The Three Doctors
Category: astro
Congratulations!...
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Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science and science policy. I will digress into computational physics, science fiction and general issues and basically whatever I feel like whenever. And, of course, cats.
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December 28, 2007
Category: astro
Congratulations!...
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Category: random
Final friday of lucky ol' seven. So, we approach the Mighty iPod and ask with intrepidation: what is in store for '08? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....
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December 26, 2007
Category: academia
Miracles Do Still Happen....
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December 25, 2007
Category: random
Gleðileg Jól...
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December 24, 2007
Category: random
Kertasníkir - it is down to the wire, the last elf is in town, he'll try to swipe the candles from the kids hands (which might leave them vulnerable to the Christmas Cat!). As he comes, his oldest brother, Stekkjastaur,...
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December 23, 2007
Category: random
Ketkrókur is another hungry wee lad. He'll hook the meat from the rafters and run off with your dinner. Good thing he doesn't like skate!...
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Category: science
It turns out that parallel parking is surprisingly simple. In theory....
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December 22, 2007
Category: random
Happy Feast of Saint Thorlacius....
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Category: random
Gáttaþefur has a masochistic streak, he just stand by the door and sniffs, and sniffs. If you're not good, he might sniff up all the good smells from the christmas meal....
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December 21, 2007
Category: random
Friday? Aaargh! We welcome the return of the Sun, Newtonian dynamics never cease to amaze. And we ask the Mighty iPod, what is in store for us this festive Yule season? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....
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Category: random
Gluggagægir- sneaky little elf, likes to peep in the windows to see if he can see something "nice"... Nice! Happy winter solstice! Remember, you need an evergreen, and a flame. Do it right, or winter might never end......
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December 20, 2007
Category: astro
Carnival of Space #34 at Spaceflight...
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Category: science
in theory there is no difference between theory and practice...
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Category: astro
CoRoT, the French stellar photometry satellite, had a press announcement at 1 pm (Paris time) today...
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Category: science
Stanford claims Lithium battery breakthrough...
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December 19, 2007
Category: random
Bjúgnakrækir - hold on to your sausages. The hungry elves are back, and this one will hook the sausages from the rafters and snarf them. "Bjúgu" are a particular Icelandic delicacy, large, very fatty. Good winter food....
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Category: astro
Bad budget news in the pipeline for science...
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Category: random
Ekki um jólin... Latest seasonal viral video...
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Category: random
Skyrgámur is the scariest elf of all. He will steal all your skyr! Yes, in the old days they had skyr by the barrel load... none of these individual portion cups....
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December 18, 2007
Category: random
little things noticed in the last few seasonal shopping time units......
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Category: astro
The greatest Star Trek homage in history.
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Category: astro
Chandra has a fun press release on some clashing galaxies, one active...
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Category: random
Chad, rightly, considers "Fairytale of New York" to be one of the greatest holiday anthems of all time. News have now arrived, via Iceland of course, that the BBC is censoring the song during play....
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Category: random
Hurðaskellir - you know he's coming, but the slam of the door will surprise you anyway. Classic "condemned man's paradox". He's not hungry. You just won't sleep tonight....
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December 17, 2007
Category: random
Askasleikir - askar are the wooden all purpose bowls - of course after dinner, you put them down for the cats and dogs to lick them clean. Very energy efficient. This lad will distract the animals and then snatch askurinn...
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December 16, 2007
Category: random
Pottasleikir - little ice storm and some snow is not going stop this one. He likes to lick the pots - yum, and we're cooking a pot roast today!...
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December 15, 2007
Category: random
Þvörusleikir - fourth elf made it before the storm. Tall, lanky lad, likes to lick the cooking spoons......
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December 14, 2007
Category: random
Stúfur - is the shortest of the lads. He'll steal your frying pan and lick off the crusty bits. Yum....
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Category: random
Not snowing right now, but right crunchy it is. So, will the snow in the possible, maybe, somewhere nor'easter this weekend be delightful, and I ask that in the spirit of my inner child? Woosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....
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December 13, 2007
Category: astro
Carnival of Space #33 - already!...
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Category: random
Giljagaur is the second of the lads to come to town. Happy to report the munchkins got new gloves/mittens from him, so they're almost cat-safe....
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December 12, 2007
Category: random
The elves are coming! The elves are coming!
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Category: academia
I just got a "I wanna go to grad school letter"....
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Category: astro
UK Science and Technology Facilties Council has a "Delivery Plan" for 2008-2011 STF......
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Category: astro
Carnival of Space #32 up at Robot Guy...
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Category: astro
Definitive word on the CoRoT results......
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December 11, 2007
Category: astro
The big NASA individual PI grants are being announced in time for the holiday shopping season......
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Category: astro
The CoRoT team had a meeting, I wasn't there, but......
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December 10, 2007
Category: astro
Now do you believe in elves?...
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December 8, 2007
Category: astro
Big F.U. from the Science and Technology Facilities Council to the astronomical community....
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Category: science
I try the "wash the keyboard in a dishwasher" trick, and it works.
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December 7, 2007
Category: random
Cool snowy friday, and we ask the Mighty iPod: what has CoRoT wrought? Whoosh goes the randomizer. Whoosh....
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December 6, 2007
Category: random
more random thoughts on iran...
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Category: random
Chad wants seasonal songs that don't suck, he already knows about the Pogues. I keep tellin' ya:...
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December 5, 2007
Category: astro
Moore money for Thirty Metre Telescope...
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Category: astro
how astronomy is really done
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December 4, 2007
Category: random
Harmony and understanding Sympathy and trust abounding No more falsehoods or derisions Golden living dreams of visions Mystic crystal revalation And the mind's true liberation...
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December 3, 2007
Category: astro
Coming soon....
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Category: random
it would appear that meetings are now being cancelled at a rate asymptotically approaching the rate at which they are being called......
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