We filled up the last sheet on the legal pad we’ve been using as a baby-feeding log, which reminded me that it’s been a while since I updated this: Again, this is the feeding pattern for SteelyKid, with darker colors indicating longer duration. Bottle feedings are arbitrarily assigned to 20 minutes for 4 oz of […]
Month: November 2008
Headlines from the Future: Extrasolar Planets Edition
I got a great “Living in the future” kick out of the headline on the New York Times story about Thursday’s big astronomical announcement: First Pictures Taken of Extrasolar Planets. The phrasing of the headline conjures images of pictures of clouds swirling on distant gas giants; alas, the reality is a little more mundane: In […]
Seminar Series: When Should They Be?
It’s seminar week over at Female Science Professor, and today she’s polling her readers as to the best day and time for seminars. Our departmental colloquia are generally held on Thursdays at lunchtime. We provide pizza and soda as an enticement for students (which doesn’t work as well as you might think), and have the […]
links for 2008-11-14
Dw. Dunphy On… Bob Mould | Popdose A series of creative peaks that never translated into sales. Copper Blue remains an amazing album, though. (tags: music review blogs) scottberkun.com » Do we suck at the basics? "The longer I’m on this planet, the more I think the problem with everything is someone’s failure to get […]
Thursday Baby Blogging 111308
Another Thursday, another picture with Appa. And SteelyKid throws her arms wide to say “I’m this big!” She was nice and quiet earlier while I taped my half of a bloggingheads conversation that should hopefully appear on Saturday. She’s been making up for that the last hour or so, demanding all sorts of attention as […]
What’s the Matter With Photons?
Over at Dot Physics, Rhett has just completed a two-part post (Part I, Part II) on quantum physics arguing against the use of photons in teaching quantum physics. Part I gives a very nice introduction to quantum physics, which is why I linked it, but Part II goes a little off the rails. There’s not […]
Best Blogging of the Year
Bora’s beating the drum for submissions to this year’s science blogging anthology. He doesn’t seem to be suffering from a lack of submissions, but if you’ve got something you would like to see re-printed in dead tree form, submit it before December 1. I’m not clear whether this will be going through Lulu again this […]
links for 2008-11-13
The Supreme Court grapples with the primordial ooze of the Summum case. – By Dahlia Lithwick – Slate Magazine "[T]he current Third Aphorism of Religion Cases: Government establishment of religion is only impermissible when it freaks out Justice Stephen Breyer." (tags: religion politics law silly society culture) Backyard Nukes? | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine […]
Dorky Poll: Craziest Seminar Question?
Speaking of departmental seminars, as we were, it occurs to me that this might be an amusing Dorky Poll question: What’s the craziest thing you’ve heard asked of a seminar speaker? One of the nice things about academia is that lots of educational events are put on, free and open to all. The problem is, […]
Seminar Series: Threat or Menace?
The Female Science Professor is thinking about seminar series. Specifically, whether attendance should be mandatory for students: Being required to attend the departmental seminar eliminates that pesky decision-making process about whether to go to seminar or not. But then, if required to attend, you might sit there in the seminar, seething with resentment about being […]