Assorted Links April 8, 2007
Posted by gaussling in Angst, Arts & Entertainment, Gastronomie, Science.3 comments
This Wine Enthusiast link offers a small distillation unit for distilling the volatiles from wine or beer. Your next shot of brandy is only minutes away. Of course, the distillate may be flammable, so I’d be careful with that burner.
Check out the Museum of Lost Wonder. Pretty wild. Then, there is the day that they foamed the fountain of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. If you’re keen on learning the top 10 prejudices Germans have about the USA, check out this blog. Hard to argue with it’s accuracy. Had a nagging urge to hop in a submarine and go for a dive? Check out U-Boat Worx. The specs say that it is limited to 50 meters depth. I wonder what the crush depth is- 150 meters? I’d imagine that the seals would fail first and the thing would flood before it imploded.
Chemical Blogometrics April 8, 2007
Posted by gaussling in Angst, Chemical Industry, Chemistry, Chemistry Blogs, Science.1 comment so far
I see that according to Chemical Blogspace, my Gunning-Fog index has gone up a notch- from Al Gore to Thomas Pynchon. Oh, good gawd. Now I have to worry about that as well…?
Forty thousand years ago all you had to worry about was a sabre tooth tiger dropping out of a tree on you, or those nasty Neanderthals up the river raiding your camp, killing your women and raping the men. Today we have secretive organizations applying these odd metrics from the dark recesses of the blogosphere. Who are these people? And, what do they want?
Actually, what they are doing is quite interesting. It provides good feedback for bloggers. Once we wipe away the tears we can improve our “product”.
All this talk coming from a guy who writes under a pseudonym \;-)
