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Welcome to the Private Journal of Eric Herboso
Hello, and welcome to the private journal of Eric Herboso ( Read more... ) -
EricHerboso.com is finally up!
After multiple delays, I have finally gotten EricHerboso.com up and running!
While I will still occasionally post to LiveJournal for private entries, all public posts will now be posted to EricHerboso.com. Please point your RSS reader to EricHerboso.com/blog/feed/rss to continue to receive updates, and don't forget to visit EricHerboso.com to see ( Read more... ) -
My Thoughts on Science (& a Bit on Religion, too)
I always have such a tough time explaining how I think to other people. No one ever seems to be able to follow my train of thought no matter how hard I try to explain myself, and I consistently end up thinking that maybe there's some part of me that is crazy in a way that is obvious to others but is completely invisible to me ( Read more... ) -
The Will to Be Myself
The class was an utter disappointment. I had had such high hopes for that class. Every time a new semester begins, I always find myself optimistic that this time I will find the class that turns everything around for me. Every time, I fool myself into believing that I've finally reached that point in my academic career where I will find a class ( Read more... ) -
Lack of Updates
Okay, so a distinct lack of internet access has made me not update in a while, especially on the public side of things. Don't worry; new updates are certainly coming, but you're just going to have to wait until I can get a wifi connection at home, as this quick update from work really isn't what I'm supposed to be doing with my time. (And yes, I ( Read more... ) -
Humanity's Biggest Mistake may have been in 1998
Okay, while I'm still in physics mode, I wanted to bring something to everyone's attention. For reference, I am getting the following from arXiv.org. Popular reviews are also in the press at New Scientist, Ars Technica, and Wired.com.
The paper in question, by Lawrence Krauss of Case Western Reserve University, and colleague James Dent, is ( Read more... ) -
All about water. (courtesy youtube)
I'm sure you've all heard the story about Archimedes in his bathtub. The king had a new crown made of solid gold, and when it was delivered, he questioned whether or not it was truly made entirely of gold, and not impurified with silver. But the only way to test this at the time was to melt some of it down to see what it was made of. So the king ( Read more... ) -
Gravel is webcasting LIVE right now!
Watch Gravel at NBC Presidential DebateMike Gravel, who was banned from the tonight's democratic presidential debate by NBC is going to answer all the debate questions from across the street, and broadcast this live on the web at Gravel2008.us ( Read more... ) -
NBC is Offered $1,000,000 if They Let Gravel Speak
I've just learned that a multi-millionaire Mike Gravel supporter has upped the ante by offering NBC $1,000,000 if they will let Gravel speak at the 30 October democratic presidential debate.
Please see my public blog for more details, and if you want the word to get out as I do, please don't hesitate to digg the story as well ( Read more... )
