Karl's Place » people http://blogs.kranich.org/karl Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:44:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Go Jarvis! http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/04/30/go-jarvis/ http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/04/30/go-jarvis/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:41:22 +0000 karl.kranich http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/?p=155 Jarvis got his video played at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008!

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/04/30/go-jarvis/feed/ 0 Man Stuck in Elevator for 41 Hours http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/04/19/man-stuck-in-elevator-for-41-hours/ http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/04/19/man-stuck-in-elevator-for-41-hours/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:28:32 +0000 karl.kranich http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/?p=153 I’m surprised that I’ve never heard that story before.? It happened back in 1999, but Nick Paumgarten wrote a very interesting piece about it for The New Yorker very recently.? He interleaves the story of Nicholas White’s entrapment with a broader story on “the lives of elevators“.

See a speeded-up video of the ordeal here.

]]> http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/04/19/man-stuck-in-elevator-for-41-hours/feed/ 0 Governor Huckabee’s Excellent Evolution Response http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/14/governor-huckabees-excellent-evolution-response/ http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/14/governor-huckabees-excellent-evolution-response/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:05:27 +0000 karl.kranich http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/14/governor-huckabees-excellent-evolution-response/ Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/14/governor-huckabees-excellent-evolution-response/feed/ 0 The Myth of Galileo http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/05/the-myth-of-galileo/ http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/05/the-myth-of-galileo/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:39:56 +0000 karl.kranich http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/05/the-myth-of-galileo/ Most of us learned some version of the following in school:? Galileo was a brilliant scientist who discovered the truth and was then persecuted by an intolerant church.

Today the Thinking Christian pointed me to a great post at the evangelical outpost that attempts to set the record straight.? It’s definitely worth a read.? I’m hoping to check out the references soon.

]]> http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2008/02/05/the-myth-of-galileo/feed/ 0 Daniel Tammet’s incredible brain http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2007/09/07/daniel-tammets-incredible-brain/ http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2007/09/07/daniel-tammets-incredible-brain/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:41:47 +0000 karl.kranich http://blogs.kranich.org/karl/2007/09/07/daniel-tammets-incredible-brain/ This man can perform incredible calculations in his head, and somehow sees the numbers as shapes or colors. He can also learn a new language in a week.

A British documentary is available on YouTube. I haven’t watched all 5 parts yet, but the first one was fascinating.

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