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• Science

  The Large Hadron Collider explained.

  09.12.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  First read Brian Greene’s article in the New York Times called “The Origins of the Universe: A Crash Course”
  Then watch this video on how the LHC actually works. Pretty cool stuff.

  If you want to brush up on your Quantum Mechanics and dive into the world of Superstring Theory, check out Brian Greene’s book called “The [...]

• Science

  Size of Our World

  08.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I stumbled upon (literally) this website a while back, and I find myself going back to it quite often. It’s absolutely mind blowing.
  It’s just a simple website which compares the size of Earth with various other planets and stars. Definitely worth a look.

  http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm
  Here is the first image. But that’s just the beginning.

• Books & Literature

  Some good reads…

  04.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I thought these three books were good enough to earn the Robert Sinclaire uber-elite seal of approval.
  The Victorian Internet — This book was fantastic. My daughter bought it for me at a library book sale for 50 cents. The Victorian Internet chronicles the rise of the telegraph, as well as the astounding effects it had [...]

• Code & Design

  Scratch - Interactive programming language

  05.24.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Scratch is a new programming language developed at M.I.T. and specifically geared towards kids. Instead of using the conventional syntax based methodology, Scratch employs colorful building blocks (objects) which users can drag and drop. Each of these blocks has different attributes, and when combined with other blocks, users can alter the functionality of their program [...]

• Self Improvement

  O’Reilly School of Technology

  04.10.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  What have we here? It looks like O’Reilly - of O’Reilly Media, not Bill O’Reilly - has opened up its internet ports to all those who are interested in getting an education in technology. O’Reilly School of Technology offers a variety of online courses ranging from programming to system administration to web development. You [...]

• Cyberculture & the Net

  Phrostbyte.net is signing off

  08.14.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I officially closed phrostbyte.net today.
  Phrostbyte holds a certain amount of sentimental value to me. It was an ugly site when it was up, but it was completely original. I wrote the site entirely by hand in html, which I learned as I went along. Later, I added things like javascript and CGI, skills [...]