I was flipping through channels last night and happened on a speech by actor climatologist Leo DiCaprio. My first thought was that the new Leonardo had turned his Promethean talents to completing the work of Dr. Frankenstein. I mistook Leonardo’s companion for a re-animated corpse, but it was just vice-president climatologist Al Gore. An [...]
Posted on February 26th, 2007 by pwyll
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The Second Carnival of Mathematics is online, at Good Math, Bad Math. And, just in case you missed it, the Inaugural Edition is still available at Abstract Nonsense. It’s great to see that math blogging is alive and well. Check them both out, it’s not too late to get in on the ground floor.
Posted on February 26th, 2007 by pwyll
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It’s fun to peer in on political family quarrels. The recent spat between Hillary, Obama, and Geffen has been getting al lot of attention, but for true comedy it’s hard to beat Monbiot vs the Moonbats. Here’s what my man Monbiot said in the Guardian:
To qualify as a true opponent of the Bush regime, you [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by pwyll
Filed under: BDS | 4 Comments »
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Happy Ash Wednesday!
As an inveterate celebrator of Mardi Gras / Carnivale, and now an ex-drinker, this past Ash Wednesday was my third in a row without a hangover. And in bouncing around the net that morning — rather that wandering around cleaning up with a hair-off-the-dog drink in hand — I discovered a great [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by Paco Malo
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday.
Astronomers are monitoring an asteroid named Apophis, which has a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2007 by pwyll
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Posted on February 21st, 2007 by pwyll
Filed under: humor | 6 Comments »
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