I’m having a great time at this week’s conference, but I still find myself missing SteelyKid. Which is kind of amazing, really, as she’s only been around for five weeks, and she’s mostly just slept, cried, eaten, and soiled an astonishing number of diapers. And yet, how can I not miss this: Really, if babies… Continue reading On-The-Road Baby Blogging
Author: Chad Orzel
Quantum Physics for Dogs Preview
We’re out for a walk, when the dog spots a squirrel up ahead and takes off in pursuit. The squirrel flees into a yard and dodges around a small ornamental maple. Emmy doesn’t alter her course in the slightest, and just before she slams into the tree, I pull her up short. “What’d you do… Continue reading Quantum Physics for Dogs Preview
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Shaping Single Photons | Physical Review Focus "Physicists have been manipulating single photons for several years, but now a team has modulated the time profile of a photon. Using the same optical equipment that fashions ordinary light pulses, the team molded single photons into arbitrary shapes, such as a pair of square pulses, as they… Continue reading links for 2008-09-10
Micro-Blogging Conference Talks
I’ve seen a lot of neat stuff discussed at the Science in the 21st Century meeting, some of which I’ll talk about in more detail later, when I have more time to think. One of the most interesting experiences of the meeting, though, has been using FriendFeed to sort of collaboratively live-blog the talks, along… Continue reading Micro-Blogging Conference Talks
Televisual Wonders
If you’re looking for something to fill your science-related entertainment needs while I’m in Canuckistan pondering the future of society, and thus not blogging much, here are a couple of things you might want to check out on tv (whose producers sent me helpful emails letting me know of their programs): “The Next Big Bang,”… Continue reading Televisual Wonders
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Whatever » A Previous Message Repeated, Slightly More Forcefully "Now, again, please: Take a nice, deep cleansing breath, center yourself, have some tea, and get a goddamn grip. " (tags: US politics blogs) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Ask the Administrator: Academic Blacklists? "The usual meaning of ‘blacklist,’ as I understand it, is a… Continue reading links for 2008-09-09
21st Century Video
The video from today’s talks at the Science in the 21st Century conference have been posted at the PIRSA collection, so if you want to see my talk, you can watch the video (a 110 MB WMV file), and/or look at the slides (a 2.7 MB PDF). I would also particularly recommend watching the video… Continue reading 21st Century Video
Talking to My Dog About Science: Weblogs and Public Outreach
I gave my talk this morning at the Science in the 21st Century conference. Video will eventually be available at the Perimeter Institute Recorded Seminar Archive site, but if you’d like to get a sense of the talk, a few people were live-blogging it in the FriendFeed room for the meeting. You get a pretty… Continue reading Talking to My Dog About Science: Weblogs and Public Outreach
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Confessions of an RNC security guard | Salon "Even in their lusty, alcohol-fueled swoons, these young politicos still call Palin "governor." In a way, this reverential horniness is sort of endearing. But mostly it’s just creepy." (tags: politics US journalism society culture) Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » The Singularity Is Far "[I]f the Singularity ever… Continue reading links for 2008-09-08
Express an Opinion, Win a Prize
Sunday’s a travel day for me, as I take a tiny little prop plane to the exotic land of Canada, for the Science in the 21st Century workshop. After an hour and a half bent double in a goddamn Cessna, I’ll probably be too sore to type, so don’t expect much blogging from me. If… Continue reading Express an Opinion, Win a Prize