Saturday, December 19, 2009

Fun With Sodium

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Interzone denizen Art just sent me some links, two of which were astronomical bits I had already seen, one of which I had set aside to resea...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

We've Agreed to Agree About Something Sometime

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And that's "meaningful." I suppose it's better than simply disagreeing. We're talking about climate. You know what ag...
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Or Are They Bajadas?

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In my continuing effort to ignore the ongoing demise of the human race (shorter news: you and your posterity are soooooo screwed), here'...
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What Planet Are You From, Anyway?

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I'm from Endor... I don't know why I didn't guess that without even checking. What Star Wars planet are you from ? Quick check...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

27 Billion Light Years in 6 minutes

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(Via The Daily What ) Another one of those great zoom-out, zoom-in clips, but carefully mapped rather than impressionistic... an interesting...

Leiberpoppet

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Jerk. Putz. Douchebag. I'll quit there; I prefer to keep profanities off my blog unless I really want emphasis... and Lieberpoppet an...

A Black Mark on Someone's Record

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Michael Tomasky : A certain former vice-presidential candidate wearing a visor featuring the name of a certain former presidential candidate...

Hyaloclastite Filmed

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It's an AP story, so I'm not real clear on what I can say; AP has a notorious reputation for protecting its copyrights. But the pho...
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Before and After

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Via BuzzFeed , before: 5 hours later: Either my outrageometer is broken, or this doesn't register. I saw this last night and scrolled b...

The World We Have, Not the One We Want

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The BBC headline 'Should homosexuals face execution?' may be insensitive, but it has drawn attention to anti-gay legislation The hea...

Fish Hunting

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Nicely played. I expected this to be just another "crazy people jumping into ice water," which is not new or even unusual. Canadi...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Dysfunctional Zappadan December 16

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"A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it's not open." From here. Dialogue NSFW. I'm still feeling pretty pis...

Nixon Steeles Away

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Blue Gal has issued what appears to be a new Photoshop challenge : steal Steele from the RNC interns photogallery (that is the difficult an...
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My Brain Hurts

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How many people have been photographed in this picture (click for full size)? By my count, one. Either this guy is a genius and a Photosho...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Silvio, Silvio

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Now anybody who's been paying attention knows that Chuck is more likely to do this to Barack than at Barack's request . Still, pre...

Loving Zappadan

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Who Needs the Peace Corps?: Many people have assumed that Zappa was a heavy drug user, given how "different" his music was (whatev...
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Hah!

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I am extremely frustrated by news on many fronts, from Leiberman and health, to Copenhagen and "climategate," to (as one blogger p...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

Solemn Zappadan

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Dancin' Fool: Dunno if this one has been rolled into the festival yet... I hated disco (still do), and always enjoyed this satire of the...
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Pretty Proplyds

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Hubble/ESA's European Home page has released a stunning set of images of proplyds in the Orion Nebula... And the "map" below ...
Sunday, December 13, 2009

(Not So) Silent Zappadan: December 13

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Muffin Man: Zappa as Power Rocker... there was nothing he couldn't do.