I’ve made lists before, but this one is celebrating my inner geekness. Many involve great science fiction, others are just for fun, while some would be a wonderful way to learn a little about someone…
Browsing Category Scientific stuff
More F1 fun with numbers!
I believe that the best battles in a GP weekend are within the teams. They are the only other driver with the same equipment, same team behind them and whatever resources can be brought to…
BP loosing touch with reality?
“BP notes the fall in its share price in US trading last night. The company is not aware of any reason which justifies this share price movement.” No seriously, that’s what BP had to say…
What’s next for NASA?
Just six years ago Bush talked about a new wave of space exploration that was designed in part to make NASA relevant in the eyes of the public. It was time to leave Low Earth…
Exhibit A – Concorde.
I was talking with a friend last night about beautiful machines, mechanical things that are more than the collection of their parts. Today we got in the car and visited what is for me “exhibit…
LCROSS finds water
While I’ve still not started composing songs about my projects, the preliminary results have been announced by NASA and there was water in plume, quite a lot of water and more than was expected.
Richard Dawkins reading at the UW
Last night evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins did a book reading at the University of Washington Hec-ed pavilion. Something over 5000 people turned up to hear him read from his latest book “The greatest show on…
Todays Google Doodle
He was denounced by the pope and found guilty of heresy in 1633. 359 years later Pope John Paul II admitted they may have made an error.