February 2011
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Why do muscles hurt after exercise? : Pharyngula →
Thank you, PZ Myers, for this excellent explanation. Reading it hasn’t made my forearms hurt any less after yesterday’s climbing excursion, though.
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Best part of my day...
…was watching Watson, IBM’s natural language processing Jeopardy genius computer, hand it to the human race. I didn’t get to watch the previous episode, but I still had a great amount of fun with this one. Firstly, I thought the human players were really good-natured about the whole thing (especially Jennings’ “I for one welcome our new computer overlord”...
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Brian Jacques passes away. →
These books defined my childhood. I still read them—my mom buys me them in hardcover every time a new one comes out. I have two signed editions, and meeting Mr. Jacques was a very happy moment in my adolescent life—I gave him a piece of chainmaille I’d made, and he told me my hat was a “hat to have adventures in”. It makes me so sad that this spring will mark the...
11 Ways to live like Doctor Who →
I love this in so many nerdy ways, but it’s also got a lot of good advice. Frankly, it’s awesome. Via @BadAstronomer Phil Plait.
