Science Archive

Glorious Dawn

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Signifier and Signified as One!

I love it when the the signified (the thing being represnted) has multiple signifiers (things that represent it). Thus, plush toy animals I found at Target that also spell out what they are. Double simulacrum. How very PoMo. ...
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Catching Up With JCT: Blake’s 7

Wow, I've been busy the last several weeks! Besides entertaining the in-laws for Thanksgiving, a presentation on Web fonts to Refresh DC, and of course my full-time job at AOL redesigning Pixcetera and teaching classes on CSS, I'm working on and finishing a few side projects. Over the next few days to...
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Astronauts and Aliens Agree: Obama Has the Right Stuff!

Whether you like your science hard or with a bit of fiction on the side, Barack Obama has the Right Stuff to take America into the future. Obama has long praised and supported NASA, recognizing that it has been crippled by eight years of underfunding and programs designed for political expediency....
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I’m an Obamanaut (And So Can You!)

[caption id="attachment_230" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Join Us!"][/caption] A few weeks ago, my friend Tim Baily was looking for a logo to use for a new group supporting Barack Obama's Space Exploration Policies called the Obamanauts; I immediately volunteered. We took the standard Obama "O", then added a star field in the background...
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Sarah Palin: “The Flintstones was a Great Documentary!”

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="The Flintstones: Fact or Fiction?"][/caption] Does Sarah Palin believe that human beings and dinosaurs lived side-by-side a few thousand years ago? Palin is not answering that question now; of course, right now she's not really answering any questions without John McCain by her side to moderate. However,...
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First Commercial Spaceship Launched – Commercial Media Ignores

A milestone in human achievement took place yesterday at 4:15 PM (PDT), but the popular press seems to have all but ignored it. Oh, I know that we are facing the greatest financial crisis this country has seen since the 1929, but surely the launch of the first privately owned...
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CORRECTION TO THE CORRECTION! Fun Film Friday: Sarah Palin and the Witchsmeller

Third times the charm! I think I've got the right video of Sarah Palin and the Witchsmeller this time. Question: Can you tell the only difference between this video and the previous videos? Answer: This one isn't funny. ...
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CORRECTION! Fun Film Friday: Sarah Palin and the Witchsmeller

SORRY! I copied the wrong video tag. I, of course, meant to show this clip of Sarah Palin and a Witchsmeller: ...
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Fun Film Friday: Sarah Palin and the Witchsmeller

I found this great video of Sarah Palin meeting with a Witchsmeller! ...
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