Super Mario in China

By akie

I like this adaptation of the Chinese flag I found on Boing Boing.

Fly like a bird

By akie

With a wing suit you can fly like a bird. Amazing.

Spam = cartoon

By akie

A spam a day turns spam into cartoons. I like it.

X-ray photos

By akie

Nick Veasey photographs everyday objects with an X-ray machine. The result is (quite frankly) amazing.

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Trim Down Windows to the Bare Essentials

By akie

A nice tutorial that shows how to trim down Windows XP to the bare essentials. Might come in handy sometime.

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“Deal or no deal” - the math behind the TV show

By akie

I found this rather nice write-up of the math behind the TV show “Deal or no deal” (play it online). I don’t know if there’s a proper mathematical formula or method to describe the bidding, but it seems to resemble the bidding in No Limit Texas Hold’em. Interesting!

How humans conquered the world

By akie

Using genetic information, scientists have come up with this history of how humans conquered the world. Link to original New York Times article.

Eyewitness of The Black Death, 1348

By akie

How did the plague affect daily life? An intriguing eye witness account can be found at this site, which also sports eyewitness accounts of the Vikings discovering America, and the battle of Waterloo - for example.

Braess’s paradox

By akie

Dietrich Braess figured out that sometimes, adding or building a road can actually hurt traffic. Wikipedia explains how this is even possible.

Ctrl-Esc

By akie

 I like this image I found on Digg:

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Nice phone!

By akie

Forget the iPhone. I like this Nokia MUCH better

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