Monthly Archives: January 2011

For mathematicians: quantum gastronomy

My favorite excerpts from an absolutely delicious piece (pun intended): A perfectly hardboiled egg should be immersed for exactly 7.237 minutes in water heated to a temperature of precisely 380.25 Kelvin (note for higher altitudes: convert to Centigrade and multiply by your exact distance, in light-years, from the center of the Hydra-Centaurus supercluster). Exceeding this...

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Scientists kick Lady Gaga’s ass

Initially I wanted to post this video in my Link Love Fridays post. But it’s just so kick-ass that it deserves its own post. What a mind-blowing idea, right? Which further proves that PhD students are incredibly awesome. we watched this video at the lab and we were saying that any scientist can relate to...

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This song, oh my…

You guys, have you heard about Koop? D downloaded Island Blues, a few days ago and I can’t stop listening to it. It’s so languorous and melancholic, and soothing in a way. It makes me think of Leonard Cohen. What do you think of it?

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Chic Sundays: Natalie Portman for Vogue

I hope it came as no surprise to anyone, I really loved Black Swan and you can read my review here. As a photographer, and lover of all things ethereal dreamy and out of this world, I am so very much in love with this editorial from the January issue of Vogue featuring Natalie Portman....

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Link Love Fridays

A 7-week baby’s first audition. I can’t believe she never wakes up during the whole thing. So incredibly sweet! Watch it. NOW. {Via A Cup of Jo} Dear America: You cannot wear your pajamas all the time! {Via Yes and Yes} Adolf Hipster. This is hilarious! How to take better travel photographs. Yes, don’t go...

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