{"id":992,"date":"2012-07-11T10:32:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T09:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leirdal.net\/blog\/?p=992"},"modified":"2012-07-11T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T09:34:10","slug":"one-of-the-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/992-one-of-the-best.html","title":{"rendered":"One of the best!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am an engineer, and I really like technology and science. One of my favourite web comics for several years now is xkcd.com<\/a>. The author is a physicist and has a very interesting view of the world. Lately he has expanded his universe and have introduced a new site called “What If?”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The site is highly recommended to everybody that ever had a slight interest in physics, mathematics or science in general. The author has created two articles so far, but check them out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am an engineer, and I really like technology and science. One of my favourite web comics for several years now is xkcd.com. The author is a physicist and has a very interesting view of the world. Lately he has expanded his universe and have introduced a new site called “What If?”. 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