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You have no idea how hard it is to be the Queen of Niskayuna. Between the talking about Relativity, and the people working on the house, and the nice weather, and the squirrels, and the cleaning service coming by, and...
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Posted on May 9, 2008 7:17 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In honor of the Japanese crow story in today's Links Dump, here's a filler post with a picture of a Japanese crow:...
Posted on May 8, 2008 8:14 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I'm kicking myself for not using this as a filler post a couple of weeks back when it was Easter: This is from one of the shrines at Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto-- the temple with the gigantic wooden platform looking out...
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Posted on April 25, 2008 8:27 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Lest you think that people in the US are uniquely alarmist about threats to Chiiiiillllllldrruuuun, a picture from last summer's trip to Japan: I have absolutely no idea what that says, but it sure is lurid....
Posted on April 24, 2008 8:10 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Wow. I'm cranky today. I really need to be more Zen about things. Here's a picture to meditate on: This is the famous "Crane and Turtle" garden at Konchi-in in Kyoto. It's one of very few gardens absolutely known to...
Posted on April 3, 2008 12:07 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A couple more pretty pictures of the apparatus, to pass the time: This is the plasma discharge source that we use to make metastable atoms. We excite the gas using a RF coil (under the tinfoil) with a couple of...
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Posted on March 24, 2008 10:58 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Behold, the end of the world is at hand! They said I was mad-- mad!-- but now they'll pay... Well, ok, it's not actually a doomsday weapon. It's a shot of the main experiment chamber in my lab, taken in...
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Posted on March 24, 2008 9:44 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ladies and gentemen, one of the three worst pictures ever taken of me: There is, of course, a story behind this. It's not a particularly good story, but there is one......
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Posted on March 23, 2008 8:33 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yet another picture taken by Kate at the National Zoo. When we arrived at the beaver pen, a bunch of keepers were inside, posing for a picture. This little guy clearly thought that humans being in his enclosure indicated...
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Posted on March 14, 2008 9:11 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Here's another picture Kate took at the National Zoo, showing one of their pandas (the male, I think, but I'm not sure) chowing down on a big branch of bamboo. As noted previously, they're deeply improbable creatures, but really...
Posted on March 12, 2008 7:40 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A picture from the Small Mammal House at the National Zoo. This is a two-toed sloth (according to the sign on the cage, anyway) that has wedged itelf into a box mounted near the ceiling to take a nap....
Posted on March 10, 2008 7:07 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Mandarin ducks at the National Zoo's bird house. These guys were perched on a railing in the fligt area, and didn't move, even though people were passing no more than a few feet from them, taking pictures. (Picture by...
Posted on March 9, 2008 4:43 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Today is the last day of our trip, so here's a shot of Her Majesty showing off her regal side. Of course, the snow on her muzzle kind of undercuts the dignified affect......
Posted on March 7, 2008 9:17 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Day three of our vacation, and another Action Dog! shot: Here, Emmy demonstrates that among her other superlative qualities, she is exceptionally strong and stubborn. This is a good shot of the Kong Wubba, as well....
Posted on March 6, 2008 9:14 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Another dog picture for you to admire while I'm out of town: It's a little tough to tell what she's doing here, but this is a play-bow-- she's stretched her paws out in front of her and brought the front...
Posted on March 5, 2008 9:17 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Kate and I are going out of town for a few days. I may or may not check in and post some stuff while we're gone-- it will depend on how busy we are, and how good the Internet access...
Posted on March 4, 2008 9:11 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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