PhysOrg: Quick-cooking nanomaterials in microwave to make tomorrow's air conditioners

I have long-time dream of developing a Microwave freezer. In theory, the physics are relatively "simple".

A microwave oven works by causing the atoms to become hot i.e. vibrate by hitting them with [microwave] radiation. But in principle, if you have a radiation ( Read more... )

I don't know that I'll actually do anything with it, but as here, I'm also on Dreamwidth with the same username:
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I've been really proud of myself. In the last 4 months I've added two new holes to my belt, taken it IN by ~5cm (2"). I've been very careful with eating less starches and junk. The other day, being at the doctor and noticing the nifty-keen BMI machine, I weighed myself (BMI is BS). I'm now 87 Kg (192 lbs.). Only thing is, that about two years ago, ( Read more... )

I belong to this private FaceBook group called "Jewish-Dads" that was created partially in response to a rape-murder of a child in NYC this past summer. [want to join? just ask]. It's actually mostly just guys schmoozing and talking about parenting, marriage and related "stuff".

So the other day someone posted a VERY strong PSA that "demonstrates ( Read more... )

Most students enter college aiming for a 4.0 GPA. Given that grading in American educational institutions is unregulated, how meaningful is a 4.0? Rojstaczer and Healy examined grade distributions from 200 American colleges and universities over the past 70 years. They report that movement away from the traditional bell-shaped grading curve began ( Read more... )

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Wow. It's been a long time since I've updated. I totally want to come back here, ghost town that it is. Facebook is such a shallow bitch and transient too (does that make her a tramp?), that I've had enough off. Slowly cutting back my [almost] entire list of "friends" THERE.

So it's been a weird 16 months. I left my job at Megacorp. They gave me ( Read more... )

Last night my younger sister Chedva had a Bar-Mitzvah celebration for her eldest. My sister had named him for our father who had abused her (before the whole sordid history resurfaced). His name almost literally means "consolation for [father's name]". It was an extremely moving affair, that had me crying at points, especially as my nephew is a ( Read more... )

So I've been totally remiss in updating this here journal. That said a short-short "essay" sort of thing on the topic of "Wrestling with G-d" is almost done. I've been VERY busy with a new job (loads of fun), as in 55+ hours a week busy (+10 commute). AND in the last two weeks we've been extra busy, with... our second son ( Read more... )