Sunday, March 29, 2009
Flying lawnmower
It's been a while since I've posted a YouTube video, so here you go--for your entertainment, let me present a flying lawnmower.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Trips
I was in Pittsburgh all last week, for the annual "March Meeting" of the American Physical Society. I presented a talk, as did my student Benjamin Heaton, and my other student Mitch Jones had a poster. The trip home was eventful, as we got bumped twice (voluntarily), and ended up with $700 in travel vouchers. (Each.) Plus, we got to spend half a day in Atlanta, where Benjamin and I both had family (parents/siblings for him, sister/brother-in-law for me).
Pauline and I decided to use some of our travel voucher to get airline tickets to California during the kids' spring break. Since I don't have any classes this semester, it will be one of the few times when I can take off when the kids are out of school. So, we're going to Disneyland! :-) And probably at least one or two other places. Still undecided as to where else we should go--leaning towards Legoland, but also considering San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and Universal Studios.
Quote of the day, from a review of a car-driving ride in Legoland: "They don't allow wreckless driving on the course..." The unintended completely opposite meaning made me smile.
Pauline and I decided to use some of our travel voucher to get airline tickets to California during the kids' spring break. Since I don't have any classes this semester, it will be one of the few times when I can take off when the kids are out of school. So, we're going to Disneyland! :-) And probably at least one or two other places. Still undecided as to where else we should go--leaning towards Legoland, but also considering San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and Universal Studios.
Quote of the day, from a review of a car-driving ride in Legoland: "They don't allow wreckless driving on the course..." The unintended completely opposite meaning made me smile.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Funny picture
I'm in Pittsburgh, for the APS (American Physical Society) conference. I've got a few more hours of work to get my talk prepared for tomorrow, so I'll just post a funny picture for you all:
(Disclaimer: I suspect it's Photoshopped.)
(Disclaimer: I suspect it's Photoshopped.)
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Dial Idol
For those other American Idol fans out there, here's a site I just discovered:
http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp
They track busy signals on the "vote for contestant" phone numbers and use that info to deduce who is popular and who is not. This week, for example, they predict that Danny, Adam, Lil, Alexis, and Anoop are all safe. The rest are too close too call.
http://www.dialidol.com/asp/predictions/predictions.asp
They track busy signals on the "vote for contestant" phone numbers and use that info to deduce who is popular and who is not. This week, for example, they predict that Danny, Adam, Lil, Alexis, and Anoop are all safe. The rest are too close too call.
