Month: November 2007

links for 2007-11-10

The Associated Press: Judge Rules on What Makes a Poem “Keenan’s 79-page decision included legal and literary history. He offered a brief description of Parker — “the famous writer who was a member of the Algonquin Round Table” — and a detailed summary of what constitutes a poem.” (tags: culture literature books law) Two-Proton Correlations… Continue reading links for 2007-11-10

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Who Are You People?

A question from the Corporate Masters: Is there a ‘typical ScienceBlogs reader’? Who are these people? Why do they read Sb? What do they get out of it? So, well, who are you people? Other than, you know, physics nerds. My vague impression, based on what I know of the people who comment regularly, is… Continue reading Who Are You People?

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New Songs from Old Singers

Having done a giant weighty physics post, I feel like I should post something more frivolous, so here’s something about music… I recently purchased a bunch of stuff from iTunes (yeah, yeah, Amazon has DRM-free MP3’s, blah blah, blah. 1) I had a gift card, and 2) I’m not Cory Doctorow), and there was a… Continue reading New Songs from Old Singers

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Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Explained?

I have a bunch of science news sources in my RSS feeds, and every evening, I scan through the accumulated articles to try to figure out what physics-related stories there are to talk about. Sometimes, it’s hard to find anything, but other days, you get stories that lead to four press releases at EurekAlert (one,… Continue reading Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays Explained?

links for 2007-11-09

Robert Donoghue – Hunting Vegetarians with Ted Nugent Anthony Bourdain rediscovers Furr’s Law (tags: food blogs computing society silly) Dynamics of Cats : “Rocketeers” – a Review This is exactly rocket science (tags: space books review) NOVA | Intelligent Design on Trial | PBS We’ll see if I remember to watch this (tags: biology education… Continue reading links for 2007-11-09

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Low-Tech Lab Essentials

There are a lot of high-tech tools that are absolutely essential to the functioning of my lab. The diode lasers I use are a couple hundred bucks each, and only available from a handful of companies. I’ve got a couple of digital oscilloscopes that are really impressive instruments, packing a huge amount of signal-processing power… Continue reading Low-Tech Lab Essentials

Politics of the Purple Cow

There’s been a bunch of talk in the blogosphere about the Democrats taking over the Virginia Senate. I’ve only really glanced at these, because I don’t live in Virginia, but I got email today pointing out that I have a personal connection to one of the “Key Races.” In District 34, J. C. “Chap” Petersen… Continue reading Politics of the Purple Cow

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Wikipedia and Charity

Ethan Zuckerman (who is on the Wikimedia Advisory Board) has a post discussing Wikipedia’s recent fundraising drive, with some comparative numbers: In the past 17 days, the [Wikimedia] Foundation has raised over $478,000 in online gifts. That’s a pretty amazing number, on the one hand, and a concerning one, on the other hand. If Global… Continue reading Wikipedia and Charity

DonorsChoose Accolades

I got a thank-you email yesterday from the head of DonorsChoose, which I will quote here. Because, well, you’re the ones who coughed up the cash, not me: Thanks in great part to the attention you generated, we made Internet history! During the month of October, readers of more than a hundred blogs gave $420,000… Continue reading DonorsChoose Accolades