Still Here
I haven’t died, just working really hard to finish up the book. More later….
Home Video to DVD: Capturing to Your Computer
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Okay, I promised a long time ago to write about how to turn home videos into DVDs. Now I’m going to do it. First off, a disclaimer. Everything I’m going to say is Windows-specific. I’m sure you can do all … Read More
Intelligent Design in the New Yorker
posted in: public affairs, religion, science, space
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Fortunately, someone around here is awake at the switch. Rich emailed me to point out that the latest issue of the New Yorker has an article about Intelligent Design. No, not whether the New Yorker (or New York itself, for … Read More
Icon Wars
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See what computers do at night: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm (Thanks to my brother for sending that one along.) Meanwhile, back in the Star Wars universe… While granting tsmacro’s point that Star Wars is really space fantasy, not science fiction, there’s still no … Read More
Revenge of the Sith
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So last weekend the whole family went to see the new Star Wars, and we had a rousing good time. To my surprise, the theater wasn’t particularly crowded (a rainy Saturday matinee show, just 2 days after the movie opened). … Read More
Deadlines, Deadlines
posted in: Battlestar Galactica, personal news
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I’ve got deadlines looming, particularly with the Galactica book (oops! I didn’t say that!), so I probably will be posting less for the next few weeks. But let me leave you with a few cool links. In preparation for the … Read More
Teaching Scientific Thinking
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Finally, I’m answering comments that others posted to the entry below, on teaching evolution and Intelligent Design in public schools. If you’re just arriving, you might start by reading the next entry down, and then the comments that others added. … Read More