Links for 2011-03-09

  • "The internet is all pumped up over this real floating house recreating the scene from Up! (the movie). Here is a video:

    Or perhaps you prefer some pictures. Here is a website full of pictures. here is the deal. National Geographic has some upcoming show and they built this for one of the episodes.

    Where do I come in? Well, at first I was like "that is cool - but there isn't much for me to say." But then someone said that they weren't giving out many details of how they did this - you know, saving it for the real show. That is where I come in. You want to keep stuff hidden? I want to find stuff out. Perfect match. Let the game begin."

  • "One of my first blog posts on US LHC was titled "My Workbench," following the style of the regular column in Seed magazine. This semester our group finally moved to a new building, so I wanted give a snapshot of my research environment. So, without further ado, here's my annotated office.

    Before going into details... yes, it's an office. I don't have a lab, I don't wear a lab coat, I don't even wear closed-toed shoes. (When indoors I'm usually shuffling around in comfy Birkenstocks.) This is partly because I'm a theorist and my experimental colleagues wouldn't let my clumsy hands anywhere near lab equipment--but actually most experimentalists have very similar offices where they do much their analysis work (Christine's rappelling onto the ALICE detector notwithstanding!)."

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