Archives for the 'amusement' Category
Firefox add-ons
Published on 10 Mar 2008 at 11:45 am.
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Normally, I blog about astronomy and space topics. However, earlier this morning, I was reading Aviatrix’s blog and saw this posting about Firefox add-ons. I use Firefox almost exclusively. I have gotten to where I like the interface, and it is simply easier for me to use than Internet Explorer. Also, […]
Hotel Mauna Kea
Published on 4 Jan 2008 at 2:11 pm.
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Some of you may remember my posting about the Mauna Kea Observatories this past summer. If not, you can read it here.
This is a world class observatory site, and most astronomers would love to get time there at some point in their career. Â But, of course, you can only observe when the skies […]
I read a lot
Published on 19 Oct 2007 at 11:02 am.
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I saw this over at Seeking Solace’s blog, and I figured that I just had to take the quiz. the results are below, though the graphic didn’t work our right. Whenever students come by my office, they are amazed at how many books I have around. Of course, I have […]
Cool phone photos
Published on 27 Aug 2007 at 2:28 pm.
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I notice some of the ad Google’s Adsense puts up on my page are for NASA ring tones. Well, that doesn’t really interest me. I sort of like my phone to sound like a phone so that I know that it is ringing and not some other sound (there are sometimes lots of […]
Science Merit Badges
Published on 16 Feb 2007 at 2:14 pm.
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OK, this is just something fun I saw over at Jane’s site and also at Cat Dynamics. She had a link to the Order of Science Scouts merit badges. It isn’t really astronomical, but I thought that it was amusing, so I decided to see which ones I might qualify for.
First, we’ve […]
Fly Your Name to Mars
Published on 5 Feb 2007 at 6:03 pm.
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A few months ago, I posted about a program where you could send your name to the asteroid belt. Now, I’m going to tell you of an opportunity to send your name to Mars.
This August, the Phoenix Lander will be launched to Mars. If all goes well, it will land in the northern […]
Talking with the planets
Published on 2 Feb 2007 at 10:25 am.
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A few days ago I was trying to get across to someone just how big the Solar System is. I have an exercise that I do with my students in which they build a scale model of the Solar System. I don’t mean making just the planets to scale, but also putting them […]
