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Death by a 1000 paper boxes

It all started back in the 1890s. Catalogues came to farmers. Farmers sent their money. Good arrived in boxes. Those goods — everything from watches to carriages to entire houses in kits — came from Sears, Roebuck and Company. The goods were often things...

AAS: T minus 1-week and counting

Just a heads up: I will be attending the American Astronomical Societies Summer meeting in Honolulu next week. Expect lots of news and interviews. Anyone wanting to meeting up can find me at 6:20pm on Monday (after the Cannon lecture) outside of registration....

1st International Sidewalk Astronomy Night

Tonight, all across the world, guerilla astronomy will be waged on the public as amateur and professional astronomers inflict their hobby on individuals in random locations. Today is the 1st Annual International Sidewalk Astronomy Night. There is a nice article...

Ringworld: When Good Sci Fi Gets Old

It’s summer, and that means I get to read fiction. The time I spend preparing for class during the semesters prevents me from often getting to enjoy the simple luxury of a book that I’m not either teaching from or reviewing. With my grades turned in, it...