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Rose Polenzani and Rose Cousins, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”: I promise this will be the only piece of Christmas Cheer you’ll get from Lost in Transliteration this year.

“My liberation as a man is tied to your liberation as a woman.” Dear God, I wish I’d been at this talk — I think I would have cheered myself hoarse. You really need to watch this.

National Opt-Out Day has come and gone. I am saddened I was not in a position to participate in the festivities. The consensus seems to be forming that, as a mechanism for civil disobedience, the protest didn’t work — delays … Continue reading →

Now, I’m going to set that backpack on fire. What do you wanna take out of it? Photos? Photos are for people who can’t remember. Drink some ginkgo and let the photos burn. In fact let it all burn… and … Continue reading →

Observe the Boeing 787-8 as it undergoes velocity minimum unstick, wet runway, and crosswind landing testing: I know I’m a big geek for saying so, but that is one sexy looking airplane.

My old blog — the one I used to keep when I could write coherently for more than 40 seconds at a go, and about things that aren’t airplanes — once got a recommendation from someone using that line. So, … Continue reading →

Why haven’t refractory problems been bred out of populations? What is the prevalence of refractory errors in other animal species? How would you measure this?

I’ve been reading “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” recently — after pretty much everyone I know recommended it to me. It’s not a bad book, but there’s something that’s been bugging me about it, and I finally figured out … Continue reading →

Overheard / participated in: A: “Wow, there was an 8.5 magnitude earthquake off Chile.” B: “I think it was closer to 8.8.” A: “Does the 0.3 make a difference?” C: “Well, with moment magnitude, that’s 2.8 times the energy.” A: … Continue reading →