X Files
Wow! My unboxing of the X Files script video has got about 2,000 views in a day. X Files fans are talking about it all over the place. Most are excited and supportive. A few, however, are very negative. Hostile even. It makes me think about ‘belief’ and how our own personal attitudes colour our [...]
I Want To Believe
The day has come. I can start talking about the X Files: I Want To Believe! I am an X Files fan- I own books, toys, trading cards, I even used to dye my hair red like Scully- so when I found out about the new film I emailed a colleague at 20th Century Fox [...]
ODed On Cute
The day scientists genetically modify cats to remain kittens their whole life will be a grand day indeed. These little ones are too cute.
UnFarkingReal
Katie Lee posted her fave women’s sites and mentioned the rampant misogyny at sites like Fark. Now, Farkers are behaving like extremist Islamists who bomb embassies and threaten everyone with beheading when someone says, ‘You guys are just a bit too reactionary and violent’ by posting endless streams of unfunny anti-women comments and threats aimed [...]
Brian On Pangea Day
Hey! I just found this video of Brian. He recorded it at TED for Pangea Day… Isn’t he lovely?
Sunshine In The Cinema
Sunshine is on at the Rio Cinema Dalston in London this weekend as part of the Physics On Film festival run by the Institute of Physics (and organised by my friend Sam Rae:). Unfortunately, I’m not going to be in London this weekend otherwise I’d be there. I’d love to see ‘Sunshine’ in the cinema [...]
Skeptics and Robots and CERN. Oh My!
What a great time I’ve had over the past five days! As you will have already known, Phil Plait was over in the UK to visit CERN with us over the weekend. You can read about it on his site and, of course, the podcast he and Brian did will be going live soon, too. [...]
Opinions Are Like…
You know when both Scoble and The Bad Astronomer link to you on the same day? Well, d’ja ever notice how the number of whackos emailing you goes up, too?
Top 5 Made-Up Words of Web 2.0
John’s post makes me realise how much BS I speak, even when I don’t intend to.
New Blog Design
So, after redesigning Brian’s site and after redesigning CERNPodcast, I figured I should update my site. I hope it’s working OK for everyone. Please, let me know if it’s not. Tomorrow, Phil Plait arrives in the UK! Weeeeee! He’s coming over to visit CERN with Brian and me. We’re visiting both ATLAS and CMS and [...]
CERNPodcast
I just thought I’d let everyone know that I’ve updated the design of CERNPodcast today. It might still be messy in places, but I can’t do anymore on it. I’ve been staring at a screen for 6 hours straight and now have eyestrain… Still, I think it’s so beautiful that my temporary partial blindness is [...]
I’m A Tory
OK, well, not quite. Firstly, because I am a foreign national in the UK and can’t vote. Secondly, because I’m a Democrat (American, like), I still equate ‘rightwing’ with ‘neocon’ and it makes me fume and get all angry and want to argue with Bush-loving Fundamentalist Christian Military Housewives. Saying that… Brian and I just [...]
