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Feb 20th, 2008
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No one can shoot a satellite down!

Was the title provocative enough for you?
For the past several days headlines all over the web have read “US to shoot down satellite.”
Ok, first off, that satellite is on its way down no matter what. That would be the problem. It doesn’t actually need shot “down.”
Second, after it gets nailed by whatever our government and […]

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Oct 30th, 2007
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Totally Random

Random 1: Tomorrow I fly out to Boston for a meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. I’ll be their until mid day Sunday. If you want to get together, let me know. I may be planting myself at a pub on Sunday to work and chat.
Random 2: There is an interview of […]

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Sep 30th, 2007
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Statistics and Sweepstakes

Today I was bad to myself and stopped by McDonald’s on the way into campus and got a soda and fries. (If I’m going to go to campus on a Saturday I feel ok being bad to myself). On the bag they handed me their was a code and a website and an invitation to […]

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Jul 22nd, 2007
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Randomness

1) Harry Potter is 759 pages
2) Jupiter & Venus are high(ish) and gorgeous(!) in the sky - That is a hint you should go out and look at them
3) Sagittarius is at its best. If you have never scanned it with binoculars on a clear summer night, you are missing a great chance to […]

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Jul 1st, 2007
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Random Thought 7

Fireworks are a great way to study persistence of vision.

And if you don’t get motion sick, try watching through diffraction grating glasses. You can actually see the atomic/molecular lines of of the stuff used to make the fireworks!

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Jun 24th, 2007
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Random Thought 5

I just looked over my podcast stats (a self hating act if there ever was one). My numbers have been slowly creeping up about 10 readers per week since I went daily at the beginning of May. It is sad, but it is encouraging. I see growth. It’s just slow. If you guys could plug my little blog whenever you see an entry that you like, I’d deeply appreciate it.
And tomorrow we return to our regularly scheduled onslaught on science.

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Jun 16th, 2007
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Random Thought 4

Do not try to navigate by the stars while walking some place that moles live. Locate the direction. Locate the mole hole(s). Only walk after doing both.

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Jun 11th, 2007
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Random Thought 4

If Blogging and Podcasting are New Media, does that mean there will one day be a Post-New Media form of media?

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Jun 8th, 2007
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Random News

The following unattached thoughts are listed here in no particular order:

  1. A big woohoo to my Astronomy Cast co-host Fraser Cain for his appearance on the Wired Blog Network. Fraser’s Universe Today is a must read for anyone interested in astronomy.
  2. Next week, on June 14th, the Space Carnival will be hosted by yours truly. Please send submissions to CarnivalOfSpace@gmail.com by 6pm June 13th. Any blog can contribute, however contributions need to be related to, well, space. To learn more check out This site and links therein.
  3. If you are an educator, check out this neat program planned to kick off the launch of the next Mars exploration program: Phoenix.

Okay, randomness over.

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May 12th, 2007
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Random Note

When the freaky green star you are looking at through the apple tree suddenly darts left, you may be observing a lightening bug.

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