I don’t know many people who have a favorite supernova, but I do: SN1987A. Its light first reached Earth 19 years and a day ago (sorry, I meant to write this entry yesterday, but was too busy), on Feb. 23, 1987.
I’ve started learning this Ajax thing. which allows you to do cool things like Google Maps and the U Wisconsin directory search.
I’ve just updated a bunch of software on the back end.
One thing I’ve always liked about books is the way typesetters sometimes render the first letter differently from the others, usually several times larger, and with the paragraph flowing around it. Sometimes, the first line or the first few words of the first paragraph are also rendered in small caps. I’ve finally figured out how […]
Will Bunch at Attytood has an article about the attitude that some in the mainstream media have toward weblogs. Basically, that Real Reporters™ are trained in Real Journalism™ and do things like check facts with multiple independent sources, whereas bloggers are just average bozos who use the Internet to spread rumors and discuss Desperate Housewives. Where have I […]
Best. Intelligent Design FAQ. Ever. (Thanks to John “Bruce” Wilkins for the link.)
There are at least two postings at Uncommon Descent (here and here), that argue that fine-tuning of cosmological constants is evidence of a Designer. Evidently the ID party line is that the Designer isn’t necessarily God, but is someone who can change the speed of light, the charge of the electron, and the fine structure […]
Over at Uncommon Descent, Bill Dembski quotes an unnamed colleague as saying: However, let us not lose sight of the fact that a scientific theory that requires a judge to enforce its teaching cannot be said to be in good INTELLECTUAL health. Oh, dear. That blew out my industrial-capacity, lead-shielded, firewalled, unplugged irony-meter. Damn. Those things ain’t […]
On Jan. 30, 2006, DaveScot wrote in Uncommon Descent: I will remind everyone again - please frame your arguments around science. If the ID movement doesn’t get the issue framed around science it’s going down and I do not like losing. The plain conclusion of scientific evidence supports descent with modification from a common ancestor. What we […]
