Congrats are in order to fellow blogger Phil Plait (a.k.a. The Bad Astronomer) whose blog Bad Astronomy (a misnomer if ever there was one, given the amount of good astronomy he regularly writes about) garnered a favorable mention in the Netwatch section of Science.
Hopefully this will bring Bad Astronomy to more of the masses.
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First, PZ, now Phil Plait (aka Bad Astronomer) - the science bloggers are starting to invade the pages (online and hardcopy) of Seed Magazine. The lines are blurring. The old media model is crawling slowly towards the ash heap of history....
I wrote this last night in Florida, but the hotel wifi was on the blink, so I couldn't get it on-line. I am now at Newark airport in New Jersey, having just eaten my first bowl of matzoh soup. Oy vey, good stuff!
Audience frowning in concentration
I've been to gaming conventions and academic…
"Children are our hope for the future."
THERE IS NO HOPE FOR THE FUTURE, said Death.
"What does it contain, then?"
ME.
"Besides you, I mean!"
Death gave him a puzzled look. I'M SORRY?
Terry Pratchett
"Sourcery"
Bad Astronomy Blogger Phil Plait has written one of the most fantastically,…
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You turned me on to Bad Astronomy and I have become a regular reader since then. I have watched the stars since I was a kid, and he adds so much.
I was going to say something witty, but I better run to the auditorium quick before all the seats Phil up. I expect today's colloquium speaker to draw quite a crowd.
Also: "Hah hah, I get to go see Phil Plait right now, and you don't."