Nonsense
laelaps | February 12, 2008I'm starting the wonder if I should change the name of this blog to "The Ornery Undergraduate" given my experience at Rutgers. Today there was a snow/ice storm, and I had little choice but to walk home in it. I can somewhat understand why Rutgers did not close down the university this afternoon, but as night fell traffic ground to a near-halt and the snow gave way to ice. I knew things weren't going to be pleasant when I heard the tapping of ice crystals against the window during my human osteology lecture, but by the time I got at 8:00 out things were pretty bad.
The city, for whatever…
laelaps | February 12, 2008I tried to come up with something witty to say about this old Levi's commercial, but words fail me. It best speaks for itself;
Update: In the comments Ian says "I wonder if any major advertiser would use such blatantly pro-evolution thinking these days..." Maybe not here in America, but Guinness had a particular commercial that's still one of my favorites;
laelaps | February 7, 2008I've generally avoided putting up these commercials so far, but I think I've run through just about every other paleo-advert I've been able to find lately. I remember most of these spots from Saturday mornings (and I've thrown in two dinosaur-themed cartoon intros), and I expect some of you might have some flashbacks, as well;
I apologize; I will never post so much obnoxious material all in one place ever again.
laelaps | January 29, 2008[Note: For fuller and more technical summaries of the Anthropocene and why it just doesn't fit (at least not yet), please read Chris' and Greg's posts. Likewise, naming new periods of time for perceived changes in our species or our impact in the world isn't anything new, i.e. the older concept of the noosphere (which I will write more about soon)]
Every few years it seems that the concept of the "Anthropocene" rears its ugly head again, the general idea being that we are now in a new geologic epoch defined by changes that our species has inflicted on the earth. The term is essentially tied…
laelaps | January 28, 2008
I can only imagine how many people are going to banging on this machine in futility with cries of "Don't hold out on me, man!"
laelaps | January 25, 2008
More below the fold...
I don't know how well the Nissin hypothesis stands up to new evidence, though...
laelaps | January 8, 2008I'm not going to make the error of mistaking a local weather change as an indication of global climate trends, but I have to say that the weather here in New Jersey has thrown me off a little. So far the winter has been pretty mild, and today the temperature was already 59 degrees Fahrenheit by the time I left for work (the forecast calls for a high of about 67). The temperature is forecasted to drop down into the 50's for the rest of the week, but if I didn't know any better I'd swear it was March.