Archive for May, 2005

I’d like to teach the world to… ?

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

250 well known scientists were asked: “What, if you could pick just one thing, would you teach the world about science… and why?” Lots of obvious responses, but there are some great ones in there too.
I’d like to teach the Intelligent Design shysters that the scientific method is more important than their religious/political agenda.
Furthermore, I’d [...]

Gamma Vs Delta

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Since I’ve spent way too much time on trains for the last few days, I missed a comment posted by Barry Gordon of Gamma Vs Delta (an excellent frenetic-blues band that I saw at the Liquid Room last month.)
I wasn’t able to find a website for them at the time (my Google-fu is weak,) but [...]

Beltane 2005

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

Some photos from this year’s Beltane Fire Festival.
Most of them aren’t great. The combination of a fairly basic camera, bright objects on a dark background, long exposure times, and constant jostling from the crowd put paid to that. The batteries in my camera were also running out, so I couldn’t really spend much [...]