Archives for: February 2006, 19

02/19/06

  11:56:07 pm, by Nimble   , 256 words  
Categories: Reviews, Books, Gardening

The Savage Garden : Peter D'Amato

This is a great book for fans of carnivorous plants. I got my first interest in gardening going to the horticulture department of UBC as a little kid, and the Venus Flytrap was definitely the main thing that got me hooked. I've tried raising them in… more »
  01:26:17 am, by Nimble   , 294 words  
Categories: Thoughts, Internet

Google Your Own Tech Support

Oh boy, did I ever have fun with my web space provider over the past while. I just have a cheapie account with a 300 Mb quota, which has been more than sufficient for my needs. So when the account usage suddenly grows by 100 Mb overnight without me… more »
  01:19:30 am, by Nimble   , 372 words  
Categories: Announcements [A]

Meet Gorbachev

Well, our canary called Gorbachev, anyhow. He's a fascinating little canary, all white except with a grey smoodge (as opposed to a smudge) on his head. We went to Pisces to take a look at canaries. We were in luck that day, because they put out a… more »
  01:06:56 am, by Nimble   , 676 words  
Categories: Thoughts, Science

Another Case For Intrinsic Redshifts

Another pre-print from our very own Morley Bell of the Herzberg Institute with another interesting case for intrinsic redshifts in a paper bestowed with the enormous name, "Evidence that Quasars and Related Active Galaxies are Good Radio Standard… more »