It’s a grey, dismal, rainy day here at Chateau Steelypips, and I’m a little groggy from cold medication. Which means it’s not a great writing day, but it is a good day to stay inside and do a little SCIENCE! for the photo of the day. thus, this: This is a small assortment of toys… Continue reading 072/366: What ISO Means to Me
Month: November 2015
071/366: Levee of Leaves
Spent all day yesterday with SteelyKid, who, while she was officially medically diagnosed as suffering from strep throat, was not in any conventional sense “sick.” We built Lego sets, watched tv, went shopping, played with an RC helicopter, tried and failed to make a physics video, and generally wore me out. so you get another… Continue reading 071/366: Levee of Leaves
Sports Technobabble
Over in Twitter-land, Rhett Allain drew my attention to this “Sports Science” clip from ESPN, about a wild 4th-and-25 play in the Arkansas-Ole Miss game. This is nominally because I’ve been writing about big hits and bouncing balls over at Forbes, but really, I think Rhett’s just working on a “misery loves company” theory, here:… Continue reading Sports Technobabble
070/366: Scientists for Scale
Another delayed photo-of-the-day, because SteelyKid was sent home with strep throat yesterday. She complained that her throat hurt any time we asked her to eat anything other than ice cream, but other than that was basically unaffected. Which is sort of the most irritating sick-kid scenario possible, because if she were actually sick and listless,… Continue reading 070/366: Scientists for Scale
Physics Blogging Round-Up: Liberal Arts, Baseball, Bouncing Balls, Method, and G-Forces
Another couple of weeks of physics-y posts over at Forbes: — Why Scientists Should Study Art And Literature: My big defense of “the humanities,” explaining why those subjects are worth studying even if you plan to go into a STEM field instead. I’m very happy with how this came out. — Baseball Physics: How Batters… Continue reading Physics Blogging Round-Up: Liberal Arts, Baseball, Bouncing Balls, Method, and G-Forces
069/366: Ain’t No Party Like a Little Dude Party…
The day was dominated by the previously mentioned birthday party for The Pip, so it only makes sense to have the photo of the day be an action shot from said party: This is from the games portion of the party, which included shaking a parachute loaded up with plastic balls so they flew all… Continue reading 069/366: Ain’t No Party Like a Little Dude Party…
The Pre-School Social Event of the Season
The Pip’s birthday was yesterday, but we’re having his birthday party today, because that’s when the indoor playground was available. He had two requests for his birthday: that we have a party at Tumbling Tykes, and that one friend in particular be invited. So, well, we’re having his party at Tumbling Tykes, and his buddy… Continue reading The Pre-School Social Event of the Season
068/366: Happy Pip Day
Four years ago today, The Pip was born. That’s hard to believe, in both directions at different times. There are days when it seems like just yesterday that he was a tiny helpless thing, and other days when he seems to have been a hyper Little Dude for aeons. I took a bunch of pictures… Continue reading 068/366: Happy Pip Day
067/366: Toast
I spent most of Friday in a bit of a fog, thanks to a cold bug I picked up from The Pip. As a result, the only thing I took photos of yesterday was this: This wasn’t some weird pseudoephedrine-fueled delusion– I actually had a professional need for a photo of bread in a toaster… Continue reading 067/366: Toast
Speaking at TEDxAlbany, December 3
I’ve known this for a while now, but they just announced it officially: I’ll be speaking at TEDxAlbany this year, on “The Exotic Physics of an Ordinary Morning”: You might think that the bizarre predictions of quantum mechanics and relativity– particles that are also waves, cats that are both alive and dead, clocks that run… Continue reading Speaking at TEDxAlbany, December 3