Author Archives: skullsinthestars

The Beast with Five Fingers by W.F. Harvey

Posted on December 14, 2009 by skullsinthestars

I’ve been trying to keep up with my weird fiction reading while I’ve been working on my physics textbook, though it’s been pretty hard to read a major work considering I spend most of my evenings doing research for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Horror, Mystery/thriller | 3 Comments

ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: cold atoms in disguise, jittery black holes, and another use for Kepler

Posted on December 14, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Making cold atoms look like electrons. First up, Chad at Uncertain Principles describes how ultra-cold atoms and a lattice of optical traps can be used to make a virtual ‘solid’ in which the atoms play the role of electrons in … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday to Bill Nighy!

Posted on December 12, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Even as busy as I am, I can’t resist taking a moment to wish happy birthday to one of the coolest actors out there, in my humble opinion: Bill Nighy! Nighy has been acting since the late 1970s, though he … Continue reading →

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Happenings

Posted on December 11, 2009 by skullsinthestars

There’s an old Calvin & Hobbes cartoon where Calvin is trying to get enough cereal boxtops to mail-order a prize, namely a propeller beanie.  Being the impatient sort, he pretty much decides to eat enough cereal in one sitting to … Continue reading →

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8 days until The Giant’s Shoulders #18!

Posted on December 7, 2009 by skullsinthestars

There’s 8 days left until the deadline for The Giant’s Shoulders #18!  It will be held at Just a mon, and entries can be submitted through blogcarnival.com or directly to the host blog, as usual!

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ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: galaxy zoos, freaky statistics, and crayon wildlife conservation

Posted on December 7, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Galaxy Zoo 2. One of the most fascinating and exciting consequences of the internet is the advent of large “citizen scientist” collaborations. Alexander at The Astronomist discusses Galaxy Zoo, one of the most successful of these, the now active Galaxy … Continue reading →

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Yay! More Richard Marsh available!

Posted on December 6, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Another book by the awesome Richard Marsh has been released by Valancourt!  You can purchase A Spoiler of Men (1905) through Amazon.  I’m a big fan of Marsh’s work, and have read a lot of things reprinted by Valancourt — … Continue reading →

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Richard Garriott on Ultima V

Posted on December 4, 2009 by skullsinthestars

(I’m still working hard on my book!  I’ll throw a few posts out here and there as I find the time.) As a follow-up to my post on “videogames as art“, I decided to buy “The Official Book of Ultima“, … Continue reading →

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A short housekeeping note (again)

Posted on November 30, 2009 by skullsinthestars

If things have seemed rather quiet around here again, it’s because I’m making a final big push to finish my math methods textbook by the end of December — the brainpower required to sort through the headaches of Bessel functions … Continue reading →

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ResearchBlogging editor’s selections: End of the world edition!

Posted on November 30, 2009 by skullsinthestars

I figured that the week of Thanksgiving would be quiet for research blogging — not true!  Lots of folks stepped away from the turkey and stepped up to give us some research highlights. The entries that caught my eye this … Continue reading →

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