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Our governor agrees. At least in the print version of this article which has a somehwat different title: "Easley supports college for aliens". I wonder why they changed it for the Web version - is the editorial position that having...
Posted on May 9, 2008 11:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yup, watch the press conference announcing Tom Waits' tour....
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Thanks to a dear reader, I will have hours of fun!...
Posted on May 8, 2008 9:11 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
My daughter collects snowglobes. Or, to be precise, we collect snowglobes for her when we travel. She has a few from New York City, one from San Francisco, one from Murtle Beach, one from Milwaukee. I badly messed up when...
Posted on May 7, 2008 10:08 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You really think I am going to put this above the fold? No way - you have to click (First posted on July 7, 2006):...
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Posted on May 5, 2008 8:57 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I wish I could have this clock: See a series of images and the sped-up animation to see how it works....
Posted on April 25, 2008 5:09 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is the MySpace page of the band named Plos. They sing in German, so I do not understand a word, but somehow I doubt it has much to do with science or Open Access... What does 'Plos' mean in...
Posted on April 4, 2008 10:27 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
From paper airplanes to IBM Typewriters, from cold war calculators to cereal boxes, from condoms to condiments, and many, many more strange collections, all found at the Museum of Online Museums, thanks to Anne-Marie....
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The 10 Most Prophetic Sci-Fi Movies Ever Hollywood's Best War Movies...
Posted on March 29, 2008 6:56 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Via...
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Of course, after watching them do this for a year, I find this picture (found in a number of places around the internet) particularly funny...
Posted on March 28, 2008 9:32 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
While I don't think there is such a thing as Internet Addiction, doing this quick test is fun: "Your Internet usage is causing significant problems in your life. You should evaluate the impact of the Internet on your life and...
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...with a new comic strip - introducing Pucker and Bloat!...
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Here we go again! Who is cooler, Echinoderms or Molluscs? You decide for yourself, but I have decided a long time ago: Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber Sea Cucumber...
Posted on March 20, 2008 11:07 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Remember this study from last month? Well, apparently NYTimes picked up on it and now all the bloggers are picking it apart - see what Dave Bacon, Jake Young and Mark Hoofnagle have to say. I think this study, started...
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It's the Pi Day today, after all:...
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....this on the opening night!...
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Thermite annihilates liquid nitrogen:...
Posted on March 5, 2008 8:50 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Go here, draw a line, let it spin and click to fill it up:...
Posted on March 4, 2008 12:14 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Go here, click to change color, press Space to erase and start anew:...
Posted on March 3, 2008 12:05 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You may remember a few days ago I posted a link to the list of Obsolete skills (the links were to this post, this wiki and this wiki). The growing list is certainly fun to read and check off your...
Posted on February 24, 2008 11:28 PM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What is the difference between Free Access Beer and Open Access Beer? You go to a bar to get your Free Access Beer. You sit down. You show your ID. The barista gives you a bottle. You don't need to...
Posted on February 18, 2008 3:36 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
We have already covered, in quite some detail the problems of passing gas in space. Not so much a problem inside a spaceship, but potentially a problem on a space walk, especially if the said activity, if particularly powerful, produces...
Posted on February 14, 2008 4:22 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Talia is wondering what would happen to an astronaut who goes outside the spaceship in a spacesuit and lets one rip?! Any physicists out there who can give her more information beyond the farting-is-funny cartoons? And as far as Talia...
Posted on February 4, 2008 12:38 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
At Grand Central Station: (From, Via)...
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Coming up tonight at midnight, according to the Julian calendar....
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How to get from a White Rhino to a Chinese water buffalo in just a few easy steps....
Posted on December 23, 2007 1:29 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
RPM and John posted this music video with hilarious pseudo-subtitles. I don't know how I missed it before as this is supposed to be one of the most popular clips on YouTube ever, but now this song is firmly embedded...
Posted on December 22, 2007 11:34 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I've never before seen a picture that better fits the description used in the title of this post: You may have to read the story here to see how well the title fits. Hat-tip: Mark...
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http://view.break.com/392548 - Watch more free videos Hat-tip: Maru...
Posted on December 8, 2007 2:10 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Sites with videos that are more serious than YouTube are proliferating - I get an e-mail about a new one about every week. This week's addition is SuTree. By clicking on pets and animals category and then on reptiles and...
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Just right. Easier than Chris R, apparently. But just you wait for the next time I use the BPR3 icon and NOT put anything under the fold! BTW, copy the image - do not use the embed code provided...
Posted on November 8, 2007 4:25 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I know, I know, technically he was an ape. But the word "monkey" is so much more funny! Thanks to my high-school friend who found me on Facebook and posted this on my Fun Wall....
Posted on November 1, 2007 8:50 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Make your own......
Posted on October 31, 2007 3:44 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Do you agree that Naked Mole Rats are beautiful? Does it irk you to no end when you hear someone state that they are ugly? Does it make you mad when the MSM, oblivious, ignorant and insensitive, repeats that standard...
Posted on October 30, 2007 12:19 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Not that it's a good thing.......
Posted on October 28, 2007 12:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Oh-oh! I got tagged by another meme - the Happy HalloMeme! - by Rick. The idea is to highlight a scary marine or SF film! I was very young, probably around 7 or 8, when TV Belgrade decided to air...
Posted on October 26, 2007 11:19 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
All revealed, on Page 3.14...
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I wish everyone a Happy Mole Day....
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David Ng started it. This was a quick and easy one for me - let me know if other queries bring up one of my blogs to the 1st spot on Google searches: 'I want this job' 'open laboratory 2008'...
Posted on October 24, 2007 2:45 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
See my brainscanner results Hat-tip: Sandra...
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My little panda friend is becoming really famous. He was mentioned in a House hearing on global warming yesterday....
Posted on October 18, 2007 12:51 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I started teaching my BIO101 Lab this morning again. But this was the first: two of the students said: "Hey Mr.Z, we looked around the Web and learned a lot about you - A Blog Around The Clock, The Magic...
Posted on October 13, 2007 11:03 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I got tagged with this cool meme, demonstrating evolution in cyberspace: There are a set of questions below that are all of the form, "The best [subgenre] [medium] in [genre] is...". Copy the questions, and before answering them, you may...
Posted on October 13, 2007 8:12 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
What is this? A Tevye day on science blogs? Attila mentions him. Jason mentions him. I guess, I've been remiss for a while and should do something about it now. Well, I just discovered that big chunks of the movie...
Posted on October 11, 2007 9:13 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The folks at the Journal of Improbable Research have announced this years winners! This is the first time I have ever blogged about a study before it won an IgNobel! So cool!...
Posted on October 6, 2007 8:53 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Karl of Inoculated Mind blog just got a new set of plates for his truck and, of course, the plates read: INOCUL8. Karl now wants to collect examples of nerdy, sciency licence plates and perhaps make a set on Flickr...
Posted on October 3, 2007 11:19 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
But he definitely deserves an Honorable Mention (hat-tip: Tanja):...
Posted on October 3, 2007 12:33 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today on Quotes of the Day: Harland David Sanders was born at Henryville, Indiana on this day in 1890. His father's death six years later led to Harland doing all the cooking for the family. He left school early and...
Posted on September 9, 2007 11:07 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...and right on time: Seen on the sidebar of Making Light (hat-tip)...
Posted on September 4, 2007 8:27 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
That's me, speeding through SciFoo, challenging Attilla's photography skills....
Posted on September 2, 2007 10:53 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yesterday I had lunch (and coffee and another coffee - this lasted a while because it was so much fun) with Tanja and her husband Doug. Regulars here probably recognize the commenter who goes by the handle "tanjasova" - that's...
Posted on August 27, 2007 11:55 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Oobleck and Semen are on Jennifer's mind these days. Obligatory Readings of the Day....
Posted on August 25, 2007 9:48 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yup, a mention in The Inquirer! (see Wikipedia definition if unclear)....
Posted on August 23, 2007 4:58 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Matt did it first! And then he told more of us. I like the one Laelaps did. But this is more truthfull:...
Posted on August 23, 2007 1:57 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Do you have pictures from your lab (or office or Jeep you use to do your fieldwork), showing off some quirky aesthetic details? If so, send them to Cognitive Daily to include in the growing collection of the coolest lab...
Posted on August 21, 2007 1:55 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
OK, this will be the last series of pictures of my Sciblings from the shindig of the past weekend. As you may have noticed, several others have posted their recollections and pictures on their blogs. You can also see some...
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Posted on August 20, 2007 12:39 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Thanks to Sheril who provided us with tickets, a bunch of us Sciblings went to the American Museum of Natural History on Saturday afternoon (pictures under the fold) and saw "Galactic Collision" - a planetarium-style presentation with awesome special effects...
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Posted on August 20, 2007 6:02 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is where we should have gone for beers last night.......
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OK, so a bunch of us sciencebloggers went to New York City this weekend. This is something that we were trying to do for almost a year now. Sure, many of us Sciblings have met one-on-one on occasion, but this...
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Posted on August 20, 2007 4:06 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Under the fold, Saturday morning pictures from New York City Sciblings meetup, at Union Square Inn and a pastry/coffee place where we had breakfast...
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Just some pictures from the Friday morning stroll around town.......
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Posted on August 19, 2007 9:46 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Come and meet the Sciblings About 30 or so of us Seed sciencebloggers are in New York City this weekend (many, many pictures to come), but if you want to see for yourself that we actually exist and our blogs...
Posted on August 18, 2007 5:40 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Get your own here....
Posted on August 16, 2007 5:54 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So, you look around to see if there is anything edible! Of course, it's easy if you work with tasty animals....(just ask the guys in the next door lab who work on lobsters, crayfish and oysters...or wait until you get...
Posted on August 15, 2007 1:07 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I don't know why this post is one of the most popular of all times here, but I just discovered a relevant illustration to go with it: Bosco wrote a post in which he links to a whole bunch of...
Posted on August 13, 2007 2:18 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Checking out hundreds of pictures from Scifoo that people have uploaded on Flickr and their blogs, I found a couple of more that have me in them: In this one, I explain to Greg Bear that Open Access is not...
Posted on August 13, 2007 12:58 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Make your own.......
Posted on August 12, 2007 10:27 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you have a science-themed tattoo, Carl Zimmer would like to know about it. You can already see quite a variety of cool pictures Carl's readers sent him on these three posts: Branded with Science *Very* Branded with Science Welcome...
Posted on August 8, 2007 3:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How many people had their luggage inspected by a TSA agent at the airport due to the suspicious shape of the Google crystal cube? I was one.......
Posted on August 7, 2007 6:40 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I will be on the airplane for North Carolina in a couple of hours, and will wrote more about scifoo once I get back (and get some sleep - yes, occasionally, I do sleep). But, for now, the last couple...
Posted on August 6, 2007 11:14 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More pictures from scifoo at Googleplex under the fold - text will come later.......
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Posted on August 5, 2007 3:18 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Breakfast time! Professor Steve Steve decided to look around for Googleplex for scifoo celebrities....(under the fold):...
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Posted on August 4, 2007 12:12 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
OK, it's 2:45am here, and I have a session at 9:30 in the morning, so, below the fold, just a quick scifoo photo dump.......
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