Building a tabletop coilgun | Fabulous Adventures In Coding
As you probably know, I've been re-running some of my fun non-computer posts from the last decade. This Friday I'm going to rerun my post on the impracticalities of large-scale coilguns, and I thought that as a precursor to that I might talk a bit about t
The Most Controversial Math Problems - Business Insider
The following 12 simple math problems prove outstandingly controversial among students of math, but are nonetheless facts. They're paradoxes and idiosyncrasies of probability. And they're guaranteed to start an argument or two. via Pocket
Go Wild: Torchlight II Gets Mod Tools, Workshop Support | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
RPS o Torchlight 2 mod supporte: "Its quite an update, and the whole thing is, of course, completely free. You can grab it simply by starting up the game. So then, what types of mods do you want to see in Torchlight II? More new classes and items? Locatio
Why not have a ComMonarchy? Ultimate Writing Resource List
a massively extended version of ruthlesscalculus post General Tips Character Development Female Characters Male Characters Tips for Specific Characters Dialogue Point of View Plot, Conflict, Structure and Outline Setting & Worldbuilding Creativity Booster
These weird shaped trees look fake, but are in fact totally real! As a hobby, bean farmer Axel Erlandson shaped these trees and called them “Circus Trees.”
Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Millionaire spaceflier intends to send astronauts past Mars in 2018
Dennis Tito, the millionaire investment whiz who became the first paying passenger to visit the International Space Station in 2001, has worked out a plan to send two astronauts to Mars and back without stopping. However, the privately backed 501-day flight would have to be launched in 2018 — or wait until the 2030s. Details about the Red Planet flyby are trickling out in advance of a Washington news conference next week. First word of the venture came out in a media advisory passed along by the SpaceRef website on Wednesday. The advisory from the Texas-based Griffin Communications Group de...