Notes

One of my favourite anecdotes from the world of academia is about the young Neils Bohr answering an exam question about how to tell the height of a tall building using a barometer.

It’s a great story.

Unfortnately, while the internet is wonderful for being able to find such stories even if you haven’t seen them for [...]

Just recently, it seems that every armchair manager in England would probably choose an almost identical team to represent their country in the World Cup matches.

Beckham out wide, Rooney up front just behind Owen, Gerrard and Lampard in the middle, etc, etc. Frustratingly, this hasn’t been much like the formation that the actual manager has [...]

A friend in work showed me earth.google.com where you download some software and travel the world, zooming in wherever you like using aerial photography.

Want to see New York? London? New Zealand? Mt Everest?

Similar, but not as detailed, is moon.google.com (you’ll learn something there…!).

Download and play! (But you’ll need broadband!)