Circular Lines https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Aug23_Post.mp4 A lot of cool ideas are discovered independently. Like the Pythagorean formula. Most kids are taught this in junior high school. The idea (A^2 + B^2 = C^2) is pretty simple. You’ve got a right triangle. One side, another side, and the hypotenuse. Like you’ve got […]
Artificial Energy Shapes
Square Apples I saw this video recently about a farm in Japan that makes square apples. When they are very young, they put them in a square box. Then by the time they are large, they are square. In Japan, square fruit is very expensive. Fusion Around The Corner https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar08Loop.mp4 Back […]
Holy Trees and Entropy
Haircut Place The other day I went to the barber to get my head shaved like I normally do every couple of weeks. My normal guy wasn’t there, and instead there was this extremely young and gorgeous woman. At first I thought she was a customer, then she motioned for me to get […]
How To Persuade Like The Sun
One thing I really like is metaphors, both reading them and coming up with them. Here’s one I heard the other day that I particularly like. When a lot of people persuade, they try and “overpower” their listener with all kinds of logic, features and benefits. Or if you’re trying to pick up a girl, […]