Two weeks ago I sent business documents to Germany and since it was necessary to make sure that this shipping arrives before the end of this months, I selected EMS which does not only guarantee the fastest transportation, but also…
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
DHL – Delays, Haphazard and Lies
Tagged with: DHL Express, Frankfurt airport, Post Office, Shipping, transportation
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
The weather balloon
I guess you have heard about weather balloons which carry instruments with them to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed (such a balloon is also called “radiosonde”). However, according to this article there will be…
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Tagged with: Ballooning, Environmental Issue, Meteorology, Radiosonde, Weather balloon
Posted in Uncategorized
Posted in Uncategorized
Necktie miss
This morning on the train: The usual scenery; the train is getting more and more crowded at each station and with pupil leaving the car businessmen are soon outnumbering elementary, junior and high-school students. When we arrive at the terminal…
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Chances of being struck by lightning
Maybe you have asked yourself how big are the chances that lightning will struck you? Of course there is no way to predict lightning hits and given that thunderstorms (and other weather scenarios that evoke lightning) are more likely in…
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Tagged with: Atmospheric sciences, Lightning, Lightning strike, Meteorology, Natural Disaster, Weather
Posted in math, travel
Posted in math, travel
The heat is on …
Well, I am not talking about the song from the film “Beverly Hills Cop”, but about the temperatures in Tokyo metropolitan area these days. From the beginning of this week thermometer readings show around 35 degrees during daytime and don’t…
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The Monty Hall problem
The so-called Monty Hall problem has been named after the American television game show Let’s Make a Deal who’s original host was Mr. Monty Hall. At the first glance, the problem (and its solution) is as astonishing as the the…
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Clockwise
Have you every wondered how the direction of “clockwise” has been fixed to our nowadays understanding? Of course it looks like an arbitrary decision how someone arranges the hourly numbers on a disk, but there is some deeper background behind…
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Tagged with: Clocks, Clockwise, Northern Hemisphere, Orientation, Physics, Rotation, Sundials
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Eco vending machines
Coca-Cola Japan came up with the idea (in Japanese) to develop a new type of vending machine, that cools its items only during the off-peak hours (i.e. during the night) and keeps the drinks cold during the 16h long day-time…
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My two pennies worth
Every year I have two or three business trips to locations somewhere in the U.S. Although you can pay almost everywhere with credit card, it is still necessary to carry a few Dollars in your pocket, especially when you need…
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Breach of the peace
Japan is one of the few countries in the world where people usually obey basic rules of manner and thus refrain from talking on the phone while riding on public transportation. Whenever you ride a train or bus you won’t…
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Tagged with: Japan, Mobile telecommunications, public transportation
Posted in handy phone, Japanese
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