My gremlin has been a bit overactive these past few days. We've been trying to bring one of our magnets back to field since having de-energized in June. The stability of magnet had suffered a problem in March and was pretty much unusable for most experiments 1. So, after an extended saga of chasing after liquid helium supplies (rather short of ( Read more... )

Whatever time of day it was supposed to be, he was sure it was not morning. Morning was when the dreams of the previous night slipped from the mind like raindrops on lily leaves. Those drops then moistened the fertile grounds of the mind for the plans and thoughts of the coming day. Instead, he felt the night's journey sliding off of his brain ( Read more... )

I was listening to the an hour panel discussion regarding the future of space exploration from The Amaz!ng Meeting. At 46:05 starts my favorite comment by Neil Tyson in which he outlines his fantasy space mission of funding a mission to Europa to find life. Best part: "And for me, the biggest question will be "What do you call that life? It ( Read more... )

At her helm as she left the harbor was the Jade Captain, sturdy and stalwart. In her rigging and on her deck were the Storm Sailors, afraid of no storm nor sea to ever rise up. Keeping a wary eye for trouble were the Blue Guard, ever alert. Aboard were her last passengers, and probably her most important, the group of travelers from Kornewall ( Read more... )

Savior of the Soul"Booty Hunters - Andy, Kenny, Theresa stood against killer Fox. Fox killed Kenny and Theresa was disappeared after being injured. Kenny's sister Mauve joined Andy and Andy met madam Pet during his search for Theresa. Theresa reappeared but was severely poisoned. Andy was forced to fight Fox to save Mauve and Theresa. Pet ( Read more... )

My fondness for british humor continues:

Dangerous Homeopathic Spill!

Of all the genres of movies that I watch, the one that most often passes Bechdel's test is anime. This includes the action/adventure genre, which when it has a named female lead, usually only had one; the brain candy movies such as "Mystery Men" or "Galaxy Quest", and the occasional dramas such as "Henry V". The Hong Kong movies are pretty much ( Read more... )

Don't mix. My iPod nano decided that it had had quite enough of the fringe field of the 17.625 T* magnet and refused to function. Happily, there was recovery information available via the net (press the center button and the menu button simultaneously and hold until little Apple logo appears) but it was a disconcerting event until that moment ( Read more... )

Just what I need, another social network; I barely manage this one. So far, I'm nonplussed. The interface is clean, perhaps too clean - I'm not noting any "post an entry here, sheepdip!" pointers, but then, I'm not really paying it that much attention. The most positive note I've heard is from one of my circle of gamers - it's "gang" chat ( Read more... )

It's rather obvious that I must post this:

'Mega-wombat' unearthed in Australia.