Category: Links Dump

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

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

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

Soundtrack Saturday: “Real Genius” | Popdose All but one of the songs from Val Kilmer’s finest film. (tags: music movies blogs science)

Adventures in Ethics and Science: Data paparazzi. Is it ethical to write a paper based on a snapshot of a data slide at a conference? (tags: ethics science publishing physics academia) Jonathan Martin’s Blog: Democrat reader email of the day (so far) – Politico.com "Mrs. Palin needs to be reminded that Jesus Christ was a… Continue reading links for 2008-09-06

Torontoist: ROAWR…Pop! Best. Balloon Animal. EVER. (tags: dinosaurs animals art silly pictures) Built on Facts : Charging the Earth "Gravity couldn’t hold lint to your shirt in a million years." (tags: physics math gravity science blogs) Confessions of a Community College Dean: In Which I Realize That We’re Doing It Wrong "[T]he attitudes we convey,… Continue reading links for 2008-09-05

The Quantum Pontiff : Wisely Using Your Advantage "In other words, what is your probability of ruin, given a starting bankroll of D dollars, an advantage of p, and a target of T dollars?" (tags: science math statistics blogs) Optics basics: Coherence « Skulls in the Stars A very nice explanation of one of the… Continue reading links for 2008-09-04

Making Light: Why RMS Titanic Didn’t Have Enough Lifeboats "Sixteen hundred people died in the Titanic disaster because no one had worked out the implications of tuned circuits." (tags: history science blogs gadgets) The TNR Q&A: Charles Barkley "People can always bring up stuff. When I get involved in politics, I am not even going… Continue reading links for 2008-09-03

Swans on Tea » How Does Calculus Compare? Darth Vader explains the Pythagorean Theorem. Why? Why not? (tags: youtube silly math education) Roald Dahl’s seductive work as a British spy – Telegraph "I think he slept with everybody on the east and west coasts that [was worth] more than $50,000 a year." (tags: sex history… Continue reading links for 2008-09-02

Setshot: Basketball for the Aging and Infirm: Politics: McCain panders to aging ballers "Apparently, "Sarah Barracuda" (her high school hoops nickname) played point guard on a state championship squad from Wasilla, Alaska, but there is scant evidence that she plays anymore." (tags: US politics basketball sports blogs)