Fun Stuff

National Geographic Memory Game

Try out the National Geographic’s Memory Game on their website. It tests your short-term memory by having you memory the location of 9 images in a grid.

Science and Physics Jokes

Some science and physics jokes found on the internet and elsewhere are …

A joke that was found on the back cover of the book Absolute Zero Gravity goes like this …

“The astrophysicist’s dilemma: If the universe is really expanding, why can’t you find a parking place?”

Then there is the classic “Two Atom Walking Down the Road” joke that goes like …

One atom says to the other, “I think I’ve lost an electron.”
The other say, “are you sure?”
The first replies, “I’m positive” [source]

Science and Physics Comedians

Brain Malow of sciencecomedian.com likes to tell science jokes.  He was seen on Fora.tv as part of Wonderfest 2009.  He’s on YouTube here, here, here, and on the Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Another science comedian is Norm Goldbaltt as seen on fora.tv.

Tim Lee is a scientist who became a comedian and will actually sometimes use Powerpoint in his comedy as seen here and here.

Book Report: “One Day” by David Nicholls

The novel “One Day” by David Nicholls gives us a glimpse of the friendship between Emma and Dexter over a 20 year span from 1988 to 2008. We see a snapshot of their lives on July 15th (St. Swithin Day) of each year.

The friendship starts right after graduation and continues into their mid-lives. In a sense, this is a coming of age story. We see how both of them change and their perspective in life changes as they progress through life stages.

Like any relationship, there are its ups and down. Half-way through the book one can’t help but root for them to get together. Will they always be “just friends”? Or will they ever get married, have kids, and live happily ever after? Even at halfway through the book, we do not know. It is this need to know — to see what become of them — that propels us to the end of the book.

So I will not ruin the story for you by telling you what happens. Just read or book or buy the DVD. A movie released in 2011 is based on this book starring Anne Hathaway as Emma and Jim Sturgess as Dexter.

Here is the DVD …

How NASA Scientists Attempts to Meet Girl

Here is a funny video on theOnion.com of a parody of how NASA scientists attempts to meet a girl in a laundry mat.

Time Elapsed video of baby at play

Want to know what a baby does all day?   Well, here is a time-elapsed video of 4 hours of 9-month old baby at play squeezed into 2 minutes.

Douglas Adams Humorous Talk about Conservation

Science function writer and satirist Douglas Adams gave this humorous talk…

But it has a serious message about conservation of our planet. He talks about his adventures tracking down exotic animals and what he learned from them.

Magnet Balls

This toy is exactly as it says. They are balls of magnets – 216 of them. But they stick together into a cube. You can form and shape them.

Beautiful Anarctic animals in Video of TED talk

Paul Nicklen gave a Ted talk in 2011 where he showed this beautiful slideshow of an Antarctic animals set to music which includes some great shots of a rare white bear. He also got some great shots of leopard seals when he got into the water with them. Besides having very beautiful photographs, the talk also has some humor in it. But the main point of the talk is to generate awareness of the global warming problem and its danger to the wildlife that inhabits the icy world. You also see a photograph of a dead polar bear.

Watch video on TED.com »

Humor of Prison verus Work

An humor email shows some photographs of a building? You can see this email on hoax-slayer.com. But is it an office building or a prison? It turns out to be a prison. Then there are some funny comparison between work and prison.