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November 30, 2007

Philosophia Naturalis #15

Category: science

It lives... Philosophia Naturalis #15 is up on Sorting Out Science. Volunteers needed for #16 before christmas......

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Quick, someone

Category: academia

bring me some paperwork! Lest I become in danger of committing science....

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iPod iChing - there's simply no place to go

Category: random

Crisp and clear friday, and we approach the iPod with Intent and ask: so, iPod dude, will we really get bucketloads of snow this weekend? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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November 28, 2007

contempt in physics

Category: astro

A cautionary tale for our times.

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November 26, 2007

worst football game ever?

Category: random

Pittsburgh 3 Miami 0 24 yard field coal with 20 seconds to go in 4th quarter. Ugh....

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more strange snippets

Category: random

ships are sailing and oil is flowing and nukes are being fueled...

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heckuva job Brownie

Category: astro

UK announced it is withdrawing from Gemini...

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UC gets new VP for research

Category: astro

He could buy his own 1% share in Gemini! This, btw, confirms my belief that a secret cabal of astronomers will take over the University of California in its entirety in the near future. I, personally, will welcome their new...

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Carnival of Space - 30

Category: science

Thankfully someone remembered to put up The Carnival of Space - #30...

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November 23, 2007

iPod iChing - exceptionally simple

Category: random

thankfully it is friday, and we pose a big question to the Mighty iPod: is it a correct simple theory of something? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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November 22, 2007

almost massless world

Category: astro

for all practical purposes we can do most physics under the assumption that space-time is locally flat...

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November 20, 2007

red boson, blue fermion

Category: science

Can you, in fact, add ordered sets of unlike things?...

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Overly Simple Theory of Something

Category: astro

surfer dude posits theory of everything physics blogs react

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November 19, 2007

computer in a coal mine

Category: science

10,000 servers in a secret lair

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Ode to Mac in Winter

Category: academia

Snowy morning...

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November 18, 2007

No PALs

Category: random

No PALs for Pakistan or nukes for Iran.

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I remember...

Category: random

When there was a channel on television that showed music videos......

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November 16, 2007

uncommon cold

Category: science

Killer Mutant Cold Virus!!!

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winning with vinegar

Category: science

Penn State engineers have come up with an interesting twist on fuel production, coming up with a cell that very efficiently produces hydrogen...

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Dubious Proofs

Category: astro

proof by "what else"

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Waiting For the Great Leap Forward

Category: random

Joyous Happy Sunny Day!...

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iPod iChing - ka-ching

Category: random

I. Hate. Proposal. Season. Even mini-proposal season... So, as we rush to the bus stop through the snow, clad in t-shirt and sneakers, we ask... Oh, Mighty iPod, modulo the Vagaries of Fallible Panels, what will the Fate of...

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November 15, 2007

Carnival of Space - 29

Category: astro

29th Carnival of Space...

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November 14, 2007

DoD signing statement

Category: random

Froomkin at the WaPo catches Bush making a signing statement....

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how many deadlines?

Category: astro

so... does anyone know if signatures drawn using Adobe Illustrator, or equivalent, count?...

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New Moon Rising

Category: astro

Kaguya images rock! Bonus added earthrise video...

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November 12, 2007

11:11 11/11

Category: random

The end of Blackadder IV...

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false alarm

Category: astro

unknown object heads straight for Earth panic averted, just a spacecraft

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November 10, 2007

geek alert

Category: random

I had a minor geek spree this week, not entirely sucessfully...

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November 9, 2007

"Box on the Euphrates"?

Category: random

the mystery of the "Syrian box" continues...

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iPod iChing - rocketeer to the rescue

Category: random

Snow? Of course, it is friday. So, we ask the Mighty iPod: will I ever be able to buy a ticket to orbit? Just for laughs? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....

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November 8, 2007

back to the Moon with High Fidelity

Category: astro

Kaguya, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's lunar explorer, is taking pretty pictures...

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inadvertent generosity

Category: random

there is an interesting side effect of the dollar's recent pronounced decline...

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Carnival of Space

Category: astro

28th Carnival of Space is up...

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Plan B?

Category: random

Georgia Governor announces back up drought plan Er, dood, I was joking. It doesn't work......

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Comet 17P/Holmes

Category: astro

Periodic Comet 17P/Holmes just brightened by 15 magnitudes overnight...

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and then there were five

Category: astro

Keck/Lick team finds fifth planet in 55 Cancri...

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November 7, 2007

"Rocketeers" - a Review

Category: astro

Rocketeers is the contemporary story of the flurry of activity in private space launch development and construction, centered primarily in the US southwest....

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1,2,3,4

Category: random

2,4,6,8...

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November 6, 2007

"pray for rain"

Category: random

With the end of the tropical storm season in sight, it is not looking good for the drought in the south-east US...

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in our name...

Category: random

who knew there were experimental lawyers!

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November 5, 2007

all at sea

Category: random

the US navy is all out this week...

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contempt in congress

Category: random

Congress has been holding possible contempt citations over some current and ex-White House officials, and a of people have been wondering if the House is going to let executive staff refuse to respond to subpoena issued by oversight committees...

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selection bias and the benefits of hovering

Category: academia

new study shows students with involved parents do better but...

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Imminence of the Eschaton XIII - in the beginning...

Category: science

I blame the phone company, personally

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November 2, 2007

iPod iChing - all at sea

Category: random

it is a gorgeous autumnal friday, the leaves are red as blood and the crisp sun shines through the early morning frost so, we ask the Mighty iPod - we're all at sea - what should be our plan for...

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November 1, 2007

musical chairs

Category: academia

which music should be used for academic musical chairs

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