If You Meet an Angry Robot During Your Dive
The undersea world is full of wonders. But one thing you don’t see every day, even underwater, is a large, grabby, crabby mechanical man. What should you do if you encounter one? (MORE..)
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How to Protect Your Food From Animals when Camping
Earlier, I discussed techniques for obtaining food in the wild. … [But] animals have little regard for private property and will gladly eat whatever looks tasty, with no consideration for the amount of work it…
What’s the best way to pole-vault?
Pole-vaulting should be done with a pole-vaulting pole. Do not attempt pole-vaulting with… (more)
How can I avoid being eaten by a monster?
Sometimes, if a monster wants to eat you, you don’t get a lot of choice in the matter. So the best way to prevent a monster from eating you, is… (MORE)
What’s the Most Efficient Way to Travel?
Hilary Moon Murphy of Minneapolis writes, Tyler, I keep hearing different styles of transportation touted as the “most efficient.” What is the most efficient way to travel? Most efficient can mean many things, depending on…
How Long Can an Elephant Stand After It Dies?
…I thought they might actually mean, “How long can you stand an elephant after it dies?” But on consulting prominent elephysiologists, I learned that elephant post-mortem standing is in fact a matter of some controversy…
What Does One Do with Co-workers Who Won’t Work?
A frustrated government employee writes, Ones who ignore piles of work to be done, or make certain that they take a very large pile and go through it as s-l-o-w-l-y as possible while they dawdle,…
How to Live off The Land
If you must forage for food, look for the right kind of terrain. Try to find land to forage on that contains either shady woods where mushrooms grow, or a convenience store or fast-food restaurant.…
Notes from the free software panel
Notes from the panel on free (but legal) software at Convergence SF con.
Cheese vs. Soap, revisited
Some readers of an earlier blog entry wrote to say that while it’s important to be able to tell the difference between cheese and soap, the technique I described, which employs an electron microscope, is…