Physics is a good story. The muon collider is one amazing chapter in that story, one which has yet to be written but which has been colorfully outlined. Jodi’s experiences at the WIN07 conference in India reminded me tonight of this incredible instrument, and I want to here share my […]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
21 posts
I had a chance to talk to Jodi tonight. As I’ve mentioned, she is in Calcutta (Kolkata), India, for the “WIN07 Conference”:http://www.saha.ac.in/anp/win07.sinp/win07/index.html. For the last few days, we’ve mostly talked about how she should have pursued more vaccinations before going, and about her water-handling practices. Today, however, the timbre of […]
Jodi’s ability to connect to the internet from Calcutta has been intermittent, but I’ve managed to get a few things out of her in the last 24 hours. After the initial culture shock (don’t drink the water . . . in fact, don’t even let it touch your teeth), she […]
The saber rattling might be starting in Congress. A scan of news articles on the net reveals concerns over NASA budget shortfalls (1/2 billion), the cost in jobs in Long Island, and the loss of funding for new projects slated to start this year. Here is a sampling: “Congress : […]
Thanks to my dad for reminding me about “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday”. I usually miss the program because of work, but in this age of on-demand internet audio it’s no trouble to catch up with a podcast. I have a bunch I listen to on the weekend, and […]
The new year has brought a new spate of travel for Jodi and me. Jodi’s up first – she departed Friday night for Calcutta, India, for the Weak Interactions and Neutrinos (WIN) conference. This conference moves from location to location, and this year physicists from all over the world are […]
As reported in a “BBC News Article”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6249721.stm today, the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is getting set to launch this fall. This is the culmination of about ten years of hard work by hundreds of engineers, postdocs, students, professors, and funding agencies. NASA and the Department of […]
Vacations are tough. They remind me that I love spending time with friends and family, writing fiction, and playing music. I got to do some or a lot of all of those things these past few weeks. I’ll share some of the fun here, in pictures and words. Each year, […]
Jodi and I have returned from vacation. It was a dramatic break. Naturally, the minute we left the state of California a big wind storm hit our area and knocked out power. Faithful readers will have noticed the lovely temporary webpage I had to setup for the site. Yahoo’s “small […]