Some media of wakeboarding at our automated, boat-less park in Allen Station. [stream provider=video base=x:/steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ flv=wakeboarding.mp4 mp4=wakeboarding.mp4 embed=true share=true width=400 height=300 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false /]
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In this area, incredibly large flocks of birds will descend on parking lots, the roofs of buildings, and any nearby trees. Here is what one of these flocks sounded like outside of a JCPenny in a nearby mall. [audio:http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Huge_flock_of_birds.mp3|titles=Huge flock of birds]
Here is some audio from Sather Tower at University of California-Berkeley. The Bells of Sather Tower [audio:http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Berkeley_Sather_Tower.mp3]
It’s about 11 in the morning and the phone is ringing. The crappy red plastic cordless phone is ringing, and the cheap digital sound fills my one-room cottage in Atherton, CA. I remember getting home around 4am. I remember the last thing I heard on the radio before I turned […]
It’s nice to be home at our house again. After all of the strange twists and turns that this summer has taken, it was nice to be excited to come home, watch some Battlestar Galactica, and relax.
Texas is hot in the summer. While other parts of the U.S. have begun to see relief from the recent heat wave, Texas and the surrounding region have maintained high temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. Normally, at this time of year, I would be at CERN. However, due to the flooding […]
Just over a week ago, and after months of preparation and research, searching, and financial paperwork, Jodi and I moved into our home. We bought a house, and the minute we closed on the place we had family ready to help us run ethernet, paint rooms, and unpack valuables. The […]
I figure that maybe if I put this here, it will stop rattling around in my brain and making me anxious. This is probably the hardest week of my entire semester, and I haven’t a clue how I am going to weather it. My last two lectures are this week, […]
I hear a lot of interesting things when I play the “fly-on-the-wall scientist.” Most statements uttered casually between friends can be tested scientifically; at the very least, research has already been done and one only needs to dig a little to find out whether the statement is true. There are […]