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Quote of the day (experts only)
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The ΛCDM Model requires two pieces of unknown physics. One is ‘Λ’ and the other is ‘CDM’ -Tom Shanks, at “Open Questions in Cosmology“, a meeting being held at the Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik in Garching, Germany. I’ll explain later.
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Missing Wine
Like 74 other bloggers, I was fortunate enough to receive a free sample of Stormhoek Wine, and I was looking forward to finally bringing it home for a taste. Unfortunately, due to the confluence of my own forgetfulness and the incompetence and/or larcenous tendencies of an unknown party, the bottle never made it home. I…
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Boomerang
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A couple of weeks ago, my colleagues in the Boomerang Collaboration, spread out over the US, Italy, Canada, France and the UK, released five papers analyzing the data from the latest flight of the Boomerang instrument, over Antarctica in January 2003 (check this out for information from my fellow Boomerangers on what it’s like down…
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Evil Empire
Krispy Kreme Donuts have opened a shop in Paddington Station… temptation that I don’t need facing me every day on my commute…
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Still at war?
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On the same day the cops are crawling all over London (and Oxford, actually), the US State Department is warning expats like me “to maintain a high level of vigilance, take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness, and exercise caution in public places or while using public transportation. U.S. citizens are also advised to…
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Idiot’s delight
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As much as I miss Today and most of BBC Radio 3 (especially Late Junction and Andy Kershaw) when I’m away, it’s always a joy to be able to listen to National Public Radio back in the US (it’s just not the same streamed over the net). Especially pleasurable this trip was rediscovering Vin Scelsa’s…
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Bush endorses crackpots
I apologize in advance that this is going to be one of those instances of the blogosphere acting as an echo chamber, but I must at least comment on President George W Bush’s latest statements that the so-called ideas of the crackpot crypto-creationist Intelligent Design community should be taught alongside evolution in American schools. Let…
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Guitars, Chevrolets, etc., etc.
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A shameless plug for a very talented friend: go listen to the fine music at Warren Malone’s site, and when you like it as much as I do, buy his CDs. And if you’re in New York (or in Oxford, UK, in October), catch one of his gigs.
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Mirror, Mirror
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For some reason, this blog (along with many others) is being mirrored at Physics and Math Planet. Given the Creative Commons License down at the lower right, this is perfectly legal, if a bit perverse. There’s no such thing as bad publicity, but please, readers, be sure to link directly to the original blog and…