Odds & Ends

Thailand Unique is where to go for edible insects. Smokey BBQ canned scorpions. (Yum!) And King Cobra Snake infused whiskey.

"Biology bloggers have Tangled Bank. Medical bloggers have Grand Rounds. Neuroscience bloggers have Encephalon. And now math bloggers have the Carnival of Mathematics." (link)

Lawrence Welk Meets Velvet Underground (YouTube link).

If you mix water and cornstarch, you're on your way to Kung Pao Chicken, but if you stop there and shake the solution at the right frequency, strange things happen (YouTube: Cornstarch Science).

The coming war with Iran? I hope not.