2018-11-19 05:59
Check out this slick ad for NASA.NASA's had a big influence on my life. I grew up idolizing their work (and still do to a certain extent). But what am I supposed to do with this? Who is this… Read More
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Astrophysics and other esoteric things. Observations of a cynical grad student.
2018-11-18 03:57
The Boston skyline.My final post, over five years ago, was about how readers (I use that term almost sarcastically) should never expect me to return. The previous post here was in 2010, over… Read More
2010-10-18 04:53
This is in no way timely, but I recently re-encountered this story and thought I would be deficient in not posting this article I saw a couple years ago, about the people attempting to recor… Read More
2010-10-18 04:01
A quality waste of time. By which I mean that it is a quality way of wasting time, by trying to be smart.Electric Box 2 Read More
2010-09-21 19:13
Noooooooo!!!!Stephen & Donna O’Meara explain the chaos in above photograph: “As the hot eruption cloud swirls, a vortex is created that spins off rare volcanic cyclones. As r… Read More
2010-09-11 06:05
Been traveling a bit lately. In June I went to Ireland, the land of my impoverished potato-farming lineage. When we visited Cobh in County Cork, the departure point* for most Irish emigrants… Read More
2010-08-27 16:40
Asteroids that is. And they're not actually angry. They're just being discovered from 1980-2010. It's cool to see that many objects in orbit over time, who doesn't like a little Kepler's Law… Read More
2010-08-11 20:53
Mr Rodriguez contemplating theimplications of the Supreme Court's1972 Flood v. Kuhn ruling whichupheld Major League Baseball'sexemption from anti-trust litigation,despite what many observer… Read More
2010-08-11 16:55
Some awesome bootleg covers that require no commentary:A good-hearted tween comedy! [via Nerdist]And this [via GammaSquad], which looks like it would probably be way more awesome than real P… Read More
2010-08-03 17:57
-Like all (science) graduate students, I am woefully behind everything happening in the world of entertainment. So even though it's probably not news to anyone normal, I was surprised to fin… Read More
2010-07-04 17:04
2010-06-26 15:30
As Seen on TV: A Tribute to Doing it WrongSuper Mario Brothers with real time accompaniment. Includes sound effects! I think hiring a guy to play for you like this is how to play Nintendo if… Read More
2010-04-29 01:07
Powers of Ten from Heinz Legler on Vimeo.A cool interactive take on the indelible 1968 Powers of Ten film (above) (or this a cheap, probably pretty expensive, Morgan Freeman-narrated knock-o… Read More
2009-12-21 16:59
Cool post by an aerospace engineer about the kind of stuff we all know we spend more time contemplating than we ought to, Gizmodo considers The Physics of Space Battles:First, let me point o… Read More
2009-12-18 17:07
As a card carrying astro-related blog owner I am contractually obligated to comment on yesterday's kinda-sorta-it-might-be-dark-matter-semi-quasi-announcement by the CDMS II group.There had… Read More
2009-12-18 15:25
Why does it feel as though stuff like this actually happens? Oh yeah, because it does. Better these guys than James Inhofe at least Read More
2009-12-15 15:40
Merry Christmas, from Hubble:This year, say it in stars! Send your friends and relatives best wishes for the season with our printable holiday cards. Messages of joy and peace are illuminate… Read More
2009-11-07 15:50
List of cats with fraudulent diplomasMy only quibble -- why "fraudulent"? Are there cats with legitimate degrees? Read More
2009-10-14 16:33
Slo-mo bullet porn. Videos like this are only quasi-illuminating, but they are certainly hypnotic. I love the way that the bullets appear to behave like a liquid-- presumably the energy of t… Read More
2009-10-07 14:57
Best of Wikipedia is my new favorite site. As someone who too frequently has to resist the urge to spend hours link-hopping around obscure wikipedia articles, BoW is a dangerous place. They… Read More
2009-09-30 21:45
I think I can scoop Strange Maps for once. Wired posts these infographics of what Kansas State geographers consider maps of the 7 Deadly sins. (Red is sinnier, Yellow is more good)GreedAvera… Read More
2009-09-30 16:30
I remember hearing a while ago that Bob Dylan, of all people, was considering recording the voice for a GPS navigator. If his speaking voice is anything like his singing voice, a lot of peop… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is the first I've seen of Dr. Martyn Poliakoff's Periodic Table of Videos but it's a good one. Each video is about an element, and this one focuses on Fluorine, one of those non-heavy e… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Grad School has taken a lot out of my blogging frequency. Yet after a couple years, I have started to feel that my many witty remarks and insight are just going unshared with the world. So m… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I like Slate, but this lady seriously has nothing to offer. Unless you count her frequent attempts to be the worst parent ever. Without ever really meaning to, I've stumbled across her vario… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Once again, I am puzzled by how the British public has a better understanding of science than us, while the science journalism in that country seems to be much worse. Last week for example… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
From Here and Now on NPR a while ago, the revelation that many many songs have the same boring pattern. Having heard it explained, you will be forever cursed with the knowledge that these so… Read More
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