floccipics: July 2006

Monday, July 31, 2006

Brain Power

Schrödinger, Pauli, Heisenberg, Dirac, Compton, Bohr, Planck, Curie, Lorentz, Einstein, Langevin, and more ... at the 1927 Solvay Conference of Quantum Mechanics.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

I just found about this via reddit.com. It's a big hole in Russia -- a diamond mine apparently, in Eastern Siberia, near the town of Mirna. It's about half a kilometre deep and one and a quarter in diameter. It's interesting -- in a horrifying kinda way.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

The Universe in a Year

What if the entire 14 billion years of the universe's existence was compressed down to 1 year? Not surprisingly, everything we care about would only happen in a few minutes on the last day of this cosmic year.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Software Patent Poster

Amazing Cloud

Amazing cloud photo. Not sure who took it, and where it's from.

Friday, July 21, 2006

Middle East Crisis

Source: Belfast Telegraph

Thursday, July 20, 2006

The Russian Underground

Check out some awesome images of the Russian underground!

Privacy in America

This cartoon is so accurate.

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Kama Sutra

For a book on human sexual behaviour written in the 4th century, the Kama Sutra, or Kamasutram, continues to demonstrate remarkable staying power. It's a testament to the our continued fascination with just about everything sexual. We are sexual beings -- and our purpose is to procreate.

The illustrations that made up the Kama Sutra has gone 3D -- as in sculpture. Check out the 360-degree animation of the sculptures from the book, from the Museum of Modern Art in France. The skill of the artist is simply amazing.