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What is it? revealed
I posted this image a few days ago. I read the site where it appears every day, but this is the first time I remember being totally stumped by an image. It’s a photo of a Martian plain, taken by the...
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In praise of FreeCycle.org
My friend John put me on to FreeCycle. It’s essentially an on-line “swap & shop” radio show (remember them?). If you have something you want to get rid of and don’t want the hassle of selling it,...
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Earth’s second moon?
Not really. But the 5-kilometer diameter asteroid 3753 Cruithne is one of a kind — at least a far as planet Earth is concerned. It orbits the Sun in a 1:1 orbital resonance with the Earth (this is...
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‘EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY’
pictured, left to right: Messor barbarus; physicist Murray Gell-Mann This post’s title comes from one of the great imaginative romances of the 20th century – and from quantum mechanics. As you might...
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Do two half-hitches make a hitch?
Update 4/18/10: it seems that the Boy Scouts are celebrating their centennial year this week, which I didn’t realize when I wrote this post. Happy 100th! One of my favorite books from younger days is...
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Apparently no one else in the U.S. has my name
At least, according to HowManyofMe.com. Supposedly their conclusions are based on census data. The good news is I’m unique. The bad news is I can’t claim those bills belong to someone else. At least it...
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Popping primroses at last
Here’s a photo of our night-blooming primroses, aka evening primroses. I tried to make this a video but couldn’t get my BlackBerry to record it. (I’ll try again). If you’ve never seen one pop, it’s...
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Ferry cross the Ohio
It’s been a long time since I did this, but leaving a meeting in Kentucky, I decided to take the Anderson Ferry across the Ohio instead of the interstate. As you can see (looking back to Kentucky),...
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A total lunar eclipse on the Winter solstice
Update 12/20/10: one of my favorite sites, Astronomy Picture of the Day, notes that this eclipse solstice is the first in 456 years, and that no one has yet figured out when the next one will be. This...
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The boy stood on the burning deck, His fleece was white as snow
Greg Ross’s Futility Closet is full of interesting tidbits. Here’s part of “Medley of Poems“, from Westminster Monthly, April 1910. A sample: The boy stood on the burning deck, His fleece was white as...
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