Archives for December, 2009
Blue Moon?
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 31, 2009 On New Year’s Eve, 2009, the Moon will be full, for the second time in december. A Blue Moon? Well, not really…
Songs of the Season
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 25, 2009 King’s College Choir
A Christmas Classic
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 24, 2009 Not as intense as the original, but at least you can finally hear the lyrics…
Hopefully Christmas Will Come
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 23, 2009 Happy Feast of St Thorlacius
Hubble Vision
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 22, 2009 Set the focus on infinity! A new one from the photomixers…
which type of thesis adivsor should you want?
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 21, 2009 There are, of course, two types of thesis advisors: which should you want to have; and which are you, or will you become?
wimpy signals
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 17, 2009 JoAnne and Risa are liveblogging the CDMS seminar at Stanford bottom line, they see two events when they unblind, compared to expected 0.5 net confidence is a bit over 2σ (nailed it, yeah!). interesting bounds on cross-section for WIMPs with mass under 70 GeV/c2 good stuff
Climategate: “withold funding… until appropriate action is taken”
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 14, 2009 “The controversy over “Climategate” continues to heighten as some Pennsylvania legislators question the continuation of Penn State’s current research grants — and possibly even the appropriations the university has been waiting on since July.”
Hot Launch, Cool WISE
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 14, 2009 WISE launched successfully this morning, spacecraft is in orbit and responsive.
Magnificent Seven
Posted by Steinn Sigurðsson on December 13, 2009 Magnificent Seven Theme pipe and drum version