Comic Con 2: SMBC and me | Bad Astronomy

I have no real news here, except that one of my missions at Comic Con was to meet up once again with Zach Weiner, who writes and draws my favorite web comic, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. My wife and I went over to his booth, and there he was! As this picture shows, I was overjoyed to see him:



While we were chatting and mutually insulting/praising each other, who should walk up but blogger, actor and all around good-guy Wil Wheaton! I was shunted aside, but managed to make my presence known:

Anyway, you should go read Zach’s comic and buy his stuff and support him in his attempts to take over the galaxy. Don’t forget to click the red button.


FLA and FLC

Halllooo to all...

Deer fallows, i want to know about the terms fla and flc...

what does these two terms stands for in electrical engineering and plz explain briefly.

Is Noise a Double Edged Sword?

As we've seen in stories about overly quiet hybrid cars, noise can be helpful to some people and be perceived as harmful by others. Hybrid cars that make no noise can be dangerous to the blind, yet simulated engine noise is unwanted by the opponents of noise pollution. Vuvuzela horns may be fun for

A Cure For Tardy People?

Know somebody who is habitually late for meetings and other arrangements? One enterprising engineer has come up with a solution that works well in his company: they charge the latecomer $1 for every minute he or she is late, multiplied by the number of people waiting. For example, if he keeps seven

Electric Cars for the Mainstream?

High energy, low cost batteries have reached a sufficient developmental point that the technology encouraged another big nameplate, Nissan, to join ranks of auto makers betting on the future of true electric cars — and sooner (2011) rather than later. But how long before power-pampered America

The pH of Some Aqueous Solutions

Dependency of life-existence on water exceeds the presentl supplication, to the adverse detriment of humanity. For the simple fact that, Contamination of rivers, lakes, seas, is become environmental problem. Acidic precipitation consequently with the norms engendered of orbital electrons, where only

Post Forming Heat Treatment of NACT plates

Dear all,

Please share views on heat treat ment carried above tempering temperature for NACT plates? one of the case i have come across is stated below.

MOC: SA387 Gr11, Thickness 90mm, Delivery condition: Normalised+accelerated cooled+tempered (NACT)
Contract requirement: Cold formed

Pulse Width Modulator

To CR4 Team

What is the function of pulse width modulator in electronic fuel injection pump such as electronic unit injector , electronic unit pump and common rail system.

Thanks

aburani

Anatomy of a Thug

Anatomy of a thug

So this explains the oversized t-shirts and below the border saggy jeans! Every time I see a guy dressed like this (which is A LOT living in Chicago), I can’t help but smile as I stare at their little legs!  With each bow-legged step I cheer in my head, LITTLE LEGS! LITTLE LEGS! GO LITTLE LEGS!  Until they turn around…

[spotted by Peter]

Cabarete Beach in the Dominican Republic: Choice Spot for Adventure Sports

Bar and restaurant choices abound

A sweet little beach village on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, Cabarete is the center of the action for both laid-back and adventurous pursuits. Right on the sand are a handful of bars and restaurants (like Onno’s Bar, Bambu Bar and Kahuna’s sports bar) that stay open late and offer opportunities to sample something different every day. Want to dance the night away? Eat on the beach with the sand between your toes? People watch? You can do them all on Cabarete Beach.

Rarely content to sit still, sport enthusiasts have plenty of choices in Cabarete. Learn to kiteboard at the Dare2Fly kiteboarding center, owned by the Vela Cabarete Windsurf Center (where you can take windsurfing classes as well). On the beach, play volleyball until you need to chill out under a green Presidente umbrella that advertises the tasty Dominican beer. Get a cool one, if you like.

Get your sail on, or just watch the show

Cabarete is a great launching point for other North Coast adventures, such as scuba diving, mountain biking, horseback riding, canyoneering, and surfing. But when you’re done, come on back to Cabarete Beach to lounge on the soft sand and watch the world go by. Whether you’re watching a World Cup game in a bar or watching the windsurfers in Cabarete Bay, it’s the ideal place to dial up or dial down—as you like.

I was in the Dominican Republic as a guest of the Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism, but the opinions in this post are my own.

Photo Credit: Jill K. Robinson

Article by Jill K. Robinson of dangerjillrobinson.com

Learn to Recognize Poison Ivy and Avoid the Itch

If you’re going to be hanging around on Florida islands, you need to be able to recognize poison ivy so you can avoid it. It is a very versatile plant. It grows on the ground, in trees and on fences. Sometimes it can be everywhere. You don’t want to touch it–not even dead, dry leaves [...]

The Travel Belles

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Margo Millure aspired to be a ballerina at an early age. Over time, and having been able to live abroad for several years, travel replaced her desire to dance. She has also raised a family. Now, the travel bug has bitten again and The Travel Belles has been a way to “scratch that itch”. Margo, along with other women writers, take you to destinations across the globe where you may just spot them dancing around a fountain or two…


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Hoi An

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aaaand BACK

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