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I Have Competitive OCD
Posted by Chad Orzel on March 30, 2010 SteelyKid is a fan of a web game called BumperStars, which my parents introduced her to. If I’m at the computer doing something, she’ll march over, demand to be picked up, then point at the screen and say “Buh-Pah” until I open it up. Of course, she’s a toddler, and thus has an extremely short…
My Hugo Nomination Ballot
Posted by Chad Orzel on January 27, 2010 Cheryl Morgan has a post urging people to nominate for the Hugo Awards. While I don’t place the same priority she does on the gender distribution of who gets nominated, I applaud her for doing this now, while there’s a chance to influence the actual ballot, rather than waiting until April to complain about it.…
Zitterbewegung!
Posted by Chad Orzel on January 9, 2010 One of the few sad things about the recent American domination of physics (says the American physicist) is that new physical phenomena are now mostly given boring, prosaic American English names. Don’t get me wrong, I like being able to pronounce and interpret new phenomena, but when the pre-WWII era of European dominance faded away,…
Think Like a Videogame Physicist
Posted by Chad Orzel on October 28, 2008 Over at Dot Physics (which might be the best physics blog in the world at the moment), Rhett Allain has a pair of posts exploring the physics of Fantastic Contraption. The posts don’t really lend themselves to excerpting, so you need to go over there and read them, but I think they’re brilliant, and deserve…
Demon Bunny Made of Cheese
Posted by Chad Orzel on June 22, 2008 By request: Below the fold, video evidence of its demonic nature:
Emmy-saurus, Courtesy of Spore
Posted by Chad Orzel on June 21, 2008 “What’cha doin’?” “Huh? Oh, I’m playing with the Spore Creature Creator. It’s a videogame thing, that lets me design little computerized critters.” “What sort of critters?” “All kinds of things. I could even make one that looks sort of like you. Here, take a look.” “Oooh! That’s neat. I should have bigger claws, though.” “Well,…
