Back to Reality – Olivia Judson Blog – NYTimes.com "President-elect Obama already has a long to-do list. But here’s another item for it: to restore science in government." (tags: science politics us blogs) Built on Facts : Gas in a (very small) box. Air is denser than you think. (tags: science atoms physics blogs education)… Continue reading links for 2008-12-04
Month: December 2008
Science: 3.8% Notable
Last year, around this time, I posted a rant about the lack of science books in the New York Times‘s “Notable Books of 2007.” While I was out of town last week, they posted this year’s list. So, have things improved? Yes and no. They do, in fact, have two books that are unquestionably science… Continue reading Science: 3.8% Notable
Hey to Uganda
One of our 2008 Physics majors is currently in Uganda, working at a clinic/ school in a place called Ddegaya (Google doesn’t recognize it, but it’s somewhere around here). He’s there as part of a program started by the college last year, which sent eight students abroad to work in impoverished areas, and then come… Continue reading Hey to Uganda
Gun Safety Notes
The Daily Show nails the lessons of the Plaxico Burress fiasco: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Jon Stewart Touches Kids – Plaxico Burress Barack Obama InterviewJohn McCain Interview Sarah Palin VideoFunny Election Video Sweatpants, for God’s sake.
links for 2008-12-03
A Blog Around The Clock : The Open Laboratory 2008 – all the submissions fit to print Some light reading to fill your infinite free time. (tags: science blogs writing) Pay Bankers Much Less – Finance Blog – Felix Salmon – Market Movers – Portfolio.com "I’ve now reached the point at which I simply don’t… Continue reading links for 2008-12-03
Baby Einstein
SteelyKid is a genius in training. How can I say that so confidently? Well, just look at this: Still not convinced? Well, check out the original. I rest my case.
Re-Reading Tolkien at Tor
A while back, Kate started doing a chapter-by-chapter re-read of The Lord of the Rings on her LiveJournal. Life intervened, though, and the project fell by the wayside. She’s re-started it, this time as part of the Tor media empire. So far, there’s an introductory post and a discussion of the foreword and prologue, with… Continue reading Re-Reading Tolkien at Tor
Plaxico Burress and the Short Skirt Theory
Via Ezra Klein, Adam Serwer takes dim view of conservative attempts to blame the Mumbai attacks on Indian culture, specifically the relative lack of guns among the geenral population: This is a really strange and immature coping mechanism that manifests on the right in times of high profile tragedy. Rather than contemplate being a victim… Continue reading Plaxico Burress and the Short Skirt Theory
Counterknowledge, by Damian Thompson [Library of Babel]
This caught my eye at the library yesterday, because it looked like a compact survey of kookery, and I wasn’t disappointed. Indeed, it’s probably the most blog-like book I’ve read in quite some time– bits of the chapters could easily be posted at Orac’s place, and nobody would think it odd. The endnotes are even… Continue reading Counterknowledge, by Damian Thompson [Library of Babel]
links for 2008-12-02
Schneier on Security: Lessons from Mumbai "If there’s any lesson in these attacks, it’s not to focus too much on the specifics of the attacks. " (tags: news society security blogs) Does the broken windows theory hold online? "Does the aesthetic appearance of a blog affect what’s written by the site’s commenters?" (tags: culture internet… Continue reading links for 2008-12-02