San Francisco Chronicle Features Science Comedian
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a feature story on me today (the print version actually appears in the Datebook section, […]
Press, Science News, Shows
science
Images, Press, Science News
SF Chronicle Best of 2008 Portraits
This weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle should be running a story about me in conjunction with next week’s shows at
Audio, Press, Quotations, Science News, SciFoo
Science Foo Camp 2008 on Nature Podcast
While at Science Foo Camp 2008, I grabbed a few quick interviews for the Nature podcast, which was posted today
Insects, Science News
New species of insect identified in eBay purchase
Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out
Uncategorized
The Galactomatic-1000 (TM) Basement Universe
…Basement Universes aren’t just for basements any more! The Galactomatic-1000 comes with an attractive imitation wood-grain negative-matter case that makes
SciFoo
Science Foo Camp 2008: Chapter 1 – The Wiki & What I Missed
[I’ve made one previous SciFoo post, in anticipation (and trepidation) of the approaching weekend.] Where to begin? How to capture
Press, SciFoo, Uncategorized
Symmetry Breaking Reviews Rational Comedy for an Irrational Planet
I’ve been writing up my notes from Science Foo Camp, anxious to get something online about the unconference that ended
Math, Quotations
Gregory Benford Quotation on Passion
“Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.” – Gregory Benford‘s law of controversy (an adage from
Math, Spontaneous Emissions
Stand up straight!
My mother used to tell me to “stand up straight.” It was one of her favorite things to say: “Stand
Math, Spontaneous Emissions
Conservation of Mass
I noticed a long time ago, whenever my mother would lose weight, my father would gain weight. And when my