• Giant Black Hole Rips Star Apart

    Wow. All I can say is a stunned “wow”. Chandra :: Photo Album :: RX J1242-11 :: 18 Feb 04 Illustratoin of star being ripped apart by giant black hole.

  • Physics of Comic Books Taught At UMinn

    Uncanny physics of comic book superheroes “ Can you teach a physics class with only comic books to illustrate the principles? University of Minnesota physics professor James Kakalios has been doing it since 1995, when he explained the principle of conservation of momentum by calculating the force of Spider-Man’s web when it snagged the superhero’s…

  • Today Started A New Gig

    Today I started a new consulting gig training in Quark. It’s a lot of fun. It’s also profitable, but the fun is the main draw for me. The gig should last about two weeks. For more on Quark, see these very active discussions on my blog: Quark vs. InDesign

  • Job Posting: Kissing Ass

    I found the below in a publicly posted job opening. Its good to know exactly what you want in an employee. “ If you have experience in the printing, copying and/or kissing ass/Graphic Arts fields please join our ranks. ”

  • The Cutthroat (and Sophomoric) Literary World

    A glitch this week in Amazon.com’s site software revealed the real names of thousands of people who had posted anonymous reviews of books… And it revealed a whole new world of cutthroat, petty, and often juvenile behavior among published authors and the literary community as a whole. Amazon glitch unmasks war of reviewers | CNET…

  • Response to “The Gay Marriage Thing”

    “ Pagans (from what I am told) don’t get married, they get hand fasted. Is hand fasting even valid according to the state/courts? ” No, it’s not legal in and of itself. Couples who become hand-fasted must either use a priestess licensed by the state to marry (not very many of them), or also go…