it was a nice (loud) break from this....
(the work, not the beer.)
Monday, May 12, 2008
everything's bigger in texas
yesterday, i saw some texas-sized hail!!
it was a nice (loud) break from this....
(the work, not the beer.)
it was a nice (loud) break from this....
(the work, not the beer.)
Saturday, May 10, 2008
space walker on colbert
current international space station resident, astronaut Garrett Reisman, spoke with stephen colbert recently in an excellent interview. and just so you know stephen... my offer is still open.
thanks universe today!
thanks universe today!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
eat food, mostly plants
a couple things i've learned from my own experience and from micheal pollan, author of in defense of food:
i enjoy real food! i love eating with family and friends. i'm most satisfied when i cook my food!!!!
i try not to eat anything my great-grandmother wouldnt recognize (i read ingredients... if there are more than about 5, i usually dont know what they are!)
i dont eat on the go... in a car.... while walking... i like to sit down and appreciate my food!
when i moved back to austin, i joined a locally-grown food delivery service called greenling. every week they deliver a huge box of veggies and fruits, grown on central texas farms to my front door!!!! i absolutely LOVE it! the fresh food tastes wonderful, i pay about $35 a week for whatever has been harvested in the last week, the food lasts me the entire week, i think my allergies have reduced immensely due to eating local foods, i've learned how to cook many new foods that i never would have bought on my own at the grocery store, i havent been sick since i moved back, in general i feel healthy... i must say its one of the best things i've ever done!! and since i am carless, it's amazingly nice to not have to grocery shop with a backpack to carry stuff home!
i walked to the farmers market when i lived in chile and enjoyed learning about new foods that were grown at farms just down the valley, and now i feel like i'm getting a glimpse of what farmers in my area around austin are actually doing. it's great.
anyway, here's micheal pollan speaking at google. the video is an hour long, and it's completely worth it...
i enjoy real food! i love eating with family and friends. i'm most satisfied when i cook my food!!!!
i try not to eat anything my great-grandmother wouldnt recognize (i read ingredients... if there are more than about 5, i usually dont know what they are!)
i dont eat on the go... in a car.... while walking... i like to sit down and appreciate my food!
when i moved back to austin, i joined a locally-grown food delivery service called greenling. every week they deliver a huge box of veggies and fruits, grown on central texas farms to my front door!!!! i absolutely LOVE it! the fresh food tastes wonderful, i pay about $35 a week for whatever has been harvested in the last week, the food lasts me the entire week, i think my allergies have reduced immensely due to eating local foods, i've learned how to cook many new foods that i never would have bought on my own at the grocery store, i havent been sick since i moved back, in general i feel healthy... i must say its one of the best things i've ever done!! and since i am carless, it's amazingly nice to not have to grocery shop with a backpack to carry stuff home!
i walked to the farmers market when i lived in chile and enjoyed learning about new foods that were grown at farms just down the valley, and now i feel like i'm getting a glimpse of what farmers in my area around austin are actually doing. it's great.
anyway, here's micheal pollan speaking at google. the video is an hour long, and it's completely worth it...
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
dissertation word cloud
an excellent suggestion from chuck, the lab lemming, inspired me to create a word-cloud of the last chapter of my dissertation... in its current state.
i take it as a good sign that only one reference creeped in there, although the latex command i use for calling references, citep, sure did! can you tell i study galaxy formation and evolution?? thats another good sign!! one week and a few days left until the defense... thanks for the distraction, chuck!
i used tag crowd to create my word cloud.
actively assembly black blue centers chapter citep citet density downsizing evidence evolution faber07 feedback formation function galaxies gas growth holes identify imaging increase lower mass massive mergers models morphology number observed process provides quenching rate red redshifts samples sequence sfr since spectroscopic ssfrs star star-forming stellar structure study thesis understanding
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i take it as a good sign that only one reference creeped in there, although the latex command i use for calling references, citep, sure did! can you tell i study galaxy formation and evolution?? thats another good sign!! one week and a few days left until the defense... thanks for the distraction, chuck!
i used tag crowd to create my word cloud.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
battlestar democratica
its a clear play on the clever battlestar galactica summary of the first three seasons called what the frak is going on?... nonetheless, here is a 7 min video that summarizes the democratic race to the official nomination...
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
carniva of space - anniversary edition
an amazing selection this week at the one year anniversary of the carnval of space hosted by why homeschool.
i contributed the discussion of some fantastic images of saturn and iapetus.
enjoy!
i contributed the discussion of some fantastic images of saturn and iapetus.
enjoy!
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