Not really, but my entry in the “Mashup Camp logo contest”:http://www.mashupcamp.com/index.cgi?PreviousLogoIdeas was chosen to be the official logo. Yay! (Not bad for half an hour’s work on the bus.)
Yearly Archives: 2006
our active galaxy
The galaxy is a more exciting place than you might think. From Space.com:
bq. A new “X-ray movie of the Milky Way Galaxy”:http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060119/sc_space/exclusivenewxraymovieshows10yearsofmilkywayactivity shows stars erupting and black holes pulsating over a full decade of time.
It’s strangely compelling, like signal lights from a distant shore… [Thanks to Bryan for the link.]
commentary on Alito
There’s been lots and lots of chatter lately about the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, but it wasn’t until this morning that I read Senator Kennedy’s excellent summary of “why Alito is so wrong for the job”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011902515.html. I specifically appreciate his comparison of Alito’s recent testimony against years of writings and judicial records.
off to pluto!
The NASA “New Horizons”:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html probe launched successfully today on it’s way to Pluto. (It’s the first probe to visit our distant icy cousin.) My favorite part is that even though it’ll take 10 years to get to Pluto, the probe is flying so fast it’ll zip past Jupiter in only a year.
Ambushed by the Asbestos Industry
Here is a link to the Sonoma Medicine website with an article penned by my uncle about his experience fighting mesothelioma on the medical, legal, social, and political fronts. It is a worthy read.
I’ve also put the entire article below in case the link changes.
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