Playoff Football: Made Better Only by Super Mario Bros.

Jan 11, 2011 By Sharon Feliciano in Uncategorized

I am a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, but I live in Seattle. My philosophy on cheering for the Seahawks is that I will cheer for Seattle until it impedes my ability to cheer for Philly. So, like everyone in Seattle, I was jumping up and down* with excitement as I watched Marshawn Lynch dodge half a dozen tackles to make 67 yard game-winning touchdown for the Seahawks.

So on Sunday evening as I was moping about I found a little ray of sunshine in the form of a You Tube which shows the Lynch touchdown in the only way it makes sense:

*Really, there was a small measurable earthquake near Qwest Field that coincided exactly with the touchdown.

What the Hell is a Mandelbrot Set Anyway?

Jan 11, 2011 By Sharon Feliciano in Uncategorized

Yes, that’s a real broccoli. It’s also an example of fractals in nature.

If my post “Nerdy Dance Party” totally had you scratching your head, you’re in luck! Nova: Hunting the Hidden Dimension, a very interesting documentary about the life and work of Benoit Mandelbrot and Fractals is on Netflix Streaming right now. If you don’t have Netflix Streaming (you should totally have Netflix Streaming, it’s awesome) you can read about Fractals on wikipedia at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal and the Mandelbrot Set here: http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Mandelbrot_set.

Pretty cool, huh?

Edit: Super-Dad just informed me that we were watching this episode of Nova on Hulu and that it also available (sans-commercials) on PBS.org. Upon investigation it *is* available on Netflix, but on DVD only (maybe if I find the copy of East Bound and Down Volume 1 that Kit lost sometime about four months ago I can get Netflix DVDs again…)

Nerdy Dance Party

Jan 7, 2011 By Sharon Feliciano in Uncategorized

We love Nerdcore singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton in our house, and this particular song has been stuck in my head for about a week now. He does drop the F Bomb in here, but it’s in such a nerdy and charming way that it’s totally forgivable.

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