The Underhill Journal - miscellany

Orangutan communication

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:05:27 +0200

Saw this on the BBC.

Orangutans use 'charades' to talk

Orangutans intentionally modified their gestures to get what they wanted
Orangutan communication resembles a game of charades, a study suggests.

Researchers…

The Declaration of Arbroath

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:05:00 +0200

I just did a bit of digging as I wanted the full text of the Declaration of Arbroath. This was a letter sent by a large list of nobles and dignitaries…

Free Nintendo Wii!!!

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:48:19 +0200

Want to get a free Nintendo Wii? Real Incentives are giving them away using a system similar to the one explained in the video below.

newsnight free ipod

This may sound…

Star Wars theme

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:23:38 +0200

With a scottish twist......

I am not a big fan of the bag pipes personally, they were originally used to scare the enemy in battle and I can fullly understand how…

Water in Soa Paulo

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:31:59 +0200

This is a nice video of a water display in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The editing could be better, but the water effects are pretty cool. Enjoy.

Tesla Coil

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:38:43 +0200

This is a solid-state Tesla coil. The primary runs at its resonant frequency in the 41 KHz range, and is modulated from the control unit in order to generate the tones…

Dawkins Foundation Social Networking site

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:26:26 +0200

The Richard Dawkins Foundation has just started a Social Networking site which should actually be pretty interesting. It ought to attract a lot of reasoned people who want to debate the…

Braveheart

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:24:46 +0200

The film Braveheart has it's faults, not least Mel Gibson, but it's sentiment is actually spot on. The following is a clip from the film, where William Wallace rallies the troops.…

Fingerboarding

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:02:46 +0200

I just liked the way this video was done. I'm not a great enthusiast of skateboarding, but this was rather cool.

fingerboarding

Genetics more complex than first thought....

noreply@blogspirit.com (Ms Miller) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:44:55 +0200

Well, it hardly comes as a surprise to me, but it seems like the corporate scientists already riding the coat tails of the Human Genome project and trying to make a…