Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Douglas Adams
Via /., we learn that Asteroid 2001 DA42 has been renamed Douglasadams.
Also renamed: Rosfranklin (1997 PE 6), Woolstonecraft (2004 DA).
Also renamed: Rosfranklin (1997 PE 6), Woolstonecraft (2004 DA).
Friday, January 21, 2005
New Link(s)
Some housecleaning I've been meaning to do for a bit. I'm adding a couple of blogs to the links. They'll both be under "Science." The Panda's Thumb is a large-ish group blog, mostly about evolution (the panda's thumb appears to have some meaning to those more involved than I in the evolution wars). They referred me to the other.
The other is my father. He's a lawyer. His current extracurricular project is to help the scientists defend themselves from the creationists. He was distraught to discover that there isn't anything in the academic legal literature pointing out the obvious fact that this Intelligent Design stuff is (a) not science; and (b) not legally defensible. He's working on a law review article about all this. His blog is a way for him to start to disseminate the legal perspective about all this in the meantime. Be sure to read the FAQ for a better explanation of purpose.
The other is my father. He's a lawyer. His current extracurricular project is to help the scientists defend themselves from the creationists. He was distraught to discover that there isn't anything in the academic legal literature pointing out the obvious fact that this Intelligent Design stuff is (a) not science; and (b) not legally defensible. He's working on a law review article about all this. His blog is a way for him to start to disseminate the legal perspective about all this in the meantime. Be sure to read the FAQ for a better explanation of purpose.
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Those Silly Germans
A story about a 4-year old's song about a crocidile is the #1 song in Germany right now. We are alerted to this by a member of my German class.
Friday, January 07, 2005
Truck (cont)
I left the truck with Steven and his parents over winter break. His father drove it to Hyde Park this past Tuesday so I didn't have to run all the way up to Evanston to get it. Nora and I recovered it earlier this evening on our way home from campus. It was buried under all 8 inches of the snow we got earlier this week.
It was exciting, being my first time digging a car out of the snow before. Not as impossibly difficult as it could have been, which is something to be thankful for.
It was exciting, being my first time digging a car out of the snow before. Not as impossibly difficult as it could have been, which is something to be thankful for.
Monday, January 03, 2005
New Year
Nora's parents had some tickets to the Rose Parade. I had never been. Nora's father and sister weren't feeling well, so it was just Nora, her mother, and myself. My favorite float was the 50-foot-tall Voltronesque entry from JPL:
(click for the fullsize image).
(click for the fullsize image).
