February 2012
1 post
4 tags
“Quando pequena, a filha de Dickens, Mamie, teve o singular privilégio de passar...”
– in p. 232 de Oficina de Escritores - Um Manual para a Arte da Redação, de Stephen Koch, WMF Martins Fontes, 2008 na verdade, boa parte deste trecho citado por Koch vem das páginas 161 e 163 de Dickens, escrito por Peter Ackroyd, HarperCollins Torchbooks, 1992
Feb 4th
January 2012
3 posts
1 tag
Jan 27th
825 notes
1 tag
Jan 27th
45 notes
3 tags
“The goal of plasmonics is to “squeeze” light so that one can manipulate objects...”
– Page(s): 39, Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku Sobre uma possibilidade de tecnologia para alcançarmos a invisibilidade das coisas, como descrito por M. Kaku. Saiu algo sobre o assunto no...
Jan 27th
1 note
December 2011
12 posts
Dec 30th
1 tag
“Chegamos então ao gran finale da nossa Sinfonia 2012. O tom cósmico que nos...”
– Ok, pergunto: quando dois pontos não estão alinhados? Vai saber a geometria que estão considerando aqui, não é mesmo? Porque se for na de Euclides, por dois pontos sempre passa uma curva e uma dessas curvas costuma ser uma reta.
Dec 29th
1 note
Dec 28th
29,209 notes
2 tags
Dec 18th
678 notes
Dec 15th
68 notes
1 tag
Dec 13th
170 notes
Get Instant Feedback When You Publish →
For months we’ve been studying how, when and why people publish their posts, and what the common tasks are people perform afterwards. We know many of you immediately want to see what your post looks…
Dec 13th
1 tag
Dec 13th
562 notes
Dec 12th
1,884 notes
Dec 12th
Dec 12th
105 notes
2 tags
Dec 12th
422 notes
November 2011
10 posts
1 tag
Nov 17th
9 notes
1 tag
Nov 17th
3 notes
1 tag
Nov 7th
1 tag
Nov 7th
627 notes
inconvicto: Metamorfose Unidirecional →
bibifortes: Você com certeza já assistiu a um amigo do seu colegial se metamorfosear ao adentrar um curso de Humanas. Não leva mais de um semestre para que um estudante de Ciências Sociais, Filosofia, Letras, História ou qualquer coisa que o valha adapte suas vestimentas e costumes ao espírito corrente dos… O pior é que não é só isso. Há um grupelho de professores que vivem, se alimentam...
Nov 7th
2 notes
1 tag
Nov 4th
1,193 notes
2 tags
Nov 4th
63 notes
1 tag
Nov 3rd
New Mobile Theme: Minileven →
There’s a good chance that visitors to your site these days will be using a smartphone. We feel it’s important to provide them with a great reading experience while on the small screen, so today…
Nov 3rd
New Theme: Strange Little Town →
Introduce a hint of wonderment into your blog with our latest free theme! This is your invitation to take an enchanting voyage to a Strange Little Town. Our latest release is designed to transport…
Nov 2nd
October 2011
26 posts
2 tags
Oct 25th
2,945 notes
1 tag
Oct 25th
186 notes
1 tag
Oct 25th
75 notes
2 tags
Oct 24th
64 notes
1 tag
Oct 24th
605 notes
3 tags
Oct 23rd
8 notes
1 tag
Oct 22nd
3,582 notes
3 tags
Oct 21st
51 notes
Oct 20th
389 notes
New Themes: iTheme 2 and Bold News →
If you are doing a great job on your blog and posting regularly, sometimes important posts fade away from the home page. Sound familiar? Today, we’re excited about introducing two new themes that…
Oct 19th
1 tag
Speedy neutrino mystery likely solved, relativity... →
Those weird faster-than-light neutrinos that CERN thought they saw last month may have just gotten slowed down to a speed that’ll keep them from completely destroying physics as we know it. In an ironic twist, the very theory that these neutrinos would have disproved may explain exactly what happened. Back in September, physicists ran an experiment where they sent bunches of neutrinos from...
Oct 17th
243 notes
2 tags
Oct 17th
9,848 notes
2 tags
Oct 17th
70 notes
2 tags
Oct 17th
46 notes
2 tags
Oct 12th
34,382 notes
Baseball Fans: Show Your Pride This Postseason... →
Earlier this year we announced our partnership with Major League Baseball to bring their Fan, Modern, and Retro blog themes to WordPress.com. Well, it’s playoff time, and we think there’s no…
Oct 12th
1 tag
Oct 11th
21 notes
3 tags
Oct 8th
92 notes
4 tags
Oct 8th
223 notes
Retro Mac Theme →
It’s impossible to overstate the influence of Steve Jobs on technologists, particularly his passion for beautiful, usable products. We work harder and have higher standards because of the bar set by…
Oct 7th
1 tag
Oct 6th
36,212 notes
3 tags
“A Ciência não persegue uma verdade absoluta. Ciência é um mecanismo, um modo de...”
– Science does not purvey absolute truth, science is a mechanism. It’s a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature, it’s a system for testing your thoughts against the universe and seeing whether they match. — Isaac Asimov (via hypercubic)
Oct 5th
3 tags
Oct 5th
1,131 notes
2 tags
Oct 5th
4,700 notes