Chateau Steelypips presents the 2007 Christmas Tree of SCIENCE!!!: OK, it may not look all that science-y– nary a Tesla coil to be seen– but just like last year, this year’s tree is all about the science. I’ll be explaining how in a series of picture posts over the next week or so. So, well,… Continue reading Tree of SCIENCE!!!
Author: Chad Orzel
A Call for a Science Debate
Following on an article in Seed and an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, ScienceBloggers Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum (of
Dork Nostalgia: Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time
“Do you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?” — Steven Brust, Dzur Way, way back in October, when I was annoying you all with DonorsChoose fundraining posts, I offered to sell post topics for $30. I’ve paid off most of these, but I have three left, one of which was for… Continue reading Dork Nostalgia: Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time
NFL Notes
A few comments from this weekend’s action: – My Giants improved to 9-4 after a squeaking out a close win over the Eagles when a potential game-tying field goal clanged off the upright. Weirdly, they are now 6-1 on the road, and just 3-3 at home– granted, they’ve played better teams at home than on… Continue reading NFL Notes
links for 2007-12-10
The Little Professor: The Golden Compass Less “atheist” than “Protestant.” (tags: literature religion review movies SF) westerblog » Blog Archive » One Last Pullman Post An important clarification regarding what happens to the Authority in His Dark Materials. (tags: religion books literature movies SF)
Book Report
It’s been a couple of weeks since the last progress report, and Emmy is getting concerned. So what’s the status of the book, anyway?
The Golden Compass
Kate and I went to see The Golden Compass last night because, dude, armored bears! Also, we both really enjoyed the book, back when it first came out (though I haven’t re-read it since The Amber Spyglass, to see if it was retroactively ruined by the third volume). From the opening titles in the left-over… Continue reading The Golden Compass
links for 2007-12-09
It Came Upon A Midnight Weird :: Cavalcade of Bad Nativities 2007 “The people who made this probably never even saw Star Wars, so they have no idea that they’ve just made a Jawa nativity. Sure, they’re adoring the child right now, but tomorrow, they’ll be out stealing droids again.” (tags: silly pictures religion)
Kip Thorne Interview
Poking around the Discover magazine web site looking for something else, I ran across this interview with Kip Thorne about black holes, wormholes, LIGO, and Stephen Hawking: It sounds like Hawking hasn’t done very well in his bets. He hasn’t won any of these bets yet. I think that characterizes the fact that he’s ready… Continue reading Kip Thorne Interview
Rawr!
One of the perks of being a B-list sciece blogger is that people send me stuff that they would like me to promote to my dozens of readers. Such as, for example, National Geographic’s very silly Dino Central Park site, where you can frighten simulated New Yorkers with simulated dinosaurs. Because… well, really, do you… Continue reading Rawr!