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Archive for June, 2009

Weird Google searches…

Posted in blogs, carnival, google, personal, space, travel on June 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I am often amused by the search terms that lead people to my humble little blog. Here is a random sampling that really had me laughing:
Domo kun: Okay, I see this one pop up a LOT. I think I used the kitten chasing graphic once? Seriously, there are many more relevant sites that come up [...]

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Dr. SETI and “Cosmic Carl”

Posted in SETI, Sagan, astronomy, cool, critical thinking, movies, music, outreach, personal, picture, science, skeptic, vla on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Fans of Skepticality (and let’s face it, who doesn’t love Derek and Swoopy?) know that the latest podcast includes an interview with Daniel Loxton, editor of Junior Skeptic and the man behind “Where Do We Go From Here?” and “What Do I Do Next?“  He unveils his latest project, Skeptics Mix Tape, which is a [...]

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Happy (belated) Solstice!

Posted in astronomy, personal, picture, solstice, summer, sun on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I had a lovely weekend away from the computer (and new iPhone even!) celebrating the beginning of summer.  The solstice occurred at 1:45 am EDT (summer for us in the North, winter in the South!) and is the time in which the sun is the highest in the sky from the Northern hemisphere, thus giving [...]

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The Future of Planet Earth

Posted in animals, biology, earth, environment, opinion, science, tv on June 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I have finally reached the last disk of “Planet Earth” which contains a three-part documentary entitled “The Future.”  This was produced in 2006, so yes this is probably old news to most, but bear with me.  I’m always behind on TV related things, mostly because I don’t subscribe to cable, and I rarely had reign [...]

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Star-partying, and for a good cause!

Posted in Dragon*Con, astronomy, fundraising, skeptic on June 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Those cool Atlanta Skeptics are hosting a benefit right around Dragon*Con time called “A Full Moon for Cancer.”  This will be held in honor of Jeff Medkeff, aka the “Blue Collar Scientist,” astronomer, skeptic, and blogger who succumbed to cancer last year.  All of the proceeds from the event will go to the American Cancer [...]

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Astronomy… lucrative? Really??

Posted in astronomy, jobs on June 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

My friend Danny sent me a link highlighting “Jobs that surprise” in that they can pay over $100,000 a year, and are jobs that you wouldn’t expect to be so lucrative.  I had to laugh out loud at one in particular. Astronomy… lucrative?  C’mon!  The criteria used is that 10% of people with these jobs [...]

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Oh yes, it’s summer…

Posted in personal, picture on June 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Weekend…

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Crap.

Posted in iPhone, personal, technology on June 8, 2009 | 12 Comments »

The old iPhone 3G is now $99. That’s probably less than I can get for my 2nd gen iPod Touch.  Turns out, with the UVa discount, the data plan is only $25 extra per month for me (I’m already happily with AT&T).  And I was thinking about getting rid of Netflix anyway, which covers part [...]

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Martian Bust

Posted in Mars, astronomy, carnival, critical thinking, moon, science, space on June 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The Bad Astronomer once again says, “Mars. Moon. No.“  Once again, the junk chain email traffic going ’round the internets includes the claim that Mars will be as big as the full moon in August.  Although the BA and numerous others have debunked this claim time and time again, I decided to go ahead and [...]

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Have a question? Asktronomy!

Posted in Doctor Who, astronomy, twitter, videos, virginia on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Mooeypoo of Smarter Than That and SmartAxe has started an astronomy answering service on Twitter! Just tweet your question with the tag #asktronomy and one of our “astronomy experts” will answer.  In other news, someone actually thinks I’m an expert at something… boy will they be surprised.
I know what you are thinking, 140 [...]

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