science
Old nuggets
Friday, August 31st, 2007Anyone checking the frequency of blogging for this site need not be told that I am not a natural diarist. I keep trying to start a regular compilation of my thought but never quite get in the habit. I have a journal I’ve carted from DC to Stanford to Bensalem to Princeton. [...]
The Mongrel Dogs at Sea (11): Solar Sight
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007I experienced something today that I’ve heard a lot about but never quite believed in: the infamous green flash. I’d read that, sometimes, during sunsets, just at the moment the Sun sinks below the horizon, it flashes green. However, the conditions are hard to meet and the occurrence somewhat rare. Tonight [...]
Just pointing the way…
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006… to a webcomic (”xkcd“) that I just stumbled across. It’s kinda odd but has the occasional math/science bent that endears it to me. (”Dr. Elizabeth? I accidentally took the Fourier transform of my cat” or “Schroedinger’s Comic“) It also has a flash of geek-inspired sentimentality (”My normal approach is [...]