Marvel's Civil War
Team Cap or Team Iron Man? More importantly, what basis would you use for making that decision?
The Truth About Piracy
What are publishers doing to fight piracy and why is it all wrong?
Project Button Masher
I teach myself music composition by imitating the style of various videogame soundtracks. How did it turn out? Listen for yourself.
D&D Campaign
WAY back in 2005, I wrote about a D&D campaign I was running. The campaign is still there, in the bottom-most strata of the archives.
This is Why We Can’t Have Short Criticism
Here's how this site grew from short essays to novel-length quasi-analytical retrospectives.
Atom Smashing? Booooo.
I hope you do know that the ball-and-stick model is hopelessly outdated and wrong. Still, pretty awesome.
He should try to build a model of a heroine molecule.
Now, that’s a challenge!
Is it just me, or does it look like they just used another carbon ornament instead of oxygen?
Should I be worried that there is a lighter right next to a huge alcohol molecule? Although that would make for an exceptionally fun Christmas light show…
@4
No, the two carbon atoms are smooth. The Oxygen atom looks bumpy.
Tsk. It’s in an eclipsed conformation!
Axle @ 3: Heroine is a compound? Where can I get my wife some, so she’ll finally understand RPGs?
;-)
Seriously, I want a whole bunch of these so I can finally get some revenge…
My favorite thing about the ethanol molecule is that some modeling kits make it dog-shaped. By which I mean, four legs, a tail, a head with a long nose and two ears. It’s uncanny, and awesome.
Ah, ethanol; one of my favorite organic foods. Especially when it’s made from GM grains.
And I agree that the model needs a better oxygen atom.
@ 2 Samopsa: You better go on an editing spree at wikipedia then, because it’s full of these “outdated and wrong” models. :rollseyes:
You may like the following video (and all its related ones) Periodic Table of Videos – Chemistry Christmas Tree wherein you also learn there is a compound called “Arsole” :)
I’ll see that and raise you a Caffeine Molecule tattoo.