In delicious on March 10, 2010 Tagged: food, health, history, science
Totally fascinating article about how we knew the cure to scurvy from at least the 15th century, but how circumstances conspired such that we couldn't get it to work in the early 20th century. Good look at how and why science is hard.
In delicious on November 26, 2009 Tagged: baking, biscuits, christmas, gingerbread
Oh this is the best gingerbread house! With PDF plans too. I don't really know the Moomins very well but I think I might have to make this house this year anyway. This is just the kind of slightly different take on the gingerbread house that I was looking for.
In delicious on November 26, 2009 Tagged: baking, biscuits, christmas, gingerbread
Some good gingerbread house plans here. Am looking to make something a bit more advanced than a regular 4 wall, 2 roof piece house this year.
In delicious on November 19, 2009 Tagged: motorbike, rob, velocette
My little brother and his "new" motorbike.
These are ace, I want one! And a copy of the Pandora’s Box game too… and if you happen to have some free time lying about then could you send that along as well? I don’t ask for much….
Wonderland: Professor Layton plushies
Collected on October 21, 2009
In googlereader on October 21, 2009
I liked the all edges brownie baking pan when I saw it, but this lasagne one is fabulous. Mmmmmm, baked cheesy crusty bits. Pity they don't seem to sell them in the UK at all. Somebody import them please....
“This shirt is also useful in the event of apocalypses!”
I’d like to think that I’d be reasonably good at bringing the good bits of modern life to a back in time world but this shirt would certainly help. Would I get burnt at the stake though?
TopatoCo: Time Traveler Essentials Shirt
Collected on October 15, 2009
In delicious on October 13, 2009 Tagged: people, psychology, research
Very interesting. I tend to dismiss "luck" as a silly non entity but would definitely file myself under "lucky" rather than "unlucky" if you made me choose. I agree entirely that being positive and dealing with what you actually have rather than what you'd like to have are useful attributes. On the intuition front I don't think most decisions matter that much - making them one way or another and getting on with it is more important than what the decision is. I guess thinking you can make things work out either way is a "lucky" kind of a thing.
In googlereader on October 8, 2009
I could spend all day everyday linking to everything on I Love Charts. This is the last one for a while. A great example for people who really don't get the correlation doesn't imply causation thing. Or proof that my pirate mad daughter is actually trying to stop global warming.
ilovecharts:
via abstruse goose anything under 1000 is not acceptable.
Collected on October 7, 2009
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