The Dark Balloon

A weblog by Hao Lian.
A journey into the soft of night.
A terrible secret guarded by golems.

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Problems.

  • Candyman: I think her name is Tong-Tong or something.
  • Candyman: Apparently she’s really good at physics.
  • Candyman: So good that she takes five or six hours to finish problem sets that should really take no more than 1.5 hours to solve and type.
  • Me: Ha, you’re just jealous of Tong-Tong’s ability to not make any Wrong-Wrongs on her physics tests.
  • Candyman: hahahaha
[(2009 October 17) • • .]

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John Hodgman on the sweet memories of love in the enormity of space.

[(2008 October 21) • • • • • .]

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Ampère’s Law wears a beret and acts snobbish, redux

The equations Maxwell stole
[(2008 January 10) • • .]

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Call off the hounds.

Alas, friends, I believe I’ve found the most delicious scientific section on Wikipedia. With the twenty-year old hunt drawing to a close now, I have only a couple of words to say: Boit ziff pop burp loam.

[(2008 January 5) • • .]

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Ampère’s Law wears a beret and acts snobbish.

These are the equations of Maxwell. Here they lie, sitting and sipping tea.
[(2007 December 31) • • • .]