Category: Adventuring

NY Hall of Science: Mathematica Great Big Mobius Strip (An Object that has only one side) One of my biggest academic regrets was not taking Calculus. Mathematics, as it was taught in my high school, was a dull, sterile subject with little bearing on reality. It wasn’t until I got into computer programming that I…

Visiting the Telectroscope art installation in DUMBO was fortunately a convenient excursion, located a block down the street from Grimaldi’s Pizzaria (best pizza in New York). Seeing Londoners Through the Telectroscope What’s a telectroscope? Here’s a description from the installation’s website: Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In…

After sleeping in late recovering from an all-night Chinatown-Express bus ride into NY, I hopped over to Hudson River Park to check out the Science Barge, first project of the NY Sun Works for sustainable engineering. The Science Barge Sarah Hanna, Educational Coordinator for the barge, gave us a tour of the facility, which is…

I and my sister spent the whole day last Saturday hanging around New York University taking in the 2008 World Science Festival. It was the first. It was a hit. I plan to attend again next year. Disney Imagineering Dr. Anne Savage Shows a GPS Collar for Elephants We started off the morning with a…

My favorite, and the most thought-provoking, of the exhibits at NYHS. These quotes seen around The Nature of Networks exhibit say it all: “Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.” – Richard Feynman Internet Arm Wrestling “We cannot…

Coolest item by far in this portion of the NY Hall of Science was the Cloud Chamber, an apparatus that uses dry ice and pure alcohol to let us see the paths of cosmic particles, which are passing through and around us all the time. Different particles leave different tracks in the display. Simulating the…

The 1964 World’s Fair boggles my mind. I can’t believe there was a time in America when science was revered, celebrated on such an incredible scale, and monuments were built to it. The NY Hall of Science is built up within the grounds of this wonderful event, and area in Queens filled with great big…

My Habits Make me a Pathmaker in PMOG Education is an adventure. We quest for knowledge throughout our lives, whether its the daily news, OTJ, or sitcoms. Every fact collected in our minds a tool for accessing new information and clarifying the old. Every fact is also a weapon in debate, which are battles in…

I was in New York recently to see this fascinating exhibit before it moved on, and I was not let down. Science, knowledge, and technological progress are cultural tools available to us all, and they grow exponentially. The more science we know, the more doors to knowledge are open to us. The more technology we…

I’ve always wanted a Cabinet of Curiosities, but have neither the time nor money to establish one. Luckily, we have museums, which serve as public cabinets of curiosities. Naturalist Center (Infested with Bloggers) At the NCMNS the coolest exhibit of all is a small room on the top floor, filled with taxidermy animals, skeletons, rocks,…

I’ve been struggling to find something profound and insightful about bugs and insects, but I just keep coming back to “Insects are cool.” One drawback to the NCMoNS is their lack of labels for some displays. So I have a lot of insect pictures here that I don’t have titles for. I’m hoping the Netizens…