Saturday, December 5, 2009

Nerd Stuff of the [Time Period], or, Science is Awesome

Click here for an explanation, if you don't get it. And if you thought that was funny, watch this video below. Otherwise, you should probably skip it.




Can you believe it has been 10 years since The Matrix came out? The movie is still incredible. But this tribute may be even more incredible than the original:



I thought this was just fun. But remember, Carl Sagan said, "The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together."


Speaking of atoms, please, please click over here and play with the slide bar along the bottom of the frame. It is one of the best examples of orders of magnitude I have ever seen. And just friggin' sweet.


Mom, stop reading here. You too, Aunt Janet.


Click here to see a picture of the ultimate owning in online chatting. Really, really awesome. Nerds are already taking over the world. One chat room at a time. Even the dirty ones.

2 comments:

RNAi said...

You are such a Nerd! Thanks for the laughs.

P.S. I channeled my inner Bryce Peterson last night and bought a hip sport coat.

Pete said...

I was proud of myself for keeping up with the scientist-comedian through his bit. thank goodness for tv - everything i know about quantum physics i learned from a hobbit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJF_w9wuIk