Basic Microfluidic Concepts – a good basic explanation of the fluid dynamics in microfluidic channels.

Fluids Flow Hydraulic and Pneumatic Knowledge Menu - Engineers Edge – I learned a lot of this at one time but it has been a looooong time. This site seems to have a lot of good basic definitions.

Electroosmosis – good primer on electroosmotic flow. I never learned this stuff first time thru my education. The atomic and quantum level physics underlying materials behaviour is what I find currently fascinating.

Springs – from Eric Weisstein’s World of Physics – good basic primer on springs. Needed for my EE502 class. Once upon a time I learned this stuff but that has been several geologic eras ago.

probargainhunter – all about shopping tips and finding bargains. I stumbled across it while looking at sites related to Judy’s Book.

Need an equation editor for my UW Course. Don’t have office installed anymore and so don’t have the free one that comes with office. SourceForge.net: MathCast Equation Editor seems to be the leading open source altenative – also requires a font package from MIT. Seems a little obtuse but hey I am editing equations so I am swimming in obtuse. I guess OpenOffice has an equation editor too but I don’t want to install all that cruft.

Smarth is an online alternative but doesn’t seem to function that well in Firefox. I really wish google docs would support equations but oh well.

Tabs seem to be busted. I’ve uninstalled all my add-ons that would seem to be affecting tabs and they are still busted.

UPDATE: apparently a clean install will fix it per mozilla forums

Bob’s totally awesome HDR pic of Pike Place Market – Pike Place Market in HDR and B&W - Bobsplanet and his tools reco

…at Home Depot – #1 selling paint? Ohio State scarlet & gray : Fanblogs College Football Blog

Techcrunch ? Blog Archive ? Google Co-op Launches – not a new idea but nicely done. My first attempt at a halloween prop search

From Michigan Monday

It also means that we are now in that portion of the season where Michigan and Ohio State are showing each other purposeful looks. Michigan went with five wides and five and six-man fronts. The Buckeyes, meanwhile, are throwing passes with Ted Ginn. Even though the games may not be that interesting leading up to November 18, the gamesmanship sure will be.

This is exactly right. The next three games are all about showing the opponent just what you want them to see. I bet that some parts of the OSU offensive seem strangely ineffective for the next 3 games.

going back to college in your 40s is interesting. On the plus side, I am way more equipped to deal with ambiguity, and I generally don’t stress about the course.

On the minus side, my analytical skills have atrophied away thanks to 20 years of using the autosum button in excel and its ilk. So dealing with a message like the following is pretty daunting – I have to recover college calculus and physics in days.

…We’ll then move on to discuss the radioisotope powered cantilever paper. It’ll be good if you try to derive all equations in the paper and identify critical issues…

Fittings Inc. Everything you could want and more.

The Insider: BioPassword to hackers – crack this account – will be interesting to see how much traffic this generates.

Ohio State vs Minnesota 1869-2005 – 38-7 all time, average score of 30-13. 20 and 2 since 1980, average score of 36-15.