Science talks??

I didn't forget about blogging, time is just a hot commodity these days. 

I still have a few too many things on the go, but somehow manage to balance them all: 

• Thesis editing (The beast has been tamed - I think.)
• Mechanical testing (Still trying to get a hold of this animal (pun intended)- doing something for the first time EVER is incredibly frustrating, especially when you're eye-balling most of it.)
• CLS tours and side projects (They keep piling on, but I'm happy to take on the challenge - it's fun that I actually get paid for and they're a great crowd to work with.)
• Tutoring, mostly writing (Although commitment is minimal, here's where the majority of my frustration lies.  My idiot threshold is pretty low, and those who write poorly tend to push the limits.)
• Personal life....oh, wait...that one's come to a screeching halt.  I've come to realize that Friday night with 2 puppies and a good book are just fine for me right now.  I may be a shut-in, but I'm at the point where I deal with people enough during my day that I want to recharge my batteries with my own company.  (I have a feeling I might end up looking for ideas related to "extrovert turned introvert" or something like that because right now, I'm perfectly fine just entertaining myself.)

Over the last couple of weeks, I found a really neat little website with some really neat ideas.  It's TED related, and it's one of my many quick shots of "intelligent" when I have a *facepalm* "Why is the world SO STUPID day!?".  The other is this YouTube channel - I usually go to it when I have some jackass pushing religion or lack of religion on me and I need a little dose of "science philosophy".  This one's my favorite.   Here's another "Bill Nye Thought", but I think it makes a really good point. 

But back to TED Ed.  I found this little gem that still manages to blow my mind every time I watch it - I've watched it about 7 or 8 times...:S  I'm not sure why it doesn't quite compute, and I've had this conversation with my physicist friends.  I understand the concept of infinity and how to come up with and infinite group, but I think where I'm stuck is that the engineer in me sees little practical application of it.  I could sound hard-headed here, but the concepts in this little video seem more like mental masturbation than practical thought.  Whatever, I still keep watching it.....like a drug almost.  

Note: I purposely linked to pages instead of embedding videos.  Explore these pages, I can spend hours on them, just listening, and I think you could too.