I’ve lost a lot of sleep this weekend staying up late to watch Syracuse games, so I’m only getting to some of the Friday articles in my RSS feeds now. I don’t want to let this utterly worthless column by William Rhoden of the New York Times pass without comment though. It’s ostensibly about the… Continue reading Lazy Sports Writing Hall of Fame: William Rhoden
Quick Basketball Notes
I haven’t written much about basketball this year, for the simple reason that I haven’t watched much basketball this year– between SteelyKid, the book, and my day job, I just haven’t had time. This weekend, though, I watched a whole bunch of hoops, mostly involving my two teams, Syracuse and Maryland. Yesterday was a bad… Continue reading Quick Basketball Notes
links for 2009-03-15
Cocktail Party Physics: measles, mumps, rubellaor autism "Let me throw just a few statistics at you, just to illustrate how important vaccines have been in the increasing quality of public health in the US alone. * The incidence of polio dropped to nearly zero by 1960 (polio vaccine introduced in 1955) * Measles cases dropped… Continue reading links for 2009-03-15
Talk Like a Physicist
One of last year’s highest-traffic posts was, weirdly, Talk Like a Physicist. I say “weirdly” because it wasn’t much more than a link to Tom at Swans On Tea. It’s that time of year again, and Tom’s back with an updated list of vocabulary for your physicist-talking needs. I don’t have much to add, but… Continue reading Talk Like a Physicist
Watch Your Back, David Attenborough
One of my colleagues in biology just finished his Comparative Vertebrate anatomy course. For the final class projects, he has teams of students make little videos presenting the results of their research into some aspect of vertebrate anatomy. Such as, for example, this Sesame Street episode on flying snakes: The full set of videos are… Continue reading Watch Your Back, David Attenborough
links for 2009-03-14
The Washington Monthly "Watching the evisceration, I couldn’t help but wonder why it takes a comedian on Comedy Central to do the kind of interview the non-fake news shows ought to be doing. When the media establishment marvels at Jon Stewart’s popularity, they tend to think it’s his humor. It’s not. It’s because he calls… Continue reading links for 2009-03-14
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Coming This Christmas
I have an official release date for the book-in-production: December 22nd. There’s no lay-down date, though, so they may turn up in stores before then. Mark it down on your Christmas list now… There’s also an official title and cover: Emmy’s slightly miffed that she’s not the dog on the cover, but that’s what she… Continue reading How to Teach Physics to Your Dog: Coming This Christmas
Belated Baby Blogging 031309
SteelyKid’s hard at work on tooth number five, and as a result, her nose has been running like a deranged ultramarathoner. Yesterday, it tipped over into a bit of a sinus infection, so there was no way to get a good Baby Blogging picture. She made up for it this morning, though, as Kate snapped… Continue reading Belated Baby Blogging 031309
Seven Quarters
My plans to write long and smart blog posts today was thoroughly derailed last night by a combination of a slightly sick SteelyKid (she’s had a runny nose for a while because of teething, but it seems to have slid into a bit of a sinus infection) and an incredible basketball game. Syracuse and UConn… Continue reading Seven Quarters
links for 2009-03-13
Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Did the Phoenix spacecraft find liquid water on Mars? Maybe. (tags: science astronomy news space planets) How Vise Grip Pliers Saved My Life – Stories about How Vise Grips is a Toolbox Hero – Popular Mechanics "Can Vise-Grips save a life? Sure, and they can replace a stick shift,… Continue reading links for 2009-03-13