blake johnson

Let me join the everyone else in proclaiming that Wall-E is a great movie, among the best Pixar has produced. Pixar must have an amazing shop to continue to deliver such high quality.

You also shouldn’t miss this intriguing op-ed comparing the themes of Wall-E to the presidential race.

The juggling videos are taking another week off. I actually wanted to make a video last night, but I couldn’t find my camera (oops!). So, I hope that turns up soon. I am headed back to Minnesota today for my sister’s wedding. Expect photos of the event to appear on my flickr account early next week.

An article in Physics Today led me to a neat page on NASA’s website about various theories of lift. It shows how many of the explanations common to popular literature are incorrect through a serious of java applets that let you see what is actually going on. Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool.

A fun simulation of the history of baseball appeared in the nytimes today.

Adam Rogers, a senior editor at Wired, wrote a eulogy for Gary Gygax, the inventor of Dungeons and Dragons, in todays nytimes.