours, $33K, and 156,314 cores: Amazon cloud HPC hits a “petaflop”

18 hours, $33K, and 156,314 cores: Amazon cloud HPC hits a “petaflop” 1.21 petaflops? Great scott! This was posted on Google+

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Shep made visual. Seltzer Bottle.  Thanks to Frank for finding this hard to  get at video. 

Shep made visual. Seltzer Bottle.  Thanks to Frank for finding this hard to  get at video.  Jean Shepherd – The Great American Fourth of July – PART 1 Shep tells several humorous stories about his teen years in an Indiana steel town. Jean Shepherd was This was posted on Google+

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This story read like a demented Douglas Hofstadter explanation of a maths problem.

This story read like a demented Douglas Hofstadter explanation of a maths problem.  “Probably an Accident,” Say Police About Death of Spy Found Inside Locked Bag – Lowering the Bar After a three-year investigation, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that their initial suspicions of foul play were unfounded in the case of Gareth Williams, […]

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Being a parent is very cool…very very cool. Cooler even still is finding things like this that will…

Being a parent is very cool…very very cool. Cooler even still is finding things like this that will not only teach the little buggers more about maths and games…but also score me a whole mess of chores to be done chits before they catch on. Evil Dad? When you are raising Evil Geniuses For A […]

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