What are Twitter flashcards? You may not know, because they were introduced very recently. To the left is a screenshot. Basically, whenever you scroll over someone’s name, whether it be in a mention or before the actual tweet, one of these will pop up. You can follow the person, unfollow, and see their statistics as shown to the left. It’s …
It’s debatable for me when the Internet actually started. Some say it was way back in World War II. Some say that CERN invented it, and there’s a million other stories of how the internet started, just floating around on the web. Well, the first domain name ever was Symbolics.com, which is now a blog. On this day in 1985, …
Chemical reactions can be so fun. For example, Mg + HCl: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afxwDTz_JTk] Sodium, potassium, rubidium, and caesium are known as Alkali metals. They can be found on the leftmost column of the Periodic Table. These elements are extremely reactive since they only have one electron to lose. This is the reaction of rubidium, then caesium, in water: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNdijknRxfU] If you …
You heard me right. Beginning today at around 11:00am it began snowing. At first it was barely noticeable (except everyone at school went crazy.)
It’s not really a layout, but we’re changing a few things, thanks to a suggestion by blog reader Matt Ventura. From now on, posts will have a “Read More” link (unless these are short posts or Quick Look) and there will be displayed ten posts per page. Hopefully, this gives the reader a more insightful look into the blog instead …