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[from Geekdad] In the spirit of the awesome maverick science-fair project[1], I give you Daniel Burd and his amazing plastic-eating microbes. “Almost every week I have to do chores and when I open the closet door, I have this avalanche of plastic bags falling on top of me,” he said. “One day, I got tired [...]

Posted by Chris in Geekdad, News, Science on May 29th, 2008 | Comments Off

[I'm going to start posting some of my GeekDad articles over here, so you'll know when new ones are available. Let me know if this is unnecessary duplication.] I had the pleasure of meeting Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides at a SEDS UCSD talk the other day. It quickly became obvious that she’s one of Our People, [...]

Posted by Chris in Geekdad, Space on May 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off

You must watch Karen Armstrong’s TED talk on religion, compassion, the active side of belief, and the Golden Rule. Now. No really, go watch it right now. It’s not that long. In fact, watch it right here: Once you’re done with that, watch Mark Bittman’s talk on what’s wrong with what we eat. It’s not [...]

Posted by Chris in Food, Religion on May 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

A gay guinea pig wedding, that is. I just read about a new kids’ book about a little girl whose Uncle Bobby is getting married (it’s called Uncle Bobby’s Wedding), and her big issue is that he won’t have as much time for her anymore. The fact that the wedding leaves her with two uncles [...]

Posted by Deana in Animals, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Culture, Fun, Literature, Sexuality on May 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off

He’s here, so I’m there! Jonathan Coulton will be performing with Paul and Storm on Saturday, May 17th at Lestat’s in Normal Heights. Details (as per usual) are at Eventful. The show’s at 9pm, and tickets are being sold at the door for an undisclosed sum somewhere around $10. I’ll probably get there around 8:30, [...]

Posted by Chris in Events, Fun, Music on May 16th, 2008 | Comments Off