The work part of my work/play calendar is now up-to-date through the end of October.

How many of these guys do you remember? I think I've seen nearly half from the 50s through the 70s. There are several for which I had no clue there were cartoon versions.

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I recognized about 30 on the first viewing. How many movies do you recognize?

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In the last few years, Eigler’s group has built on his work and constructed custom molecules using the STM. They have also constructed and operated an electrical switch whose only moving part is a single atom.


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This is the perfect dessert to complement turducken:

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File this one under "too much time on his hands."

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I don't watch much television, so I'm a bit behind the times here. We just saw the pilot for the SyFy series Eureka (which will now heavily populate our Netflix queue). One of the main characters in the pilot said that nothing could travel faster than the speed of light. I had thought that nothing could travel at the speed of light. Am I ( Read more... )

Amuse me: ( fill in the blank with something that's not a DeLorean ... )

Perhaps they're pre-moistened with holy water.