Insangerous

What a great made-up word. Truly, it describes the actions of anyone who doubles the speed limit - they are insane and endanger others. Here are some examples:

1. Fastest Lap - I have never been to New York. I have know idea what the roads are like except through movies (Men in Black). That being said, driving around Manhattan in less that half an hour sounds fast. Looking at the approximate route he took, The route should take around 40 mintues averaging 36 mph (Google). The driver averaged 56 mph, topping out at 144 mph. Pretty good.

2. 520 Bridge - The speed limit is 60 and people commonly drive slower. The trooper believes the driver reached 150 mph; he averaged 137 mph while weaving through cars. I don't even think I can imagine what that looks like in my rear view mirror - approaching faster than cars if you were parked on the freeway. (Here would be the loop of Lake Washington)

Lastly, please don't drive this fast!!! Sign up to be a test pilot (for missles) or something else, that doesn't endanger others.

Google Chrome

When I see this logo, it always strikes me as odd. It is the normal Google colors I am use to seeing; so what makes it catch my attention as quirky? The other day, I finally figured it out - the colors are arranged clockwise. There is nothing wrong with the rotation being clockwise but the colors "start" on the left. That is where they start because I am familiar with green, yellow, & red on traffic lights.

Thinking more I guess Google's logo is working from stopped internet at the top (red), accelerating through yellow, and moving to green (go). This would make more sense with the direction arrows. Hmm maybe I can finally find peace with this conclusion.

BBQ Stall

In my Heat Transfer class in college, my teacher wanted us to start designing experiments. One student put a temperature probe in the freezer and plotted the temperature between the 30 minute compressor intervals. Although I would someday like to hook up my kitchen to do such tests, I think I will leave my wife alone - she makes great food.

A recent article revealed how to reduce how much meat dries out while cooking. The problem occurs during the temperature stall. The temperature of the meat stalls because the juices start to sweat out of the meat. As the juices burn off, evaporative cooling occurs, and cools the meat. The secret is to wrap the meat in foil at the beginning of the temperature stall.

Sorry this comes at the end of the cooking season. Best of luck next year.