12/21/10 Gil's LotD: Water computers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_integrator The USSR built a computer that used water to perform all of its calculations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_integrator The USSR built a computer that used water to perform all of its calculations.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6626464599825291409# A very understandable video introduction to the mathmatical field of topology.
5/20/07 Gil's LotD
http://worsethanfailure.com/Articles/Classics-Week-Chocolate-Covered-SQL-.aspx The software that designed this packaging had a SQL bug resulting in the query being printed on the package.
http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=goodiewf2.jpg That's right.
5/13/07 Gil's LotD
http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~morph/Transformer/ An online program that you can use to transform and play with your face.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=475270221&size=o&dupe A cool magazine ad for a travel company.
5/8/07 Gil's LotD
http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ SAGE, open source math software. Does it go in the email field?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNp7QKugzZE Music video for a remix of Gay Boyfriend by The Hazzards. The original video is in the sidebar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9HaNbsIfp0 A cover of the HD-DVD key.
http://fooplot.com/ A very neat little AJAX app you can use to plot many types of functions quickly.
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Worst_100_Pick-Up_Lines_of_All_Time Uncyclopedia on the worst pick-up lines ever.
4/19/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g1O4LJNs94 Fox News can't do math.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bridges_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg How to prove the famous seven bridges problem. I love how Wikipedia has a spoiler warning for mathematical proofs.
http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/ This generator combines a random Family Circus image with a random Nietzsche quote.
4/4/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php An explanation of everything up to the 10th dimension.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djcollinator/sets/72157600000992814/ Photos of a barber who cuts hair with fire.
http://doxory.com/ Do x or y lets users ask the site a question, and other users can vote on which choice to make.
http://aimath.org/E8/ A page on the mapping of a large Lie group with links to information about what it is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumspringa Rumspringa is when the Amish let the teens go and explore life outside of the commune.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger_sponge Menger sponges for the uninformed.
http://www.theiff.org/oexhibits/menger02.html A Menger sponge made of business cards.
http://www.lswilson.ca/warstories.htm Stories from veterans of DEW Line outposts, Cold War radar stations in the far north of Canada.