Geek Rambler

HaHa! You broke our country!

2009-03-18T13:10:48Z

GWB gave his first official speech since he departed the White House: "While Bush is unpopular in Canada, he is less so in oil-rich Alberta, the country's most conservative province and one sometimes called the Texas of the north. "This is my ma...

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Some Like It Hot

2008-09-12T22:31:15Z

And yet again, a post with absolutely nothing to do with math or science... :) If you happen to live in the part of the U.S. where people know what a Publix is... and you happen to tolerate spicy foods... and you are actually reading my blog (...

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First, The DragonCon Wrap Up

2008-09-11T21:29:48Z

I've been back home a while now and this post is long overdue, but getting caught back up from the missed school and work days was quite the rough patch. So... before leaving for DragonCon I listened to a couple of podcasts providing some advice f...

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DragonCon: Replete with Awesome

2008-09-03T20:52:11Z

I will have much to say about our latest DragonCon experience shortly. But, we just got home last night (Tuesday) and had to get back into the swing of work this morning, and I have Astronomy Lab tonight. As soon as I have some time that doesn't i...

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Cosmic Perspective

2008-08-15T16:25:50Z

I got my Astronomy textbook this week! I got mine used from an Amazon seller for cheap-cheap, so I didn't expect to get the software with it, but I did - and the EULA sticker is even still intact. The professor doesn't require it, but planetarium...

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Intro to Astronomy

2008-08-06T02:38:44Z

I finally got registered for my Intro to Astronomy and Lab classes today - woot! Classes begin at UCF and SCC on August 25th, so only three short weeks of sweet freedom left... but that's okay, because I'm very excited now to finally be able to st...

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Finding earth-like planets by finding...earth...

2008-07-19T13:41:44Z

The Discovery Channel website has an article on a different idea for locating extrasolar planets that are more earth-like... water, atmosphere, maybe habitable. The idea is to take a look at earth the way we are trying to look at other planets - f...

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'Cos I thought it was cool...

2008-07-02T23:29:58Z

I found this while wandering around Shakesville. Give it a minute. The first little bit doesn't seem to make sense, but then it gets... fascinating... And now, of course, the answer to: "Who the hell is this nerd?"

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Astronomical Nift Here at Home

2008-07-01T21:57:38Z

I ran across an article full of niftiness today while surfing at work. You know, instead of working... From Live Science and Space.com, apparently not only are people emitting waves of noise out into deep space that might some day attract the att...

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Astronomy Stuff at UCF

2008-06-17T23:13:50Z

I don't want to give the impression that UCF is a bad place to study Astronomy, by the way. They do not offer a major for it, only a minor, but by all indications the faculty is working hard to make a fine planetary astronomy program. The school d...

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