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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Bertrand Russell on God (1959)
Nobel Prize-winning philosopher, mathematician and social critic, Bertrand Russell, explains why he does not believe in God.
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(Via Atheist Media Blog)
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
What If God Disappeared?
A video by Edward Current that I did not post before.
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Feynman 'Fun to Imagine' 6: The Mirror
Fun To Imagine is a BBC series from 1983 featuring theoretical physicist Richard Feynman thinking aloud. What is fire? How do rubber bands work? Why do mirrors flip left-right but not up-down?
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Friday, December 25, 2009
Muslim Cleric Challenges Darwin: We Are Descendants of Human Beings, Jews Brothers of Apes and Pigs
Now I understand evolution and Darwin’s failings. Clear explanation indeed. It was all coincidence.
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(Via Atheist Media Blog)
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Feynman 'Fun to Imagine' 5: Electricity
Fun To Imagine is a BBC series from 1983 featuring theoretical physicist Richard Feynman thinking aloud. What is fire? How do rubber bands work? Why do mirrors flip left-right but not up-down?
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Evolution in Action
The American Museum of Natural History and the National Science Foundation did a study on the Lower Congo River and found extraordinary diversity in a small area of the river.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
From the Onion: Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World
I love the Onion. Doesn’t everybody?
Happy Holidays!
Feynman 'Fun to Imagine' 4: Magnets (and 'Why?' questions...)
Fun To Imagine is a BBC series from 1983 featuring theoretical physicist Richard Feynman thinking aloud. What is fire? How do rubber bands work? Why do mirrors flip left-right but not up-down?
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The wonderful videos of the BBC
Walk on the Wild Side – BBC One
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Thanks JV!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Feynman 'Fun to Imagine 3: Rubber Bands
Fun To Imagine is a BBC series from 1983 featuring theoretical physicist Richard Feynman thinking aloud. What is fire? How do rubber bands work? Why do mirrors flip left-right but not up-down?
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Photo of the day
Cessna O-2 (the military version of the Cessna 337 Skymaster)
2009 Homestead Air Show
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Photo of the day
DC-3
A month ago I went to the 20089 Homestead Air Show.
The weather was lousy and most of the shots were too dark as the skies were overcast and it rained a little. The sun broke out a few moments here and there during the day so some of the shots were usable, though not great light.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Feynman 'Fun to Imagine 2: Fire
Fun To Imagine is a BBC series from 1983 featuring theoretical physicist Richard Feynman thinking aloud. What is fire? How do rubber bands work? Why do mirrors flip left-right but not up-down?
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
"Taxes - to bury the Axis"
Was Donald Duck patriotic during the war?
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(Via TYWKIWDBI)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Richard Feynman – Fun to Imagine
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"Fun To Imagine"is a BBC series from 1983 featuring theoretical physicist Richard Feynman thinking aloud. What is fire? How do rubber bands work? This is one from the series. More to come.
(Via Cynical-C)
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Rachel Maddow-Atheist under fire for lack of beliefs
Why are blatantly unconstitutional laws still in some states' books?
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(Via Cynical-C)
Monday, December 14, 2009
Photo of the day
Warthog (male)
For a change of pace, this is a previously unposted shot from a visit last month to Miami Metrozoo.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Stewart gives it to Glenn Beck for his gold-standard conflict of interest
Why is he allowed to mislead people with an obvious conflict of interest? The SEC frowns upon these kinds of things but apparently the FCC does not care and unless you say one of the seven forbidden words, they could care less what BS you espouse.
(Via Crooks and Liars)
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Photo of the day
The St. Andreas fault is clearly visible in this view from Keys View in Joshua Tree NP. The highest peak on the far right is Mt. San Jacinto right above Palm Springs.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
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Thursday, December 03, 2009
Photo of the Day
Some climbers are more professional and adventurous.
You see a close up and the actual size of the rock when he reached the top (notice his two friends at the bottom) (click to embiggen)
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Photo of the Day
Last week I spent two days in Joshua Tree National Park. A beautiful park in the Mojave Desert (Southern California), a couple of hours east of Los Angeles. It is a very nice park to visit. It covers two environments, the Mojave desert on the North side and then it transitions to the Sonoran desert in the lower elevations on the Southern part. These are very different in the type of vegetation and terrain. The Joshua Tree that gives its name to the park is in the Northern (Mojave) area.
There are many rocks and collections of big boulders all over the place. These are a great magnet for rock climbers of all ages. They come in droves, equipped with ropes and hooks and have a ball. I’ve even seen this little kid doing it with a class and an instructor as seen in these pictures (click to embiggen).
More tomorrow…
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Photo of the day
We just returned from a trip to Southern California for the week of Thanksgiving. Had a great family time and turkey dinner with my brother in law and his family. I did a little sightseeing too, spending two days in Joshua Tree National Park.
I liked the park although the weather was not great during my stay at Joshua Tree. Did get some sun but the second day was rainy and on the climb to Mt. Ryan, a vertical hike of 1000ft (300 meters) it snowed a little. More pictures will follow.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Photo of the day
The "Vomit Comet" parked at Ft. Lauderdale
I'll be going to California to my brother-in-law's for the week of Thanksgiving. Be back online first week of December.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Some kids do get it
I received the following email this week:
Hello. I am a 10th grade student at (name removed) High School, and am currently enrolled in a web site design class. For our final project, we have been divided into groups and our groups are constructing a web site. My group is focusing on Miami, Florida. We are making a tourist guide. We've split up the work so that everyone does two pages, and one of my pages is on the Miami Seaquarium. I need a few pictures, and yours are by far the best I've seen; however, I wouldn't want to use them without your permission. So, may I use some of your pictures? Please?
Seems they found my photo gallery through some search engine. It is heartening that some kids are learning the proper ways of doing things. Surely the teacher prodded them to obtain licensing and permissions, not only to teach them about plagiarism and copyright issues but also to cover the school’s butt. In any case, I’m very pleased that some get it right.
I answer that it would be my pleasure to offer two pictures for the project, as long as the copyright is kept and it is only used for this project. She picked the two pictures you see here. I love a happy story.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Face-off with a Leopard Seal
A short video, worth watching. Paul Nicklen, a National Geographic wildlife photographer relates his encounter with a leopard seal in the wild.
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