"1667 - Robert Hooke reports in his Micrographia the discovery of the rings of light formed by a layer of air between two glass plates. These were actually first observed by Robert Boyle, which explains why they are now called Newton's rings."

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Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! A comic that frequently amuses me against my will.

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All right, time for an update on the roommate front. And this one's got me really fucking pissed off ( Read more... )

There's a fourth.Also, OMG the roommate's shit hits the fan. She left me a Post-It this morning saying that the RA wanted to talk to us, which was a total lie, as it was in fact her taking her 'concerns' to him without trying to deal with me first... oh, well. I won on the splitting the room issue, at least for the time being, possibly because I ( Read more... )

So I guess I learned this evening that, being asocial and possibly a roommate-repellant, I stand a good chance of dying cold and alone, with only Paula and Mely (my dear psych students) staunchly maintaining that the rest of the world 'just doesn't get me.' Poor excuse, as it's me who has to live with the rest of the world, rather than the other ( Read more... )

Number three, y'all.

...but these don't count 'cause they're not footage from the movie! Wheeee!

I'm a little embarrassed that I had to find this on a news service, but at least it's SciFi.

*splutters* Has anyone else heard about this?

(Watch the trailer. Yes, that's Nathan Fillion.)

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