when XD just doesn’t cut it I collect here various things that inspire, amuse, and/or disturb me. Things that make me tick: Science, engineering, social media, jazz music, tech news.Tumblr (3.0; @xmfd)http://xmfd.net/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pOWZbydnlZE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pOWZbydnlZE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Sega 32X at full capacity</p>http://xmfd.net/post/413728889http://xmfd.net/post/413728889Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:25:27 -0600<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrasekhar_limit">The Stellar Sweet Spot</a>http://xmfd.net/post/413306305http://xmfd.net/post/413306305Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:21:46 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvpqhi1dGG1qzq9lzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://www.valetmag.com/gr/daily/the_mix/091908/art-912x309.jpg"><a href="http://www.valetmag.com">www.valetmag.com</a></a></p>http://xmfd.net/post/316010840http://xmfd.net/post/316010840Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:05:42 -0600<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Berenger">Tom Berenger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>http://xmfd.net/post/245751142http://xmfd.net/post/245751142Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:58:26 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpnh9ljx7o1qzz5rto1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://germanheit.com/post/233019977/after-the-end-of-wwii-germany-was-divided-into">germanheit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>After the end of WWII, Germany was “divided” into four occupation zones. The American zone, the British zone, the French zone and the Soviet zone. Berlin, the German capital, was also divided into four parts - despite the city laying deep in the Soviet zone. Signs like the one in the picture, written in all 3 languages spoken by Allied powers as well as in German for citizens, could be found on the borders of those zones.</p> </blockquote> <p>fascinating</p>http://xmfd.net/post/233081077http://xmfd.net/post/233081077Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:43:31 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AJDx3H_hvI8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AJDx3H_hvI8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Lada Gaga’s Poker Face read by Christopher Walken - BBC One (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/BBC">BBC</a>)</p>http://xmfd.net/post/230901809http://xmfd.net/post/230901809Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:31:31 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XGK84Poeynk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XGK84Poeynk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Symphony of Science - ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/melodysheep">melodysheep</a>)</p>http://xmfd.net/post/221163469http://xmfd.net/post/221163469Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:44:37 -0500“<p>Boltzmann had, in essence, captured mortality in an equation.</p> <p>S= k log W</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5122859998068380459">Philosophy, Physics, Mathematics - “Dangerous Knowledge”</a></em>http://xmfd.net/post/221153659http://xmfd.net/post/221153659Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:30:00 -0500<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/barnes-and-noble-officially-launches-nook-e-reader-259-pre-orde/">Barnes & Noble officially launches nook e-reader: $259, pre-orders are live (video)</a>: <p>Nice to have a Kindle competitor, but unless it has free mobile access to Wikipedia….I’d still get a Kindle.</p>http://xmfd.net/post/218364799http://xmfd.net/post/218364799Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:27:46 -0500<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whewell">William Whewell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>http://xmfd.net/post/210251247http://xmfd.net/post/210251247Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:55:12 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr5m4wxM6x1qz5t6ro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://nikkigraziano.tumblr.com/post/206818726/yes-please">nikkigraziano</a>:</p> <blockquote> <a title="yes, please." href="http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Mathematical-Basis-of-the-Arts-Joseph-Schillinger_W0QQitemZ320428609739QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090927?IMSfp=TL090927148005r35658">yes, please</a>.</blockquote> <p>I gotta read this</p>http://xmfd.net/post/208064217http://xmfd.net/post/208064217Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:30:26 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqwellVHxs1qzzul6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ideasareawesome.com/post/202720822/a-full-disclosure-wedding-invite-click-to-see">ideasareawesome</a>:</p> <blockquote>A full-disclosure wedding invite. Click to see Jill and Matt’s courtship saga in full.</blockquote> <p>this is awesome</p>http://xmfd.net/post/203039011http://xmfd.net/post/203039011Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:39:07 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqo4sxyaeF1qzq9lzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Courbet_-_Paul_Verlaine.jpg">upload.wikimedia.org</a></p>http://xmfd.net/post/198948109http://xmfd.net/post/198948109Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:31:43 -0500<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/23/can-you-identify-the-author-of-this-commonplace-book/">Can You Identify the Author of this Commonplace Book? – Neatorama</a>http://xmfd.net/post/198649463http://xmfd.net/post/198649463Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:07:07 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zSgiXGELjbc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Carl Sagan - ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed) (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/melodysheep">melodysheep</a>) </p>http://xmfd.net/post/196396751http://xmfd.net/post/196396751Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:30:01 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqgpfgl95Z1qzv1tfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Concepts</p> <p>(via <a href="http://lollercoaster.tumblr.com/">lollercoaster</a>)</p>http://xmfd.net/post/195584540http://xmfd.net/post/195584540Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:18:31 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqgpe6VTb11qa4dw8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://toferklein.tumblr.com/">toferklein</a>)</p>http://xmfd.net/post/195583766http://xmfd.net/post/195583766Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:17:03 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqgpdqU3X51qzbyqoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://tesssser.tumblr.com/">tesssser</a>)</p>http://xmfd.net/post/195583492http://xmfd.net/post/195583492Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:16:37 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ip-ubq5HwpY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ip-ubq5HwpY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Hook Soundtrack - Prologue (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/NELSONPECINA">NELSONPECINA</a>)</p>http://xmfd.net/post/194791668http://xmfd.net/post/194791668Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:37:28 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqe20hjMcK1qzq9lzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In <i>Back to the Future</i>, Michael J. Fox’s character Marty McFly is also wearing a calculator watch. After analyzing the DVD and some catalogs from the period, we have high confidence that the time-travelling slacker is sporting a Casio CA-50.</p> <p>via <a href="http://pocketcalculatorshow.com/nerdwatch/graphics/bttf_casio-ca50.jpg">pocketcalculatorshow.com</a></p>http://xmfd.net/post/194372238http://xmfd.net/post/194372238Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:55:28 -0500