Trevor Blake: The Residents. 1990. Multiple name identities are co-incarnations, individuals who exist in more than one body at the same time. A few multiple name identities can be found in academia. Nicholas Bourbaki has written several influential papers on mathematics since 1935. A number of men were Nicholas Bourbaki. The theologian Franz Bibfeldt was [...]
The venus fly trap closes around its prey only when two of its triggers are touched; one trigger alone does not close the trap. In a sense, this plant can count. Some dogs and birds can be taught how to count. Children are able to count at a very early age. It seems that everyone [...]
Pi is the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is also the symbol for the ratio between the circumference of a circle and the diameter of a circle. Diameter is the distance from one side of a circle to the other side of a circle. Circumference is the distance around the outside of a [...]
Sky News: Banned Man Utd Shirts ‘Promote The Devil’ Manchester United shirts have been banned in Malaysia after the red devil crest was labelled “dangerous and un-Islamic”. Thousands of fans have reacted angrily to the decision by Muslim clerics – with some accusing them of supporting Premier League arch-rivals Liverpool. Despite the Old Trafford side [...]
The television program LOST (first broadcast on the United States channel ABC between 2004-2010) includes a geodesic dome. I do not intend to say much here about the show other than I have enjoyed it tremendously. The sixth and final season of LOST begins in February 2010. This essay will discuss the geodesic domes appearing [...]
