Archive for September, 2009
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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