Category Archives: Dumb thoughts

Things that occur to me.

WHY I DON’T GO IN THE WATER…

Posted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 by Greg

A GIANT HERRING washes up on shore. Only it isn’t a giant and it isn’t a herring. Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Go into the Water: Sharks that would give Roger Cormen pause

Posted on Sunday, April 18, 2010 by Greg

A 5m-long, 1,200 kilo, 40 year-old hammerheaded monster. It was a thing of beauty, a rare titan of the sea, so of course we had to kill it. Not the biggest shark ever, certainly, but another reason to stay out … Continue reading →

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The science version of the BBC booklist

Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by Greg

Curious Wavefunction has been thinking about what might constitute the science version of the BBC booklist you may have seen popping around places like Facebook, in particular. It is a great start to a list in need of expansion (great … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t go into the water…bone-eating worms at whale fall

Posted on Monday, October 5, 2009 by Greg

That’s whale fall — what happens when an enormous cetacean corpse hits the ocean floor — not whale fail — what happens when Twitter breaks. You see, when the carcass lands on the bottom of the sea, a whole host … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t go into the water…Reason #1,768

Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 by Greg

I could not be in the same ocean as this creature and not be gripped by paralyzing fear (not to mention paralyzing tentacles!). Behold, a great big jelly, the likes of which are not meant to be seen. As the … Continue reading →

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Massive Bat Die-off in NJ? Maybe…and another fungus to blame!

Posted on Friday, June 5, 2009 by Greg

The Star-Ledger reports that 95% of NJ bats died off this winter from a fungal infection known as “white-nose syndrome.” That sounds pretty damned scary, until you read the article and find that the headline was taken from a single … Continue reading →

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ABC’s of Scatman Crothers

Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 by Greg

I posted this on Facebook, but I amused myself enough to share here too: I’ve been tagged, and I am supposed to write a note with the ABC’s of me. I’m not feeling all touchy-feely open at the moment, so … Continue reading →

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Man, these viral movie promotions are going too far…

Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 by Greg

Robot attacked Swedish factory worker – The Local. The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in Bålsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to … Continue reading →

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Fruitflies like the wind, time flies like a banana…

Posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 by Greg

Stop. Wait, reverse that. OK… Another neat Eurekalert! feed story, one that offers tips for catching flies: Caltech scientists discover mechanism for wind detection in fruit flies Tiny, lightweight fruit flies need to know when it’s windy out so they … Continue reading →

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“…we are all vainer of our luck than of our merits…”

Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 by Greg

– Nero Wolfe. Still breaking in my Sony Reader. Sure it isn’t as hip as the Kindle — and doesn’t have wireless — but it does what I want it to do very well. I’m on my third Rex Stout … Continue reading →

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