Mad Prime

Gallons per mile

Madeleine Ball — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:20:00 +0100

Bunnie's latest blog post is interesting -- I was fooled as he was. It teaches me that small improvements on the worst mileage cars is more effective than improving the mileage on cars that are already moderately efficient. I recommend it to anyone interested in the general issue of reducing gas consumption.

Cool words

Madeleine Ball — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Here is a short list of some cool words. If you have a cool word, add it with a comment (make say what it means and why it is cool)!

crapulent / crapulence

definition: sick due to excessive eating or alcohol, excessively drunk
why it's cool: this should be obvious

pulchritude

definition: beauty
why it's cool: ugliest word for beauty I've ever heard

chaotropic

definition: disrupts the structure of proteins and/or DNA, denaturing them
why it's cool: sounds bad ass

LOL

Madeleine Ball — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:45:00 +0100

I don't care if it's not cool anymore, I still love lolcats. Chris found this one - I don't know who made it but I feel I must post it.

Powers of Life

Madeleine Ball — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:40:00 +0100

I made this picture today in the new version of Inkscape, making extensive use of the new thin/thicken tool.

Doh!

Madeleine Ball — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:39:00 +0000

From Science magazine news Hobbit Redux? article:

Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg discovered the bones while on vacation in Palau in 2006. (His wife had deliberately chosen a remote, young island because it was unlikely to have fossils on it).

Genetics

Madeleine Ball — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:49:00 +0000

Looks like my Genetics article was overdue for a "good article" rating. I think I'll work towards getting a featured article rating, the GA reviewer encouraged me to do this...

The double-blossom article was in the Did you know section of the front page for seven hours yesterday morning. It got the top spot, with the pretty double impatiens photo.

Did you know...

Madeleine Ball — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:51:00 +0000

... that double-flowered mutants (pictured) were first documented over two thousand years ago by Theophrastus and are found in many popular flower varieties — including carnations, camellias, and most roses?

I made this new wikipedia article in the last couple days and have submitted it to the Did you know project for display on the main page.

Throw

Madeleine Ball — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:45:00 +0000

Our kitty Zoe likes to play fetch. She's always bringing us a little plastic toy or fake mouse and dropping it at our feet. Then she eagerly waits for us to throw it.

But if we pick up the a toy and throw it she just watches or maybe chases it but won't bring it back to us. So instead instead of training her to play fetch I think she's taught us to play the game "throw".

Random Links

Madeleine Ball — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:39:00 +0000

on Etsy: Monster hoodies
Words cannot begin to describe The PCR song. There's even a "behind the scenes" video.
Assuming you've seen the Yes We Can music video, you should check out this john.he.is parody.
In contrast, a painfully lame Clinton ad.

This is why creative commons is awesome

Madeleine Ball — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:37:00 +0000

Someone made a game from this image I made! So cool!!