Save the Tree Octopus (from Sasquatch)

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Coleridge poem about Kublai Khan, and an exhaustive analysis of that poem. When Marco Polo (allegedly) visited China, he met Kublai Kahn. Very smart and simple architectural solutions to green building (image). Passive solar design versus thorough insulation. Chinese booklet for dealing with English tourists at the Olympics. Students insist Tree Octopus exists because it says so on an internet page. More on this here and here. The external links on this page lead to various online experiments you can participate in. A group of Google employees have started their own search engine to rival Google. It's very promising, but with obvious flaws. And now I shall shamelessly promote the British quiz Quite Interesting. Ten ways to make user comments stir up less contempt for your fellow man.