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| Monday, May 14th, 2007 | | 9:01 pm |
Kavli Day 1
The Kavli Institute For Cosmological Physics really impressed me so far - and the effect seems to stem from the top down. Dr. Carlstrom is a talent at what he does. Not only has he been in on a number of the most important cosmological discoveries of our time, but he also truly believes in the collaborative effort. You can hear that in the interview, where everything was the result of someone else's work and participation. From talking to the others here I can tell that he really feels that way and he has the respect of everyone around. I've been to lots of astro centers in my time and I have run into only a few which have such a positive energy as this place. Usually, it seems the more that cutting edge work is being done there, the more stuffy and political it is. Here people work hard and just get things done. Probably what NASA was like decades ago? Another striking thing about this place is its immense size! They have office and lab space galore. Back east real estate is at a premium. No one has enough and everyone has to be very territorial about what they do have. This isn't only inherent to Kavli, the entire University of Chicago and the city itself seems to be immense. The museums look like something from ancient Europe. Perhaps it all stems from the immense body of water that is Lake Michigan. Boston has the Atlantic, which is even bigger, but most of the city itself is separated from the coastline by docks and stuff. Not here, the city goes right up to the water and STOPS. Tomorrow I hope to get into more of the cosmological stuff with three interviews planned. Should be a busy day and I have a ton of studying to do tonight so I don't ask completely idiotic questions. I'll edit them as fast as I can and get them online. But I can't promise I'll get it all done in one night. | | Sunday, July 24th, 2005 | | 9:15 am |
“Chuck Chat” Chats up Pamela
Chuck Tomasi over at Chuck Chat interviewed our own Pamela for his Freestyle Podcast series. You can hear the full interview here and listen to an excerpt during his more standard podcast here. If you listen, you'll hear Pamela laugh and giggle and say "yea" and "exactly" way too many times. Thanks for giving us a chance to let her talk off your ear for a change, Chuck! | | 9:12 am |
NEW SITE!!!!
We’ve threatened and threatened, and the threat was finally made reality. Here it is. Lord only knows if it will work. Welcome to our new site. This thing is certain to have bugs, empty links and some stuff Pamela (who is writing this while watching Sci Fi Friday) forgot to fill in. Let us know what we did wrong, and we’ll fix it as quickly as we can. Until it’s all fixed, please watch for falling pieces of code and wear a hard hat at all times. Unfortunately, if you're reading Slacker on your LJ friends page, you can't see all the neat things we've done. To see it, you need to go to www.slackerastronomy.org. Sorry for the extra click. | | Wednesday, July 20th, 2005 | | 9:49 pm |
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| | Tuesday, July 19th, 2005 | | 12:27 pm |
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| | Thursday, July 14th, 2005 | | 3:23 pm |
| | Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 | | 11:57 am |
| | Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 | | 9:34 pm |
| | Thursday, June 30th, 2005 | | 8:46 pm |
| | Monday, June 27th, 2005 | | 11:25 pm |
| | Sunday, June 26th, 2005 | | 10:50 pm |
| | Tuesday, June 21st, 2005 | | 6:00 pm |
| | Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 | | 7:16 pm |
| | Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 | | 10:10 pm |
| | Monday, June 6th, 2005 | | 10:46 pm |
| | Sunday, June 5th, 2005 | | 11:45 pm |
| | Wednesday, June 1st, 2005 | | 6:02 am |
| | Tuesday, May 31st, 2005 | | 12:00 am |
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