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Communicating with academics: A guide

Communicating with academics: A guide

Oct 25 2010 | comment(s)

Statistically, whichever of these you are not will be funny.   The one you are, not so much.
5 Days Of Halloween Movies:

5 Days Of Halloween Movies: "Five Million Years To Earth"

Oct 25 2010 | comment(s)

You may not know the name Hammer Films, but if you have watched movies at all you have probably heard of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.    In 1957 they appeared in a British 'horror' movie called THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and it put both of them, and the studio, on the cultural map.
Aquamation: Even Greener Than Cremation?

Aquamation: Even Greener Than Cremation?

Oct 25 2010 | comment(s)

If you're like me, not only do you want to be buried, you want to be buried with your treasure in a vast underground labyrinth dug from the stone, behind a series of traps and secret doors, and your treasure will be in the very last room with my undead Lich guarding it.

Want your inheritance, descendants?  Bring a sword.

Lich

But other people have long been more environmentally responsible and made the 'ashes to ashes, dust to dust' route a little more direct than a decomposing coffin much less a concrete, subterranean bunker.   They get cremated.
How I spent my weekend ...

How I spent my weekend ...

Oct 25 2010 | comment(s)

A few days back, it being the Halloween season (at least in America - do other cultures indulge in pagan madness of this sort?) I saw, on some social network or another, a neat carved pumpkin that looked like, I kid you not, R2-D2 from "Star Wars."

It looked quite neat and I have never been a pumpkin carving guy, outside the stuff I do with the kids, but it seemed like a fun idea and a way to do something with the kids.
RecycleMatch - Match.com, except for garbage

RecycleMatch - Match.com, except for garbage

Oct 23 2010 | comment(s)

The worst thing government has done is get into the recycling business but even worse than that is over-doing it.   Where I live, the local government recently started 'separating' garbage, declared more things recyclable, then made the recycling collectible only every two weeks.  Result:  Government employees are getting paid to come by and empty garbage containers that are 20% full and the recycling one is stuffed after 10 days.  Meanwhile, the delay in recycling is so huge it is basically a landfill anyway.
HR 7162 - Astrometry Win Could Force A Rethink Of Gas Giant Planet Formation

HR 7162 - Astrometry Win Could Force A Rethink Of Gas Giant Planet Formation

Oct 23 2010 | comment(s)

49 light years away from Earth in the constellation Lyra is a binary star that may cause a rethink on how gas giant planets were created.