Of course, Google does a great job making search a lot easier, but you can change or add some symbols to your search entries to find more or less, depending what you want. For example, Google doesn’t use the AND operator (one of the logical operators that is still used in database search entries) but it’s aware of – (minus sign) to exclude terms (e.g. virus -software to exclude results about computer viruses). Read more tips at Google cheat sheet.
I found myself watching the BBC a lot lately. But there’s a good reason for that: they produced some excellent and interesting programs. Nearly every evening there is a program on that suites my taste:
Monday 22:00: The Good Life. (Giles Coren and Sue Perkins try to life on a self-sufficient way, with a very big touch of humor).
Tuesday 21:00: The High-street (Four families run shops in a high-street during a certain historic period).
Wednesday 21:00: The Edwardian Farm (Three historians run a Edwardian farm in a historically correct manner)
21:00 Jimmy’s Food Factory (Jimmy Doherty shows what techniques or tricks if you prefer, are used in modern supermarket product, for example chips, peanut-butter and instant coffee).
Friday 21:30: QI (shouldn’t need an introduction).
Sunday 22:00: James May’s Man Lab (Top Gear’s James May tries to make men proper men again by showing things that every man should be able to do or make)
Slideshows can be very boring, with slides chaning only every 5 seconds or so, but the slideshow above by Mike Matas is very different. All photos are shown for a fraction of a second, just enough to get the impression of the picture and judge whether you like it or not
I’m wondering why TV shows (thinking Top Gear) don’t use this kind of footage, offering a very confusing perspective obtained using a Sony Bloggie camera with a 360 degrees lens
This is the story: A father and sons build a weatherballoon carryin a iPhone that records the 90 minute space travel. When I first read about it, I thought it was an absolute hoax. But having seen the footage, I’m totally convinced. This is one of those examples of determined ‘hobby’ scientists. Fore more information and a How-To, visit the Brooklyn Space Program website