Posts published in “Baffling Bits & Bobs”

As we approach the end of the semester, many things may come to mind. Some think of the holiday season or of their inevitable hell week where all of their professors have seemingly conspired to make everything due at the very same moment (as per usual), while others think of how the Hoboken wind chill will be reminiscent of Dante’s ninth circle.

This past summer was debatably the worst period of my life. I have had my fair share of rough patches in life with parents divorcing (multiple times), a chronic kidney disease, and a seeming magnetism of sports balls to my face.

This week, we are going to touch on a more complicated concept than usual. I’d like to talk about music boxes and, as an extension, lay down the groundwork for acoustics in general.

I decided to bust my tail a bit and double or, I guess, triple-write just so I could have an article in the Halloween Issue.

I am admittedly not a huge coffee guy. I actually much prefer a nice cup of hot chocolate any day of the week.

Alrighty folks, it’s time for my second most favorite season of the year: FALL. I said last time that I would be writing about bicycle gears this time around.

Just about every purely mechanical mechanism can be constructed from the six simple machines. These include the inclined plane, wedge, lever, wheel and axle, screw, and pulley.