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2017-01-11 Helen Czerski in the Pub

Jan11
by on 2017-01-11 at 23:39
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The very energetic and interesting Dr. Helen Czerski presented “We need to Talk about Physics” at today’s meeting of Oxford Skeptics in the Pub. We learnt why blueberry jam isn’t blue; why the Hubble telescope is like a raw egg; and why there is a lot of physics still to do to understand everyday phenomena (such as how bubbles move in a turbulent fluid.)

I’m afraid the likeness is worse than usual. Dr. Czerski doesn’t do standing still.

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PV=nkT
oceanographers
graph of time vs size: quantum / cosmos, life in the middle
benedicts' reagent and blueberry jam
slosh damping bubbles -- frequency of slosh depends on size of cup. Walk slower (or faster)
Mexico city eqrthquake: freq(quake) = freq(buildings) Tai Pei 101, pendulum inside resists toppling
Helium powered gas gun -- jelly diamond catcher
toaster: far more interesting* than a distant star -- and it makes toast! (*maxwell's laws, *black body radiation)
"What can you do when you know that?"
body - planet - civilization (life support)
physics ducks
Homework Experiments:
1. raisins in lemonade...
2. watch spilt coffee dry...
3. tap the rim of a tea cup...
4. slide buttered toast off the table...

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2010-10-17 Green Hippo Doodle

Oct17
by on 2016-10-17 at 21:55
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Just a doodle from this evening. After scanning I added the flipped inverse image just because.

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A large, green hippopotamus, facing his anti-matter counterpart.

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2016-05-16 Predictable Predator

May16
by on 2016-05-16 at 21:03
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Some creatures spotted at Howlett’s Zoo (in Kent, UK) weather you believe me or not.

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Snow leopard
Clouded leopard
Sunny intervals leopard

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2016-04-24 Leo-pard

Apr24
by on 2016-04-24 at 11:04
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One for the word-play category…

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Pianist accompanies dancing class of dancers, all dressed in leotards. One dancer is wearing a leopard onesie suit. Thinks: "I wish I'd read the clothing instructions more carefully."

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2016-04-08 Ergonomics

Apr16
by on 2016-04-16 at 19:00
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Just a little doodle I found in my brain. The popularity of standing desks is burgeoning in my office (though very few of my colleagues are giraffe.)

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standing desk for giraffes.

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2016-04-06 Jazz Kitchen Menagerie

Apr07
by on 2016-04-07 at 12:08
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Another evening of music, this time the Jazz Jam at Oxford Jazz Kitchen. It was very crowded, so from the back I had a restricted view and had to make up quite a lot to fill the scene. It’s still fairly accurate, I reckon. Karen got up and performed the saucy “Kitchen Man” to an enthusiastically fast drum-beat, but managed to keep her cool and stay in the groove.

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Jazz gig, with tenor sax, guitar, string bass, hippo on bass, bear on drums and giraffe on vocals.

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2016-03-28 Hippo Anniversary

Mar28
by on 2016-03-28 at 12:51
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thumbnail I’ve been playing with OpenGL over the weekend, and the hippos forced me to publish this repeating animated microshort.

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hippos weaving

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20160323 The UK’s Best Jazz Bookshop

Mar24
by on 2016-03-24 at 13:02
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Great performance by Pete Oxley and Nick Meier last night at the Albion Beatnik Bookstore. I prepped my coloured pencils and riffed along with the fluid melodies and oh so tight rapport. I managed to include references to almost every title played, except for Vera Cruz (because I didn’t know what to draw).

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Pete Oxley and Nick Meier "Chasing Tails"

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2016-03-05 Micrographia

Mar05
by on 2016-03-05 at 22:24
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Today Karen and I participated in an event in our local museum of the history of science. We drew pictures of insects seen through a microscope, and then transferred our drawings into monoprint. That’s my* body louse, Pediculus humanus, reproduced above – I forgot to reverse the caption. The event was designed to celebrate the famous work Micrographia, by Robert Hooke.

UPDATE: Got some paint and had a go at home today. This isn’t a print, this is the back-lit acetate block I used to hold the paint after making a print (so it’s a kind of negative). 20160306_hippo_monoprint_block

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* only borrowed. I wasn’t allowed to keep her.

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