During this year’s DonorsChoose fundraiser, I promised books as prizes to people who contributed to my challenge. Now that the finished books are ready, it’s time to congratulate the winners. Lauren Uroff wins one copy for giving the largest individual donation of the people who forwarded me receipts (the largest overall contribution was from Hewlett […]
Month: November 2009
Links for 2009-11-24
CHART ATTACK!: 11/20/76 | Popdose “I keep trying to figure out what this song is really trying to say in its subtext — but no, I’m pretty sure it’s actually about two muskrats courting. I know I said this a few songs ago, but WHY? Why did we need a song about two muskrats on […]
Dinosaur Baby
I have a whole slew of grading that I need to do, so here’s some baby video to keep you entertained: While it may not sound that way, this is SteelyKid in a very, very good mood. The high-pitched dinosaur shrieks are happy shrieks. And the silly baby running is very cute.
Judging a Book’s Cover
The pictures I posted last night aren’t really the greatest for seeing the cover of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, so here’s a shot of the book jacket spread out on my desk: This isn’t the greatest, either, but it does give you a sense of the key features of the jacket design, […]
Links for 2008-11-23
Seeing Laser Beams : Built on Facts “I have to say it’s a nice job perk that I can see old science fiction tropes come to life pretty much every day.” (tags: science physics optics blogs built-on-facts lasers) blarg? » A Note To Maya “So according to the old joke, a fed-up student asks the […]
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is a Real Book!
Look! How to Teach Physics to Your Dog is a real book: Emmy says, very seriously, “You will buy a copy, won’t you?” Of course, like everything else in this house, SteelyKid had to grab a copy:
November Basketball: SU-Cal, UNC-OSU
Kate and I went to the two games of the “semifinals” of the 2K Sports Classic Supporting Coaches vs. Cancer, Your Name Here for a Prince pre-season “tournament” last night (the scare quotes are because the four teams playing last night were guaranteed to be playing last night, regardless of what happened in the earlier […]
I Can Haz Books!
It’s not often that I regret having a cell phone that is just a phone, but this is one of those occasions– I stopped by my publisher today to talk about marketing and publicity, and record a video for the web, and got a stack of finished copies of the book, hot off the presses. […]
Thursday Baby Blogging 111909
Actually, this ought to be “Wednesday Morning Baby Blogging,” as that’s when the picture was taken. Kate and I are going to New York City for the weekend, though, and SteelyKid is spending the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa in Scenic Whitney Point. So, you get an early picture, posted late: This was taken just […]
Poll: New York State of Mind
Kate has a court appearance in New York tomorrow, and we’re making a long weekend of it. I’m typing this from my parents’ house, where I’m dropping SteelyKid off for some quality time with Grandma and Grandpa, and tomorrow, I’m heading down to The City. I’ve got some meetings scheduled tomorrow afternoon, and Friday at […]