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Blake Stacey is a physics boffin and science-fiction writer who wandered the Earth and eventually settled in the nation-state of Denial.
January 28, 2009
Category: Carnivalia
The Carnival of the Elitist Bastards, which I have had the honour to host in the past, needs submissions. Send entries by this Friday, 30 January....
Posted by Blake Stacey at 6:40 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Physics
The story so far: New Scientist magazine publishes an issue with a heartbreakingly sensationalist cover, and biology experts across the Blogohedron get up in arms. (See Sandwalk, Ecographica, Evolutionary Novelties and Genomicron for sample critiques of both cover and content.)...
Posted by Blake Stacey at 1:11 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 23, 2009
Category: Video
The pressures of work force me to step away from the Blogohedron for several days. And, to be honest, I feel like I've been "phoning it in" for a while now, so I appreciate the chance to go elsewhere for...
Posted by Blake Stacey at 10:07 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 21, 2009
Category: A World Worth Fighting For
Some inspirational moments notwithstanding, modern American politics is still very much in the "I have to laugh or else I'll cry" mode. Thus: Via Unreasonable Faith and the Pharyngula comments....
Posted by Blake Stacey at 6:09 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Physics: Clifford Johnson questions the distinction between "fundamental" and "emergent" phenomena — everything is "much more deliciously tangled up" than a simple dichotomy would suggest. Steinn Sigurðsson tackles a recent development regarding the "Holographic Principle". gg continues exploring the life...
Posted by Blake Stacey at 10:39 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 19, 2009
Category: Bibliophilia
Roland Emmerich is set to direct the movie adaptation of Asimov's Foundation trilogy, reports The Onion AV Club. No doubt he will portray the Mule conquering planets by telepathically controlling giant theropods. . . and somehow, he will make even...
Posted by Blake Stacey at 6:27 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 17, 2009
Category: Wobosphere Silliness
Testing the ability of MT 4 to schedule posts in advance, I employ a cat....
Posted by Blake Stacey at 10:21 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 16, 2009
Category: Social Events
ScienceOnline'09. Arrived at airport. Found shuttle to Radisson. Met Bora outside hotel lobby, gg inside; discovered the latter was, contrary to indication, not merely a floating pair of initials. Progressed through check-in to hotel bar. Drank a glass in remembrance...
Posted by Blake Stacey at 2:06 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 15, 2009
Category: Carnivalia
While I am busy travelling and trying not to be sick, why not enjoy the 103rd instalment of the Skeptics' Circle? Be seeing you....
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January 13, 2009
Category: Popularization
A story in Esquire, "The Doctor Fixing Heart Attacks for Good" (15 December 2008) deserves some kind of prize. Why? I'm so very glad you asked. First thing that happens when you have a heart attack, an unlucky part of...
Posted by Blake Stacey at 2:20 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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