Today’s seasonal fayre is a tasty treat*. Any guesses?
Category Archives: science
#xraymyadvent 2/12/2014
Day two of X-raying seasonal things brings us the bane of all tree decorators.
#xraymyadvent 1/12/2014
I’m going to be X-Ray scanning a bunch of seasonal themed items for this year’s advent. Here’s the first of them. Answer under the break
The night sky
Spending the weekend on lake Pokegama (Po- Keg-Ama, not Pokey-Gamma) in Grand Rapids gave a nice opportunity to get some really dark skies for astronomy and astrophotography. The first evening was overcast until well past my bed-time. The second evening was pretty special. Around 10pm, the milky way was glowing overhead, the constellations were hard …
Science Showoff
A month or two back, looking to publiscise the work I do, I got talking to the university PR people. It was suggested I email Steve Cross at Science Showoff and do a 9 minute stand-up science/comedy set for them. I was skeptical to say the least; but noting ventured, nothing gained. I prepared a …