Inzell with the Danes
Continuing from where the previous post “left off”, the weekend right after Enschede, I found myself in Inzell, Germany coaching and preparing for the ESDP [more...]
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Fluorinated Compounds
Last Friday I was fortunate enough to be present at my girlfriend's Ph.D. thesis defence at the University of Copenhagen. In case anyone is wondering, it went very well, and all the opponents spoke highly of her work, and now we can all call her "Doctor". [more...]
Square in a Square
For those of you who don’t wish to read 2000-something words of me pontificating about terrorism, here’s a nice little puzzle: The large square has a side length [more...]
Nine Eleven
"A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center" someone said, anticipating my query. I watched the live report for a short while, and as I was about to leave (it was about 11 at night) the second plane crashed into the south tower. [more...]
Technical Discussion: The Difference Between Ice and Inline Speed Skating
In this article, I will try to examine and determine the root causes for these differences, not only as a recreational, observational exercise, but as this examination may hopefully yield useful information for technique development in both ice and inline skating. [more...]
An Inliner’s Guide to Getting Into Ice Part 1: Gear
There are many reasons why an inline speed skater would want to have a go at ice skating. Whatever your reason, in this article I hope to provide some useful tips into making the transition into what may at first seem like a very alien new environment. [more...]
Mid-Life Calculation
It is a fairly well-known truism that time seems to pass at a slower rate for children than it does for adults. One day, not long ago, I was pondering the unusual behaviour [more...]
iPad Thoughts
As many of you have probably guessed from some of my recent status updates, I have purchased an Apple iPad 2. This transaction took place during my last trip to New York [more...]
Image Perception and Frame Rates
A while back, I wrote a little article on screen resolution which hopefully enlightened readers on what it actually means, and demystified the world behind the jargon, which [more...]
A Word on Supplements
Anyone who has ever been involved at a fairly serious level in the world of sport will have come across nutritional supplements of some kind. These can range from having electrolytes in your drinks to constructing entire meals out of powders and vitamin tablets. [more...]
Drawing Molecules
When you were a little kid, you probably came across quick step-by-step guides in children's books on how to draw things. My views on the faults of modern educations systems are perhaps best left to another post, but for now, I present a how-to guide for drawing molecules. [more...]
Musings on Economic Inequality
One of the most fascinating machines I've tried to understand recently is the way we allocate scarce resources - economics. It is interesting for many reasons, and one of them is... [more...]