Gil's LotD

11/18/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://www.troybrophy.com/projects/solarsystem/index.html#venus
The webpage is a scale model of the solar system.

11/15/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ Both links are about research done at MIT on tinfoil hats.
http://zapatopi.net/blog/?post=200511112730.afdb_effectiveness

Gil's link of the day!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusticle It's a rust icicle.

11/4/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/electro/railgun/railgun.htmlMake a simple railgun.

4/10/07 Gil's LotD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLQRv0RjBBM Kermit the Frog's cover of "Hurt."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fredmeyer_edit_1.jpg Photo of a supermarket.
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html A very comprehensive reference page for constants.

4/2/07 Gil's Link of the Day!
http://mapofscience.com/ An
interactive map showing all the connections between the different branches
of science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoezelen
The Snoezelen is a room designed for children with severe mental
disabilities and features soothing (read trippy) visual stimulation.
http://www.papertrail.com/mountain_of_toilets.jpg
lol, toilet mountain

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-10-06-man-made-diamonds_x.htm A news story about a new company that produces perfect man-made diamonds.

10/19/05 Gil's link of the day
http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_ArchimedesResult.html?kari MIT students test Archimedes' solar powered death ray.

10/16/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/sci_nat_visions_of_science_/html/1.stm Electron microscope images.

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/spaghetti/index.html
Just a reminder that September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day. Arrrr!
http://talklikeapirate.com

Gil's link of the day!
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/the_mission/flyby_movie.html Photos of the Earth taken by the Messenger spacecraft

Gil's link of the day!
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm how does your university stack up against the rest of the world's?

Gil's link of the day!
After much ado about nothing, Gil's link of the day is back. Making up for the absence is 12 links.
http://www.smokintire.com/product.htm#Candles Candles that smell like burning rubber. For the NASCAR fan in all of us
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html Pictures of the Sun in different spectra
http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html See the earth from various Earth-orbiting satellites
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005400426,00.html the best gags from the Fringe Festival of Comedy in Edinburgh
http://ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/internet/owe.html This website serves as a calculator for the value of your stolen music
http://www.nothingisreal.com/girlfriend/ There are, statistically, 18 726 women out there that would date you

http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/ A whole bunch of games for the brain
http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/ How much caffeine would it take to kill you?
http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/0805top100/index1.html Top 100 biggest yachts in the world
http://www.troyis.com/troyis.php A chess like game that uses the movement of a knight to reach certain points

Gil's link of the day!
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/matter.html Scientists at MIT have recently created a new form of matter

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/050630_deep_impact_CDs.html The Deep Impact Probe was inscribed with over 600,000 (.1% of earth's population) names before it collided with the comet. Was yours on it?

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp How much of an impact do you have on the earth? America's average is 24 acres/person

Gil's link of the day!
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0506/feature6/multimedia.html A team of storm chasers deployed a 7 camera probe to see what the inside of a tornado looks like

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.conceptlab.com/frog/ In 1783, Luigi Galvani discovered the role of electricity in the nervous system. In 2005, these guys expanded on it

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.ccc.de/biometrie/fingerabdruck_kopieren.xml?language=en How to fake fingerprints. WARNING- clicking this link will notify the DHS!

Gil's link of the day!
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7065794/ Living longer, in ten easy steps

Gil's link of the day!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4543077.stm A new species of rodent has been discovered

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/011.2/index.html Sodium is an alkaline metal that reacts violently with water. Sounds like a challenge

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.psychology.sbc.edu/bellan.htm A psychological analysis of beloved Sesame Street characters. Take that, childhood!
http://www.archive.org/movies/movieslisting-browse.php?collection=prelinger an archive of movies

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005191522,000.html Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/dust-devil-3.html See a Martian dustdevil

Gil's link of the day!
Looks like I forgot to send yesterday's links, so today you get double the fun!
http://www.quicksilverweb.net/sbucks/sbcharts.htm an explanation for all the terms Starbucks uses.
http://www.kropserkel.com/horse_head_pillow.htm Just an anecdote: My theology teacher was ordained by a guy whose story was part of Godfather 3
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/ A collection of high school physics essays

Gil's link of the day!
http://web.archive.org/web/20041111092623/www.nik.com.au/alice/ Two A.L.I.C.E. artificial intelligences square off, and prove human superiority over machines
http://vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php a website that simulates what color blindness does to websites

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.shreddies.org/gmaps/ All the crazy things you can see on Google maps
http://davidszondy.com/future/futurepast.htm How Science Fiction from the 30's and 40's saw today

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/tornado/radar_history.html The history of Radar
http://www.pbs.org/speak/speech/beastly/ This one I thought was pretty interesting. I think I got most of the words on that list right, but that could be because of my midwest accent. In a moment of introspection, I realized that it would show quite a bit about the kind of friends you associate with by judging their reactions if you corrected their pronunciations.

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/wireless/samsung-30mile-cordless-phone-036608.php A cordless phone with a 30 mile range. Can you hear me now?$
http://www.renderman.org/ What Pixar uses to render photorealistic images
http://slate.msn.com/id/2114925/?GT1=6208 Memory Champions, I forgot about these guys
http://ageproject.specialsnowflake.com/ Guess the age of people
http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/ a project to see how many games can be built in both under a week and with a new innovation
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/ear/ear.htm Acoustic Horns and Reflectors use sound to find objects in fog
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/04/04/spark.clocky/index.html Remember this? You probably saw it on Gil's link of the day first.

http://www.worldjumpday.org/ Can the timed jumping of millions change the earth's orbit? Answer: no
http://www.worldoflongmire.com/features/romance_novels/ Recaptioned romance novels
http://staff.xu.edu/~polt/typewriters/index.html Literally everything you need to know about typewriters
I really didn't realize how much content I send out a week until this email.

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.bhargav.com/books/index.html Need to know something about Physics? Here you go