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01/14/07
Quasars Are The Same All The Way Back
You might have to be pretty darned science nerdy to sit and watch the entire presentation by Michael Strauss like I did.
These are some fairly serious results back from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. more »
01/04/07
Identify the Creationist Quiz
Admittedly, this is a little harder than your average quiz on identifying various kinds of creationists, with the addition of odder categories like Omphalos Creationist and Vedic Creationist, but it pays to know your creationists.
What would this be?… more »
12/28/06
12/24/06
Africa In Retrospect
Now that I've had some distance in time away from the trip to East Africa, it's a nicer recollection. I remember some of the bad toilets, but the memories no longer affect me viscerally. I remember the nice people and the annoying people, and it's cool… more »
12/20/06
Alt Keys in Firefox 2.0
Since I am running this blog on b2evolution, and since the built-in editor has a lot of ALT key shortcuts that I really like, when I upgraded to Firefox 2.0, it drove me nuts. The shortcut keys for italicizing and making links no longer operated.
Well,… more »
Calling All Yumans
Today is the 10th Anniversary of the death of Carl Sagan. Joel Schlosberg has organized a Carl Sagan Blog-A-Thon.
Nick Sagan has a very nice retrospective of his own, providing some interesting, and nice, views of Carl Sagan as a father. There is also… more »
12/18/06
My Software's 10th Birthday
My software turned ten today.
I had mentioned that my software would turn ten this year to a coworker of mine, and he watched the date listed in the header of my oldest source code file like a hawk, or an egret, and sent out our traditional birthday… more »
12/16/06
The Attraction of Bus Exits
Over the past few years, on the buses I take to work, I've noticed more and more that teenagers seem very, very attracted to standing or, in some cases, even huddling by the bus exit. In many cases, it's not even a matter of lack of available seating.… more »
12/14/06
Sock Puppetry/Happy Esperanto Day!
Sxtrumpetmarionismo/Felicxa Esperanto-Tago
In honour of Esperanto Day, December 15, I am also translating this blog entry into Esperanto. I'm sure it's quite an awful translation I've done!
Honori Esperanto-Tago, la 15(dek kvin)a de decembro, mi… more »
12/11/06
Crossovers, Mutations and Assortment
Something someone wrote today reminded me that in the discussion of biology and evolutionary theory, everyone looks at mutations, mutations, mutations, but they miss out the extremely powerful silent partners, chromosomal crossover and its most… more »
12/09/06
Making A Card Game
I don't know how far I can go with this card game I've put together, but it might actually be worth pursuing publication.
Without giving away too many details, a short history... more »
12/07/06
Ed Stelmach is In
My wife and I went down to our local polling station at the sportsplex, bought a Progressive Conservative party membership for $5 apiece, and voted. more »
12/06/06
Moon Bases and Dribbles on Mars
Today's big announcement from NASA was more signs of possible water on Mars. Not that this will turn out to be any guarantee for life on Mars, or indeed whether the effect is caused by water, but with all the liquids we have been finding around the… more »
12/05/06
Vacutainers
There is a certain fascination to getting blood drawn. No, I don't even really like to watch it being done, but phlebotomists are rather interesting and slightly nerdy folks, and there are interesting pieces to the process.
Only from a phlebotomist are… more »
12/03/06
Hot Chick Tracts
I must admit, I like this idea. Jack Chick tracts made into video, under the title "Hot Chicks".
Well... I must admit, I only like the idea with the intentions of parody aforethought.
The art of parodying Jack Chick reminds me of the wonderful… more »
