A little piece of life as we were leaving Connecticut on our way back to Texas. Thank-you, airport security. [audio:http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Bradley_Airport_Alert.mp3|titles=Bradley Airport Alert]
I photographed this in an abandoned pedestrian tunnel stairwell in Palo Alto, CA, in April of 2010. Seems prescient now.
Me and a lot of my friends and family members are doing a lot of traveling during these holidays. A lot of us bring electronics with us to entertain during the tedious flights. As a scientist, I want to make the lives of flight attendants easier by being well-behaved, but […]
Fresh from the Texas Freedom Network (TFN), here are their favorite anti-science quotes of the year: http://tfninsider.org/2011/12/26/2011-in-quotes-the-war-on-science/. By “favorite,” I of course mean the quotes that probably ensaddened the staff at TFN. TFN ” . . . is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization of more than 50,000 religious and community leaders. […]
There is too much interesting science that happens in a single year. No one person can capture it in a single article. I choose to focus on the things that align with my own personal interests, and provide information about them so you can learn more. They are in no […]
Sing, sad little Christmas bell! [audio:http://steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/sad_little_xmas_bell.mp3|titles=Sing, sad little Christmas bell!]
It’s time for another popcorn science. An oft-repeated claim, backed by few thoughts or facts, is that the U.S. Federal Government should take a cue from Main Street and run its budget like a household runs its budget. Households, so the claim goes, work within their constraints and don’t carry […]
The insane lightshow in the nearby town of Fairview. [stream provider=video base=x:/steve.cooleysekula.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ flv=christmas_show.mp4 embed=true share=true width=400 height=300 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false /]
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 /]
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]