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Ahh, Bollywood. Displaying the refreshing lack of respect for physics that is usually reserved for old Wu Xia (Chinese magic kung-fu) flicks combined with the action aesthetics of your average 80's blockbuster.

And, apparently, an army of Lego Terminators.

LinkPretty awesome, I'd say. Expensive as heck, but it's a neat approach to ultralight aircraft, and probably more practical than your average flying car since it's VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing, no runways required) and you can easily parachute out of major malfunctions. I'm mostly worried about noise and fuel economy ( Read more... )

If you're tailgating someone and honking as they drive at a bit over 25MPH down a residential road with a stop sign coming up ahead, you might have a bit of a problem...

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A simple little cellular automaton that produces sounds; a few minutes' fun if nothing else.

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In summary, there's some (non-conclusive, but strong) evidence to suggest that it's specifically sugar (cane sugar, high fructose corn syrup, no difference), and not just overconsumption of calories, that causes diabetes and in turn leads to obesity. The pathway looks like this:

• Large amounts of glucose and fructose are imbibed in a short ( Read more... )

In translating Maliki, one recurring problem is the character Fang. She's a young Chinese immigrant with rather badly fractured French, which the author uses to create wordplay; ideally we'd like to have similar play in the English version. One particular example which is giving us (the translator group on the Maliki forums) trouble is this strip, ( Read more... )

Activities today include attending a tango class (rather fun!) and helping out on the Maliki forums with translating strips (six strips, two hours. Yikes). Some of you may remember I was doing this by myself for a bit; there's actually an official section on the site for English strips now, so you can see what's there. Sadly, I don't know how to go ( Read more... )

Fixed Jetblade's pretty-printer!

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I've written an article on how Jetblade generates maps. Check it out if you're curious!

We're having an honest-to-goodness thunderstorm! Here, in the Bay Area! That almost never happens!

I bet my dad has the windows open in his house right now.