Guest Bloggers:
Category: Guest Bloggers
Many thanks to Aaron and Nathan, my guest bloggers over the past few weeks-- they did a great job, and if anything probably raised the tone around here. If you've got an academic job opening, and aren't afraid of those...
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Posted by Chad Orzel at 6:48 AM • •
Category: Aaron
Well, Chad's back, and I guess that means that this guest-blogging stint has come to an end (free! I'm free!). I want to thank Chad again for the opportunity to play in his sandbox for a few weeks. I didn't...
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Posted by Aaron Bergman at 11:49 AM • •
Category: Astronomy
I remember the last time I saw the milky way. I was at my aunt's house in the foothills of the Sierras, and late at night the dense river of stars emerges. But that is still not the true milky...
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Posted by Aaron Bergman at 6:40 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Guest Bloggers
Ah, what loyal citizen of California doesn't remember singing the state song, I Love You, California, every morning. Or was it saying the Pledge...my memory's hazy. The reason I bring up state songs is not to bring up the ill-fated...
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Posted by Nathan at 3:06 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: Guest Bloggers
I should probably sneak in a few posts before Chad gets back. It's been a hectic week, as the time came for my current experiment (as it does for all experiments) where one stops futzing around trying to make things...
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Posted by Nathan at 11:29 AM • 6 Comments •
Category: Academia
Now that I'm back in College Station, it's time to start getting applications ready for the great job search. I don't know how it is in other fields, but in math/physics, this generally involves three to four letters of recommendation,...
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Posted by Aaron Bergman at 4:01 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Experiment
Steinn reports that the NRC has made its recommendations for NASA's Beyond Einstein program. The winners appear to be LISA, a gravity wave observatory, and JDEM, a competition of dark energy focussed satellites. Steinn has lots of links to the...
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Posted by Aaron Bergman at 5:05 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Technology
Well, I'm back in Texas and just in time for Steve Jobs to introduce new toys I can't afford. At the risk of turning Chad's blog into an Apple advertisement, every time I pass an Apple store, it takes significant...
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Posted by Aaron Bergman at 2:22 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Guest Bloggers
Happy Labor Day to everyone. I'll be traveling back to Texas, so no blog for me for a day or so....
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Posted by Aaron Bergman at 12:15 PM • •
Category: Football
Because my team, the Forty Niners, aren't. Neither apparently is Michigan. On the other hand, my co-guest blogger is surely happy....
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Posted by Aaron Bergman at 11:33 AM • 5 Comments •