Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Hot seat

Here in Korea they take toilet technology dead serious. This particular model has three water holes for flushing, including a very tiny one whose purpose is mysterious, and an electric panel offering all sorts of options for flushing and rinsing. The best part is that the toilet seat is warmed by hot water from the inside, so it feels all warm and comfortable to sit on.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Monday, September 7, 2009

Tongue Twister

Pat made a bad bet to put a bat in his pad's bed.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Friday, September 4, 2009

Fluorine


I had always heard that fluorine was a brownish-yellow gas, but I always wondered how anyone knew. You cannot keep fluorine in a glass container since the glass would burn. If you keep it in a copper cask, you can't see it. And if you tried to see it outside a container, you would die from inhalation. But today I was browsing the internet and found the first picture of fluorine gas I have ever seen, shown left. For the story of how this sample was prepared, see here

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Shameless promotion

For some pretty pictures of insects and stuff, and some nice Slovak poetry click here