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Not Much Snow

tycage — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:58:58 +0000

The snow didn’t amount to much more than a dusting. Things did clear up for the lunar eclipse though, which was nice.

Normal Person vs Scientist

tycage — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:40:04 +0000

Scientists, good ones anyway, are just different kinds of people.

I think this comic sums up the difference quite nicely.

Best … Chart … Ever

tycage — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:24:51 +0000

Composition of Pacman

My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nectarines

tycage — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:42:52 +0000

Looks like it’s official. Pluto isn’t a planet anymore.

Science Fair

tycage — Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:35:44 +0000

So I helped judge a science fair at a local high school today. It was quite an interesting experience. The first place prize was pretty easy to pick out. Second and third could have really gone either way, but I think we did the right thing on them.

It was kinda fun to go through the fair from the other side. I guess this means I really am an adult now, huh.

Spirit Has Landed

tycage — Sun, 04 Jan 2004 15:16:27 +0000

Spirit has landed.

That’s the latest Mars rover.

Lunar Eclipse

tycage — Sun, 09 Nov 2003 15:04:33 +0000

We had a beautiful lunar eclipse last night. Xander thought it was amazing to watch the moon disappear and then turn red. It was little cloudy, so it wasn’t the best viewing, but we had enough open patches that we got to see most of it.

Presenting Data and Information

tycage — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:56:19 +0000

Today I attended a course taught by Edward Tufte on data and information presentation. It was excellent. Copies of all three of his books and his recent essay on PowerPoint came with the class, which I can’t wait to finish reading. I highly recommend the books for anyone who has a job that involves the presentation of information. If he’s going to be in your area teaching the class, by all means take it!

Solar Flares

tycage — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:45:50 +0000

I’m sure most people have heard about the huge solar flare that spewed stuff our way yesterday. Hopefully it’ll not be too big a disruption to daily life, but there are some possible side effects.

2003 Nobel Prize in Physics

tycage — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 15:49:37 +0000

The 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded yesterday to Alexei Abrikosov, Anthony Leggett and Vitaly Ginzburg for their work in supercondictivity and superfluidity

The 5 Second Rule

tycage — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:08:45 +0000

Over the summer a high school student doing an apprenticeship did a scientific study of the 5 second rule. You know the rule. You drop something on the floor and if you pick it up before 5 seconds pass, it’s safe to eat.

Mars Approach

tycage — Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:47:32 +0000

In case you haven’t heard, this month Mars will make it’s closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years on August 27th. It’s a great time to take a look at it with bionculars or, even better, a telescope.