Archive for September, 2009

Gas laws

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Today, the physics professor was demonstrating centripetal force, by swinging a bucket around and not spilling the water within. Then, to up the ante, he put a wineglass full of faux wine on a small board made like a swing.  He got it going, and whipped it around four or ...

Hey, where did the categories go?

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Must have been the upgrade to wordpress.  I liked the categories, I guess I will put them back in.  I can go over my ouevre and re-assign.  I haven't hit 100 posts yet, so its not that laborious. Physics demos today. A rigid pair of verticals and a horizontal clamped up to ...

Classes begin tomorrow? Where did the summer go?

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

I could use another week of Atlantic City, NJ.  The surf off of the Chelsea Ave. beach was stellar, and I want more. The torrential rains of two days filled the area between the boardwalk and dunes with brackish pools.  The wind whipped waves moving from the left of a walkway ...