Things added in September, 2004
What is a nerd?
Paul Graham, in What the Bubble Got Right: "someone who doesn't expend any effort on marketing himself. A nerd, in other words, is someone who concentrates on substance."
Wind rhinoceros.
Dutch artist Theo Jansen makes gigantic, wind-powered, walking "animals" out of steel and polyester sheeting, such as this 2-ton Animalis Rhinoceros Transport. (via Engadget)
Cheap gasoline.
I can't figure this out. With crude oil prices almost at a record-high $50/barrel, you'd think gasoline prices would be shooting up, too. But they're not. In fact, the price of ...
Persistence of consciousness.
The molecules making up microtubules, the protein filaments that form the internal "scaffolding" of your body's cells, are replaced every 10 minutes. Actin filaments in the dendrites of your neurons are recycled ...
Xeni in Zero G.
I have to admit I'm insanely jealous: The multitalented Xeni Jardin will be flying on one of Zero-G's first commercial zero-gravity air flights, 32,000 feet up. NASA has used parabolic ...
Truly underground cinema.
Police in Paris discovered a fully equipped movie theater in a large and previously uncharted part of Les Catacombes, underneath the 16th arondissement. A smaller cave next door had been turned ...
What happened on … ?
Want to know what happened on a particular day in history? dMarie's Time Capsuler will tell you: Just enter a date and it gives you the top headlines, songs, and more. ...