Time Signature of Limelight by Rush
A friend recently proposed a bit of a puzzle: How many times does the time signature change in the Rush song Limelight? I hadn’t ever really tried to figure it out before so I thought I’d give it a shot,…
Category Odds & Ends
Colony Woods 5K Loop
Here’s a great run/walk for neighbors of the Colony Woods community in Chapel Hill, NC. The loop is exactly 5 kilometers (3.11 miles), and it goes by most of the properties in the neighborhood with only limited overlap. Because it’s…
A Video with Mexican Puppets
This is a video with some puppets in it. There’s not much else I can say about it, other than that it is quite possibly the greatest work of visual art ever to exist.
3D Printed Detail Test, Stainless Steel
Here are the results and a key for the detail test that I had printed by Shapeways in stainless steel. The detail is quite remarkable. If this interests you, check out the . First the scale, compared to a penny:…
3D Printed Metric Hole Test Pattern and Key
Below is the key for the Metric Hole Test Pattern object, which is available at Shapeways.com. It is a flat, 3 millimeter thick piece with standard metric drill bit size holes, and can be used just as a decoration, or…
A Very Intrusive Online Ad
I ran across this ad for Lufthansa today at Die Welt. It got my attention — the whole web page fell off the screen. I almost wish I’d caught it while the content on the site still matched the image.
24-Tooth Saw Blade Clipart (SVG)
Here’s a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) drawing of a 24-tooth saw blade. I needed a simple circular saw blade clipart image for a logo I’m working on, but I couldn’t find a usable one online so I created my own.…
Great Bread
This is the blog for a great bread-making technique. We’ve made it countless times and it has been a big help in meeting our culinary resolution to bake all our bread this year.
Some More Silly Comment Spam Jokes
Here are a few more: What happens when a ghost haunts a theater? The actors get stage fright. What is a cannibal’s favorite type of TV show? A celebrity roast. Who was Snow White’s brother? Egg White. Get the yolk?…
Still More Comment Spam Jokes
More comment spam jokes… My five year old likes them. 🙂 What is the biggest ant? An elephant. Did you hear about the dentist who married a manicurist? They fight tooth and nail! What do cats like to eat for…