Jan 31 2007
*Ignignokt: Our god is a god of vengeance. A god of hate. *
*Err: A god of action! *
*Ignignokt: Our god is an Indian who can turn into a wolf and- *
*Err: Dude, that’s Wolfen. *
*Ignignokt: Yes, well Wolfen will come after you, with his razor.*
These bastards hate our freedom.
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Jan 31 2007
I’m sorry . . . I’ve been laughing my ass off about this today. I am sure this wasn’t funny for Boston, and I apologize in advance for having a sense of humor, but this story just loosens my bowels it’s so ridiculous. Yes, that’s the first time “bowels” has made an appearance in my [...]
Jan 31 2007
Here are the highlights from the omnibus spending bill passed by the House today:
**NSF**:“SEC. 20916. Notwithstanding section 101, the level for ‘National Science Foundation, Research and Related Activities’ shall be $4,665,950,000, of which not to exceed $485,000,000 shall remain available until expended for Polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies [...]
Jan 31 2007
This is a critical day for U.S. fundamental, curiosity-driven research. Having failed to pass the bi-partisan proposed increases for FY07 last autumn, the 109th Congress literally passed the buck to the 110th. They threatened to respond to this mess by “skipping” FY07, funding it at the same levels as FY06, and going on with the [...]
Jan 29 2007
Dear Bill,
I am so excited. I popped popcorn, and broke out the noisemakers. I even found an old stash of bright yellow Spongebob Squarepants party hats. You cannot know the joy you bring to my life. Microsoft Windows Vista (WOW . . . like . . . WOW) is just the latest, greatest thing you’ve [...]
Jan 29 2007
As you probably heard, “the primary scientific instrument onboard the Hubble Space Telescope failed today”:http://story.news.ask.com//article/20070130/D8MVBN680.html after its backup power supply failed. While NASA suggests that 1/3 of the camera’s capabilities could be restored in a month or so, it’s clear that this marks the end of a brilliant era in astronomy. Rather than mourn the [...]
Jan 28 2007
This past Friday, on “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday”, a half-hour of the two-hour program was devoted to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and the Higgs particle [SciFriLHC]. The guests were luminaries of the hadron and future collider world – the spokesman of the CDF collaboration at Fermilab (Konigsberg), the leader of the International [...]
Jan 23 2007
Here are my notes on the President’s SotU speech, with timestamps (slightly delayed by Stevo)!
6:13: Bush starts off acknowledging the historic occasion of the first woman to be Speaker of the House. Jodi comments that he “would have been a real ass” not to do it.
6:18: “Unemployment is low, inflation is low,” . . . [...]
Jan 21 2007
I recently purchased an M-audio Fast Track USB box, which converts XLR input to USB. This lets me plug an SM57 microphone, good for average sound applications and generic instrumental recording, into my desktop linux box and record drums. This has given me the freedom to finally pursue my drumming again with some meaning, allowing [...]
Jan 21 2007
Last month, Jodi’s name was the first two words of an article on dark matter and the CDMS experiment. Forgive me for being a proud husband. The article has been featured on the SLAC website, and last night I noted it was on the “Fermilab website”:http://www.fnal.gov. Symmetry is a joint publication of the two labs, [...]
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