What About Socialization?

The next installment of our Warning: Science in Progress! video blog is finally ready. This one was a blast to put together, not least because we are sporting our brand-new lab coats from American Science and Surplus.

In this episode, we demonstrate the use of a capacitor using a simple circuit involving a battery, a push-button switch, a resistor, and an LED. We are also joined by a special guest star.

The file size is very large, but it is hopefully worth the download time…

This afternoon Lydia announced that she had found some grammatical errors on a Wikipedia page, and so had gone in to edit the page to correct them. Since her grammar kung fu has always been quite strong, it was no shock that she was able to spot the errors, or that they bothered her; but we were collectively impressed at her taking the initiative to correct them.

Later today, Lydia and I were heading out to get some dinner, and we happened to drive by the (in)famous Spindle, a piece of public art made famous by its appearance in Wayne’s World. There’s been a lot of news coverage lately about The Spindle being taken down to make room for a Walgreen’s. Well, apparently unannounced, a demolition crew began the dismantling. We joined a small crowd and I took a bunch of pictures with my iPhone. After dinner, we updated the Wikipedia entry and uploaded our pictures as well.

You can see the page with our photos (and get a history of the Spindle) here. For more pictures, check out our Flickr photo stream of the event.