I've been reading Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dannett and it is pretty rough going. So far the book is a refutation of a theory of mind I don't hold. The dialog style of philosophy books kind of annoys me ( Read more... )

I'm sitting on the couch working on my general exam document so I can get a PhC. Writing is going really really slow unfortunately. The problem is mainly how open ended it is so the direction can be whatever I make it. Freedom is really hard, I tend to like much more structure in my life ( Read more... )

So I went on the Theo chocolate factory tour with Nicole and her mom the other day. They make fair trade organic chocolates and boy are they fantastic. Did I mention that they make just unbelievable dark chocolate? I got two bars to take home besides the buckets of chocolate I ate on the tour. Next time someone comes to visit me I will definitely ( Read more... )

So Nicole is off on her NOAA boat and comes back Thursday. I'm trying to think of nice things to do for her when she gets back. She likes crafts so I'm getting dyes and whatnot to make Ukrainian painted eggs together. I went down to Pike's Place Market on a tip that I could get Ostrich eggs there... but the were $20 each and then were out anyway. ( Read more... )

http://www.uwtv.org/programs/displayevent.aspx?rid=22222
I think some of what he says at the end is a little speculative and nutty it is still really cool to think about. I love science so much.

Programmer: "Is there a God?"
Computer: "There is now."

http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2009/03/30/worlds-most-powerful-laser-has-the-energy-of-a-hydrogen-bomb/

Yesterday I drove little Wil to the science museum and I pushed him around to all the exhibits. He really liked everything, his head was swiveling all over the place looking at all the colors and moving things. I think the wave tank and the pendulums were his favorite. My favorites had to be the collection of dinosaur bones, just fantastic stuff. ( Read more... )

MN has been fun so far, I went driving around today the the local "water fall"... I guess all things are relative. The ice around it was very cool though and was a good example of blue from molecular vibration ( Read more... )

http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/flybys.php?zip=98105

check out what you can see on March 18th.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5908535.ece

Damn too slow! I just got in the rest of the parts today for it also... of course I was just going to make it for fun.