Posts Tagged ‘Cosmos’
My Love Affair with Space
July 7th, 2011
On the eve of the final mission of NASA’s – and the nation’s – 30-year-long space shuttle program, I present to you a video love letter – my newest piece for Time Magazine’s website, wherein Tara and I journey to Florida to witness our first launch. STS-133, in February, was the last mission of space shuttle Discovery…
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Link:
My Love Affair with Space on Time.com
Science Foo Camp 2008: Chapter 0
August 4th, 2008
This is a helluva week. I’ve been promoting and preparing for my upcoming science comedy show at the San Francisco Punch Line: Rational Comedy for an Irrational Planet, Monday, August 11, 8pm, please come.
But between now and Monday I have what promises to be one of the most memorable weekends of my life…
Friday through Sunday, I’ll be attending Science Foo Camp 2008 (“SciFoo”).
What is SciFoo, you ask?
Well, it’s an invitation-only gathering organized by Nature, O’Reilly Media, and Google, and hosted at the famed Googleplex in Mountain View, CA.
It’s a weekend of interactive sessions. All delegates are also presenters. There’s no agenda until we get there and then it is determined collaboratively and subject to change throughout the weekend.
And who was invited?