Many Worlds, Many Treats: The Movie

Another dramatic reading of a chapter from How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, just because. This is Chapter 4, which is based on the original Many Worlds, Many Treats post that kick-started the whole thing: I’m sitting at the computer typing, when Emmy bumps up against my legs. I look down, and she’s sniffing… Continue reading Many Worlds, Many Treats: The Movie

Amazing Laser Application 1: Light Show!

What’s the application? The use of lasers to provide an entertaining light show for humans, dogs, or cats. What problem(s) is it the solution to? 1) “How will I entertain my dog or cat?” 2) “How can we distract people from the fact that Roger Daltrey has no voice left?”

Inheritance

It’s been brought to my attention that there hasn’t been any cute-baby video posted here for a while, so let me rectify that with a couple of clips. First, SteelyKid discovers that it’s kind of difficult to fill Daddy’s shoes: For both our sakes, I hope those never fit her. A clear indication of inheritance… Continue reading Inheritance

Tiny Bubbles

OK, they’re not that tiny. Here’s your cute baby video for the weekend: Kate blowing bubbles for SteelyKid and Emmy: I really don’t need to say any more than that, do I?

The Tissue Relay

We’re back in Niskayuna after a fun visit with my parents. I’ll have more to say about How to Teach Physics to Your Dog in the near future (including number crunching on the sales rank tracker), but I’m running a little slow at the moment thanks to what was either food poisoning, or some short-duration… Continue reading The Tissue Relay

Quantum Zeno Effect: The Movie

It’s exactly one week to the release date for How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, and to celebrate, I’m setting off on an expedition to the local mall(s) in search of Christmas presents. May God have mercy on my soul… Anyway, I wouldn’t want you to be without entertainment while I’m off helping the… Continue reading Quantum Zeno Effect: The Movie

Gold, Frankincense, and Mars

I’m kind of fried from all the recent driving, and I’ve got some stuff to catch up on. So we’ll ease back into regular blogging, by posting a clip from last week’s Colbert Report with everybody’s favorite Jesuit, Brother Guy Consolmagno, talking about how alien life would affect Christianity: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs… Continue reading Gold, Frankincense, and Mars

The Bohr-Einstein Debates, With Puppets

Back during the DonorsChoose fundraiser, I promised to do a re-enactment of the Bohr-Einstein debates using puppets if you contributed enough to claim $2,000 of the Hewlett-Packard contribution to the Social Media Challenge. I obviously aimed too low, because the final take was $4064.70, more than twice the threshold for a puppet show. So, I… Continue reading The Bohr-Einstein Debates, With Puppets