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Interesting timing on Dyson's announcement this week - yesterday NPR ran the first of a 2-part piece on the Excel Dryer Co [1], a US-based Dyson rival. Though it's not mentioned in…

One thing that really stuck in my mind when I heard the story was that, even 35 years later, "we're now a substantial fraction of a 'light-day' from the Earth..." With the term "li…

This might be the one you're remembering: http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/05/what-if-drivers-were-hired-li...

Oh, thank goodness (and thanks for the clarification - I hadn't thought it through very well).

Hi Mz, I’m relatively new here and hadn’t caught one of your posts before. Tonight I saw your reply to the Instagram post, someone’s reply to you, and I started to read through you…

That was what jumped out at me as well - I could only think about the $100K that was going into GoDaddy's bank account. ALL the dozens of domains I've moved (and continue to move, …

"Tales of Airport Security" is one of my favorite parts of Le Show - though the stories are typically sent in by listeners regarding their first-hand accounts of TSA ineptitude, I …

I heard Aaron interviewed yesterday about tonight's $450M lottery drawing. He wrote this article for American Mathematical Monthly (3 yrs ago)...

This reminds me of one of the first RadioLab shows I ever heard, called simply "Falling". http://www.radiolab.org/2010/sep/20/ Here's their synopsis: There are so many ways to fall…

Agreed. The TSA Out of Our Pants guy goes to the trouble of giving specific examples in a well-articulated video and they respond with some catchy, hip-sounding interwebs keywordz.…

> If you read/watch American news, you think you actually know what other nations are up to? This reminds me of a recent Daily Show segment that showed how Time magazine offers dif…

Brilliant - here's Part 1 that you mentioned (he's posted 300+ videos). I'm afraid I've wrecked what's left of the work day as I follow the saga. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86K…

Nice - "Because web designers want font families, not just fonts." Thanks for the link, Chris.

Lato is one of my current favorites, glad you included it. Orbitron, Jura and Cabin also work well in certain places. I do wish there were more fonts with 3+ styles (reg, bold and …

I'll start a post when I have enough worth sharing. She's 4 now and we're still working with basic math. I've found a few books that incorporate math that she's enjoyed; right now …