Packer Is Leaving CBS After Calling 34 Final Fours – NYTimes.com Woo-hoo! Now they just need to ditch Jim Nantz. (tags: basketball sports television) In depth: depth of focus and depth of field « Skulls in the Stars An explanation of why you can’t get everything in your pictures in focus. (tags: optics physics science… Continue reading links for 2008-07-16
Author: Chad Orzel
Sizzle: No Such Thing As Bad Publicity?
As you have no doubt noticed, my early-morning review of Randy Olson’s Sizzle was part of a concerted effort to get blogs to review the movie all on the same day. It’s an experiment of sorts in using blogs to promote the movie. Unfortunately for Olson, it seems to be an experiment designed to test… Continue reading Sizzle: No Such Thing As Bad Publicity?
links for 2008-07-15
FemaleScienceProfessor: No Man’s Land Why, as much as I gripe about our finance department, dealing with them is infinitely better than dealing with their research university counterparts. (tags: academia science economics) Thought For The Day — Words Words Words — The Dream Cafe Weblog Also, things. (tags: writing language silly) Good Math, Bad Math :… Continue reading links for 2008-07-15
Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy, by Randy Olson
The forthcoming Sizzle, Randy Olson’s follow-up to the well-received A Flock of Dodos, is a movie that’s trying to do three things at the same time: 1) provide some information about global warming, 2) make a point about how scientific information is presented to the public, and 3) experiment with new ways of presenting scientific… Continue reading Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy, by Randy Olson
Academia == Hollywood?
Matt Yglesias points to a Peter Suderman post talking about this post about finding jobs: The last couple of years have seen my friends begin to start their honest-to-goodness careers, as opposed to jobs that were by design short-term. I’d say that among people I would call friends, a good two dozen have gotten long-term/serious… Continue reading Academia == Hollywood?
Why Don’t They Predict That?
In a comment on the FutureBaby betting thread, Rivka writes: (I’m laughing at all these people who are predicting early. The average gestation for a first time mother is 41 weeks, 1 day.) Of course, as a physical scientist, my immediate reaction to that is “If they know that, then shouldn’t that be figured into… Continue reading Why Don’t They Predict That?
links for 2008-07-14
squishable.com: they’re giant round fuzzy stuffed animals. hug them. “They’re giant, round, fuzzy, stuffed animals. Hug them.” (tags: animals silly toys kid-stuff)
FutureBaby Betting Pool
OK, not really a betting pool, as there will be no cash wagered. This is strictly for amusement. The projected arrival date for FutureBaby is July 28th, which is two weeks from tomorrow. Of course, the actual arrival date could be any day in the next month or so. We also don’t know the sex… Continue reading FutureBaby Betting Pool
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
What Kate said, basically. The visuals are spectacular, the plot is pretty silly, the gender politics are kind of irritating. The director, Guillermo Del Toro, is supposedly going to direct The Hobbit, and given the impressive look and feel of this movie, I’m sure he’ll do cool things with Middle-Earth. Kate remarked on the way… Continue reading Hellboy II: The Golden Army
links for 2008-07-13
Thin-film dyes boost solar cells – physicsworld.com “Scientists in the US have shown how to multiply the power output of photovoltaic (solar) cells by up to ten times using organic dyes to concentrate sunlight.” (tags: science physics optics chemistry energy environment news) Swans on Tea » The Right Tool For the Job See also: Five-Minute-Epoxy.… Continue reading links for 2008-07-13