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350 Is The Upper Limit
"If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted... CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm."
Jim Hansen, NASA

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Quantum Mechanics for Dummies

Electrons Are Weird

Great video, takes about 10 minutes to watch, includes actual photographs, taken through an electron microscope, at a resolution of one atom. If you’re short on time, start the video around 7:30.

But you really ought to take ten and watch the whole thing. This is some truly amazing stuff.


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I am Jon, and I’m thinking about waves.

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October 26th, 2008 Posted by Jon | Fun Stuff, Sundays | one comment

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Economic Forecast - Europe

Thanks to the BigPicture. From Barry’s post (emphasis mine):
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Forecast: Scattered recession, with defaults gusting up to 40% !

Forecast

I am Jon. Barry sure has a way with words, huh…

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October 24th, 2008 Posted by Jon | Fun Stuff, The Future!, The Net | Leave a Comment

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Boybama - Battleground For Your Heart

Goin’ Out To All The White Women

Especially those living in Ohio, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Virginia, and Nevada…

(disclaimer: I’m a ‘white’ man, so I can say that, right? ;^)

Thanks to Kara at AllThingsDigital for pointing us to this video. As she says, it’s strangely addictive.

Check it out:



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I am Jon… hey! Where’d everybody go?

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October 21st, 2008 Posted by Jon | Fun Stuff | Leave a Comment