Today is a crazy day. I have deadlines for the book very soon, appointments to rush to, a concert by the Little Astronomer to attend, and on top of it all two of my recent posts are getting crazy traffic (Fark picked up the Bigfoot on Mars post, and the asteroid 2007 TU24 doomcryer slapdown is getting some attention too) so I have to nurse the server through it.
In other words, I probably won’t be posting much more today. You’ll see more of me tomorrow, I hope.
If you went to BadAstronomy.com and found yourself here, never fear: the BA Blog has moved to its new home at Discover Blogs. The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too.
Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Boy that is sloooooooooooooow today.
You definitely need a better server, or you have to get rid of those new visitors.
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Congrats on the high traffic Phil! I’m still waiting on your friend from Minnesota’s evolution programming suggestions, but I think it’ll be worth the wait. Cheers, and keep it up!
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
You know why there’s only two-count them-a measly two other posts in this thread? You wanna know? It’s ’cause NO ONE CARES about your pathetic domestic problems and lame excuses for not posting more stuff. We only care about you posting… more stuff. Stuff is life. Keep us all alive.
Also, send cash.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Would you mind posting traffic info after everything dies down (if it hasn’t already)? I’d be interested to see just how powerful the fark and digg effects are when it comes to articles astronomical in nature.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:52 pm
I’ll pick up the slack:
Huckabee wants a Christian Constitution:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/15/huckabee-wants-a-faith-based-constitution
Christian bills haunt the Congress:
http://richarddawkins.net/article,2151,Stop-revisionist-Christian-nation-House-Resolution-888,Secular-Coalition-for-America
A spot on analysis of what’s wrong with our political process:
http://reason.com/news/show/124549.html
And, oh yeah! Astronomy!
ZOMG! Giant space moth!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080111204625.htm
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:14 am
I really wonder what you all think about this interview with several presidential candidates on astronomy…some are simply ridiculous..
http://kingzcity.myminicity.com/ind
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 am
The last post links to a site that has nothing to do with what it was described as.
-> SPAM
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
Dr. Plait,
We are the public. You must labor for our entertainment.