Posts filed under Science & Tech

August 9, 2010

“I heard the jury’s still out on Science”

alas, such a good episode…
So there’s this new channel on my [parents] tv called “The Science Channel.” Wikipedia tells me that it’s actually 11 years old, but seeing as I’VE never noticed it before, I’ll just go ahead and exercise my god-given right to rewrite history and dispute that wiki.
Perhaps some of you are familiar […]

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October 20, 2008

Raw Solar Beauty

Antitrust: Aspen Skiing v. Aspen Highlands, (S.Ct. 1985).

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April 9, 2008

Relearning Linkage & Indian Goddesses

So how do I get WordPress to put in links for stories like the girl born outside New Delhi with two faces? Okay, that’s how… I don’t know if I like that highlighting-to-create-a-link thing, but whatever. As for this cute little girl, (1) she seems to be medically okayish, (2) I fear that everyone will […]

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October 16, 2006

In Case You’re Wondering What’s Happening in LA…

The interweb’s all abuzz with the thing Bfarn made. And yes, he made them, three or so. They’re fucking BEAUTIFUL. I’m proud of the guy; he’s had the idea for quite some time.

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October 24, 2005

The Miao peoples of Guizhou, China

Nada Surf - Outside of Love - Stalemate - Love Will Tear Us Apart
China Guizhou “Miao” footpaths “Dong” silk silver “brown shiny silk” “silk felt” “pig’s blood” “UCSDTV”

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Wait… I do get mass media at home.

TV “Charlie Rose” “Monday Night Football” “Farscape” “ER” “UCSDTV” “The Darkness” “Jawbreaker” “punk” ” Thing Called Love” “spanish language” “cover songs” “electronic belt buckle”

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June 6, 2005

Queen of the Flies

Drosophila homosexuality genetics “switch gene” Austria oncogene
The Pixies - Where is my Mind?

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August 27, 2004

Tissue Engineering Überalles!

Criticize my use of German if you will, but respect the Germans who grew a man a new jaw bone using his own back muscle. Mein Got en Himmel that is so fucking cool. Remember the ear that was grown on the back of a mouse when we were still in high school? Here is […]

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August 25, 2004

Convergence of Scientific Disciplines

the Chung-Kwei algorithm IBM “big blue” filter

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June 14, 2004

A Chinese Order of Magnitude

Chinese numbers counting “ten-thousand” “one hundred million” “one billion” “yi yi” inaccurate

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