Building Batman

2009-06-29

Dark Claw's Adamantium Skeleton

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In the 1990's DC and Marvel did a cross over event and mashed their characters together into "amalgams" . The character they c...
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2009-06-28

Tons of Kryptonite

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Let's assume that the entire planet of Krypton is made of Kryptonite. With the wide variety of kryptonite this doesn't even feel li...

How much kryptonite is on Earth?

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Batman's best friend Superman is a allergic to green chunks of his home planet. If Batman wants to find all of the Kryptonite on earth a...
2009-06-26

Crazy Krypton

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The mass of a planet creates gravity. If two planets are the same size and one has twice the mass as the other than it will also have a grav...
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2009-06-24

What was the mass of Krypton?

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Back in the dawning heyday of the superhero, writers were still determining the extent of Superman's powers . There was a time when Supe...
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2009-06-23

Batty About Buses (a superhero Fermi question)

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Ok so the Joker has planted a bomb on one city bus and Batman must track it down before the end of rush hour. How many buses could it possib...
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2009-06-22

How many buses are in Gotham City?

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You don't need any information. Just answer it. You do need some idea of the area of something (ANYTHING) to compare to. Any area. The s...

Dealing with Big and Small Numbers

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How are we going to learn to guess? It's actually something we can learn. For example, say you ask me, "How many people are on eart...
2009-06-20

Fermi Problems and Batman

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Batman is the world's greatest detective. And so it's time that I start to develop detective skills but how to start? Do I start wit...
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2009-06-11

The Brave and the Bould

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WOW. Bouldering was amazing. I had so much fun. And my toes hurt so much. We drove out and hiked in. At first we found many rock formations ...
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Bouldering Batman

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It’s only been one day since I bought my shoes but this evening a more experienced friend and I are going to drive out to the area I explore...
2009-06-10

Bat-Boots

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This afternoon I biked across town to the largest sporting store in the city and bought a pair of rock climbing shoes. Oh, man are they unco...
2009-06-08

Let There be Sanity

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The Source has posted another image of Batgirl. Am I the only one praying it's not Babs? I hear a lot of people who would or wouldn...
2009-06-07

That's a lot of miles...

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This weekend I spent a lot of time on my bike. Friday I did a 16 mile bike ride, Saturday a hard 25 mile ride and then on Sunday a final 25 ...
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2009-06-06

Batman and Robin #1

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I don't usually do comic book reviews. Hell, lately I don't usually post at all. Maybe you couldn't tell but I do actually read ...
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2009-06-05

Training - but not posting

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Sorry about the large delay between posts. I know we all hate it when a blogger stops you from reading your favorite blog for an entire mont...
2009-05-16

Gotch Ya

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The May 2009 issue of Wired magazine had a write-up about spy gear. You can read it online . The item on their list that really attracted m...
2009-05-06

Picking Tumblers: Part I

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We are going to start with tumbler locks. They aren't the easiest lock to pick and their not the hardest - they are the most common. But...
2009-05-05

Learning From the Best

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Last night I taught a group of 3 friends how to pick locks. By the end of the night, each and every one of them had picked every lock I owne...
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2009-05-03

Speechless

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Last night I had the chance to paint the face of a mime. So? Batman does not paint faces, you say. That's true but he's got to be an...
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