Welcome to Discover Blogs, the new home for the Bad Astronomy Blog!
I am very pleased to finally announce my Big News: the Bad Astronomy Blog is now a part of Discover Magazine Blogs.
The BABlog had been the front for my Bad Astronomy pages for over three years. In that time, it grew from a simple newsletter to become one of the biggest science blogs on the planet. For that, I owe thanks to a lot of people, most notably Fraser Cain from Universe Today.
Over time, I’ve received offers from various people and blog collectives to move my blog to their sites, but things never really clicked for me. However, when Discover Magazine talked to me recently, that changed. The magazine has been around a long time, and has a good record of presenting science to people, a goal we have in common. The folks at Discover were warm, friendly, and open to ideas on how to best make sure this move would go smoothly. They were also really great about discussing how to support the blog once things settle down, too.
It maybe helped a little that the magazine’s CEO is a Doctor Who fan. And that they have such other fine blogs as The Loom, Better Planet, and others I’ll link to as they come online.
So the deal was hammered out, and over the past few weeks we have been moving toward consolidating our mighty powers. Links to the old blog posts should redirect here (note that the static HTML web pages, like my Fox Moon hoax page, the debunking of astrology, Planet X, and so on, are still hosted at BadAstronomy.com). Those of you who read the blog via feedreaders should still be getting it. Same for email; the transition should be seamless for you. If there are any problems, leave comments below! I know there will be growing pains, but we’ll do what we can to minimize them.
In fact, let me know what you think no matter what’s going on. I always appreciate comments and suggestions.
But most importantly, nothing will change as far as my writing goes. I will still wonder over the beauty of the universe, still hammer away at chuckleheads who deny reality, and still post the odd cartoon, LOLcat, and David Tennant mancrush stuff I always do. I see this as an opportunity to bring all these topics to an even bigger audience, and I won’t be changing my tune now. If anything, I will concentrate harder on all these things. There’s still so much to do.
So to those of you who deny the Apollo Moon landings, or think global warming is a hoax, or want to teach religion in schools, or cry doomsday when none exists, or think aliens are probing your privates, or see the face of Jesus in a drywall water stain, or think the Universe is anything less than 13.7 billion years old… you’d better watch your backs. I’m standing right behind you, and I won’t let your antiscience go on without a fight.
And for those of you who like reality the way it is… keep standing behind me. I still need and want your support. Together, we can keep the forces of evil at bay.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:33 pm
WoW!!!
Congratulations on your, ummm, BIG news Phil!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Good Job!
This is a step up in the world for you, very nice. My biggest fear this morning was that Discover would be censoring your character and stopping the fun of your blog, but it looks like your going to keep on keepin’ on. Congrats!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Welcome home Phil!
I’m loving the look of the new place, and I’m behind you 100%!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Hope they paid you a lot of money dude.
I hope at some point that by going to http://www.badastronomy.com/ it won’t redirect here. Is that the plan, once everything is settled?
I remain the one of the faithful, oh mighty BA.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Congratulations – and about time you got off that airplane and got it working!
JC
July 1st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Hey, nice new digs! Looks to be a WordPress site, which should have eased the transition. Still, buy a beer for the guy who babysat the database. If that was you, buy two beers.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Congrats! While my initial reaction was “oh noes! no more poking holes at religion or other non-reality based folks” it sounds like you’ve ironed that issue out. Phil, you’re quite the ambassador for the science and skeptic community, please keep up the good work!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Outstanding! I think this new home will suit you quite well.
Congratulations.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Congrats, Phil!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
So Phil, does this also mean we might be seeing the occasional “Phil Plait” by line in the paper print arm of your new home? I certainly hope so!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Best of luck with the move to a new blog home, Phil!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Lookin’ good, Dr. BA!
The only change I would suggest would be to number the posts that come in, for those of us who wish to reference a specific post. But congrats on the new digs, hope you have a long, prosperous future in your new home. Keep on stickin’ it to the wakaloons, and the woomeisters!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I just want you to know Phil, no matter what the format, you are TEH HAWESOME! I’m right behind you every step of the way.
Just please tell me you won’t stop reviewing movies on occasion. I do enjoy that so very much.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Congratulations!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Congrats, Phil. The only problem that I have with the move so far is that the font isn’t as nice and friendly (also, easy to read) as the old one. A small price to pay, I suppose.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Many well-earned congratulations, Phil! New site looks great!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Woot! Congrats.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Together, we can keep the forces of evil at bay.
In dark times and dark places, there will always be a light, and there will always be someone to guard the flame.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:50 pm
This is awesome. I love it!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
WOOHOO!!!!
I am excited!!!!
Congratulations Phil….
July 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
[...] home and blogging at the new place: BA Blog (the Discover Magazine edition): Discover Bad Astronomy!: [...]
July 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Will this result in a regular BA column in Discovery????
July 1st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Say, that is big news! Well done, Phil.
Keep fighting the good fight, I’ll keep cheering you on!
July 1st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
This is awful! Horrible! Terrible!
I hate orange =-.-=
Ah well, I’ll keep reading anyway, just ‘cuz I dig science! =-_^=
July 1st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
So, does this mean that Discover won’t be publishing any more pseudoscience and woo?
July 1st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Teehee… There is a *HUGE* banner ad in the top for http://www.aboutastro.com, some blather about 100% accurate horoscopes. BA, please go back to http://www.badastronomy.com/. I don’t know if anybody else gets the same advert, so in any case I saved a screenshot here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nachtbraker/2629590726/
July 1st, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Interesting Discovery
(my RSS through Google Reader showed the last 9 entries, but not this…)
J/P=?
July 1st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Congratz Phil! Glad you get to keep fighting the good fight! This is exciting, indeed.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Congrats on your new digs! May gajillions of new readers discover you, your message, and your fine bloggy goodness.
And, of course, your mancrush on David Tennant.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
So those of us who think the universe is 13.6999873436 billion years old don’t count? That’s a little extreme BA. You have to provide some temporal allowances.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Oooh! I really like the new layout. Especially with ad placement. The advertisements are a lot less in the way than they were before. I look forward to getting used to this new layout.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
I’m relieved to hear the content of the pages will remain unchanged, and I’m sure I’ll get used to the new layout soon enough. =D
July 1st, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I’ll have to get used to this color scheme, but I’m still happy for you Phil.
Congrats!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Congratulations, Phil! Good on ya!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Woot! Way to go Phil! Site looks great.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
[emphasis mine]
Yeah right! I only count a bajillion, max!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Congrats!
One question, who has editorial control over the content of your blog and the comments? You or Discover Magazine?
Put another way, if someone writes something that the editors of Discover magazine want to remove but which you think is acceptable – who wins?
-Sean
July 1st, 2008 at 5:17 pm
This layout is a lot better looking in my opinion.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Congrats and good luck. I’m not much of a commenter here but read a lot and learned a lot. Nice to know Ill still be fed.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Well, I think that the universe is only 13.69999 billion years old! So there!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Great Phil. Thanks to you incessant “Oh Dr.” this and “Oh Dr.” that, I have started watching Dr. Who again. The last one I caught was “The Forrest”. Heck, even Mrs. FC likes it as well, though I suppose it’s cause of the Dr.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Right on, Phil! I have to admit I was a bit skeptical of the choice of venue, having briefly been a Discover subscriber during the years it was owned by Disney. But then I remembered that Discover’s purpose has always been to present science to the general public, and it’s the general public who are most in need of a Bad Astronomer. So well done all around.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Congrats. ! Keep on with the great work.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Very cool!
But does this mean you won’t be able to post about, you know, the other stuff? (and still no comment preview, for editing…)
July 1st, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Yay! congrats Phil!
Having said that, I must also say that I really hate the layout. It’s so… white… and orange… and the DISCOVER banner at the top is so huge… and the font hurts my eyes… and… and… and…
It’s almost as if the person you have known for years and have seen every day has now changed bodies.
Sigh. I’m VERY glad the content will still be the same though, and I guess that’s all that counts.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:33 pm
My first post on yer new blog! Do it look good on me?
July 1st, 2008 at 5:36 pm
I wonder how discover tolerates puns.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Phil,
I like the new site. Except for the “Stumble it!” images. They’re annoying, distracting,
ugly, and pretentious. Do you really need them? Have they ever contributed anything really
good and necessary for you or your readers?
I miss your “Bad Astronomy” logo too. Is there anyway to include it at the
top of the Discover Magazine blog?
Hope you like Canada.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Congratulations Phil. I’m sure this is a great step up for you. I enjoy your blogging immensely.
S. Burrows
Math Teacher and lover of critical thinking
July 1st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Cool new home, but PZ scooped you on the news: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/more_competition.php
July 1st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Congratulations – I’ve been a fan of Discover Magazine for years.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Congratulations! This is a really good fit, topic-wise.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:54 pm
How exciting! Now even more people will see how “hawesome” you are!
July 1st, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Um, I get zero pixels between the left-hand side of the text and the window border. It doesn’t cut anything off, but the effect is that it *looks* like something’s been cut off, which makes it somewhat unpleasant to read.
So, is Discover good again? I dropped my subscription when every issue went heavy on short fiction and articles about sex.
July 1st, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Live long and prosper!
July 1st, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Yay! \o/
Well… +/- 200 million years… ~_^
July 1st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Since I was grumpy on the other thread, I will note that since you imported your Overton window to look out on gods appearing in stains or proposed moon fakes, this is A Good Thing. Wash out the stains and hang out the hoaxes to dry in front of the general public!
July 1st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Congrats on the big news! Hopefully this means even more exposure for BA articles.
Would you please ask the Blog Overlords to increase the default font size a bit (or go sans-serif, or both), at least in the article itself?
Sincerely,
a tired-eyed curmudgeonly reader
July 1st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
@Mike – I suspect it’s your resolution that is causing the left hand margin to be so far to the left. Looking at mine (1680X1050) it looks like the blog is centered on the page with quite a bit of room to spare. The smaller the resolution the smaller the margin.
I know, though, that not everyone can crank their resolution for various reasons, I’m just offering a possible explanation. There might be some back end settings, but looking at the other blogs on this site they are the same, so it might just be a template limitation.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:18 pm
i’ll add my congrats too
July 1st, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Congratulations, Phil! I like the new digs.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Congrats! I was, however worried that you would loose some of the cheesy sidebar ads. Imagine my relief when I saw an advert telling me I can run my car on water! Goodbye Laws of Thermodynamics! Hello pseudo-science! Woo!
July 1st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
The first question I had was “who owns the copyright, Phil or Discover?”
July 1st, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Hey Phil, will you still be able to call the DI folks the Disco ‘Tute? Y’know, what with being co-branded with a Disco of your own and all…
July 1st, 2008 at 6:29 pm
What do I think? Honestly, I’m a little worried. Not because I fear change–I read this via rss feed and the move was indeed seemless. But I’m worried because Discover Magazine has been going downhill as of late. It’s not that I dislike the popularization of science, it’s just that Discover seems to embody everything that’s *wrong* with the popularization of science. You know… they seem to use the “David and Goliath” paradigm of science, they often fail to distinguish solid science from fringe science from pseudoscience, etc. etc.
I just hope that you have a positive influence on Discover, rather than Discover having a negative influence on you.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:30 pm
I have been reading your site for a few months.
I got your link from Discover magazine.
I will keep following you post regularly.
Thank you.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Phil,
Congratulations on the success of your blog. I’ve been enjoying your blog for a couple years now. I really appreciate people who can popularize science for us non-science folks.
Best,
Charlie
July 1st, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I’m not sure how kindly these ‘Discover’ folks will take to your loose cannon ways. What with making broad statements like ‘Louisiana: Doomed’ or that video you posted about the two coffee shops being right across the street from one another.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Good to hear you can still have that mancrush. I don’t even like Dr Who (I watched a couple of seasons, but the show just never hooked me), but the occasional update about it is still interesting, and those TARDIS mockups you’ve linked here- I mean, back there, at the old site- were really cool.
I am curious about the exact degree of editorial control you have as well. Will all those DOOMED posts still go up just as mocking?
July 1st, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Ummm, Dennis… Where did PZ get the news?
Good on the move, Phil!
July 1st, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Very cool, Phil. For our edification, how does this affect the massive troll blacklist you had amassed over the years from the old blog domain?
July 1st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Nice! But please, stop mentioning standing behind us in the same sentence as alien probing… ewwwww1
July 1st, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Very awesome, Phil!
I like how the internet puts us all on first name basis.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Well, I followed you here…wow! I have been reading you for an amazingly long time and seen this grow from a really dicey forum with darn near impossible to decipher threads to this…what a trip!
Although I have a bone to pick arleady…I think the universe is 13.7 billion years old plus or minus 2%…of course you realize this means war
July 1st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Congrats on the move, Phil.
Gee, you’re moving up in the world. Just don’t get an ego like Carl Sagan’s.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I had to look at Discover’s website to make sure it wasn’t associated with the TV network with the similar name. Whew! I was real concerned for a minute, there.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I for one welcome your new corporate overlords.
Congrats, Phil! You’re my own personal Jesus.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Congrats Phil, this is a really great achievement for your. Your career has gone so far, just look where you’re at today. I just had a few things I noticed:
- The font size is pretty small, I see sort of a semi-consensus on that in the comments.
- Older posts in which you embedded YouTube videos do not appear in your posts
- Phil, you have so many dedicated fans, and your outreach is tremendous. I think its time to remove the reddit, and stumbleupon buttons; they are just pesky and make you seem sort of needy for attention. I think you should keep the Digg button (but it should be placed in a more aesthetically pleasing location instead of like a header of every post) because you get a lot of hits on Digg and it provides excellent exposure for your.
In all, its great to see your success, and all the luck with this new site, and the upcoming book!
July 1st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Congratulations! That’s great news.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:55 pm
What did the editors of Discover promise for you to bring your
Army of BaBlogees with you.
I’ll bet that this is the most traffic this site has seen in a long time.
However, when I try to intrest friends in science I suggest “Discover” for the curious, “Scientific American” for those well read and “The Sciences”
for those whose education exceeds my own. Now I can just say check out the BA.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:04 pm
As “Phil Phan” says getting rid of the Digg/Reddit/Stumbleit would be very popular with me. I dont know how many visitors have trouble loading this crap but I would be interested to know how many actually use it. It was suggested to me a few days ago to install Firefox but this is a company work station and that involves red tape.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Congrats, BA! I’ve been reading your blog for over a year now, I think, and I’m looking forward to many more.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:16 pm
You have come full circle for me Phil. I first became aware of badastronomy.com through a small throw-away piece in Discover Magazine! This was before you even had a blog so you know that it was many moons ago.
Congrats on the move and please keep the quality of your blog as high as we have become accustomed to.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Plus I will really miss those small touches that “your” blog had. “Luke I am your footer” comes to mind. Waaahh, I guess I’ll just have to get used to it…
July 1st, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Ah. Here you are, Dr. Phil. A pleasant surprise. I used to subscribe to Discover in its adolescence; enjoyed it. I hope that this union will prove to beneficial to both you and the magazine.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:58 pm
“…or think the Universe is anything less than 13.7 billion years old…”
Sir, back AWAY from the Hubble constant! You, yes you!
Congrats on the new digs.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Wow. Two big pieces of news for me. I wasn’t aware you moved, and I wasn’t aware Carl Zimmer moved his blog either.
I guess there’s a new player on the sci-blogging turf. Must update my bookmarks…
July 1st, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Phil, that was a lovely introductory post. Thanks, and welcome back to the blagosphere.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Good on yer, mate! Glad to see you moving up in the world. Next thing ya know, you’ll be reaching for the stars. WooHoo! Made a funny, there.
July 1st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
When I was working my way through University I took a job refinishing a bathroom and laundry room. The whole house was Christian Kitsch. I installed a door and noticed that woodwork looked vaguely like a face. With wood stain and polyurethane, I created the face of Jesus.
She gave me an extra $300.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Don’t know what to think really, it’s a bit like you have abandoned the good old homey Serenity for the inner planets and The Alliance.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Hey nice place you have here! I LOVE what you have done with it! Welcome home Phil! Right behind you all the way
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:06 am
HA! HALE Bopp is a Creationist!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 am
Not bad. It’s gonna take a bit of getting used to not reading the old blue text, (hehe) but one thing is a major win … this new blog doesn’t seem to have any of those obnoxious advertisments that the old one had. ;p Looks much more professional this way.
BTW ….. the last DR Who episodes 4×11,4×12 .. were the best yet, possibly even better than ‘Blink’. Hanging for 4×13 season finale. Exterminate !
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 am
Jeez!
I typed the web address twice. Thought I went by mistake on one of many web-spammers copycats sites.
Looks like with BA blog’s help discovermagazine going to double their traffic (http://tinyurl.com/6645b2). Wondering how the move affected your auditory.
Well, I really miss good old BA’s design.
Anyway, congrads!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 am
Egaeus Says:
“So, does this mean that Discover won’t be publishing any more pseudoscience and woo?”
I made sure to NOT renew Discover magazine after a very idiotic mercury woo story. The idiot “writer” even included a paragraph on the MMR without explaining that it did NOT contain thimerosal (which has a mercury atom).
It is in the same rank as OMNI, and that is not good.
Perhaps you and Zimmer can be an influence of good and bring up the actual science quality of your sponsor publication.
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 am
Oh ok .. so the ad is still there. Well that is ok because Its in the top right hand corner and doesn’t move when you scroll. The fact I didn’t even notice it = win ;p
July 2nd, 2008 at 3:25 am
Have anyone noticed that the text of the comments is grey and not black? That isn’t easy to read and causes much more eyestrain.
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 am
‘Discover’ huh?
You sure this isn’t part of a deep-laid plot by the Discover-Y Institute…?
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:54 am
Well, good for you.
Are you gonna restore your home page to its old state now that the blog’s gone from there?
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:04 am
Wow, Phil! I had no idea. How cool!
Discover and Omni were the first science magazines to come out that really caught my eye. I was an issue #1 subscriber to both. Discover still ranks up there as one of the best, and it’s great to see you a part of that and get some recognition from the “establishment”.
I’m proud of you, brother!
Ditto here on the font size and color. Some of your posters are getting up in age. Orange hurts the eye and a size 8 font is just too small to deal with.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 am
Phil, I dunno if you’ve seen this. My guess is that you have. but it would make a great BA theme song no?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdTELokKfCk
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:13 am
I will say nothing more than ASCII metal-hands and that I will bear your children if you will let me.
\m/ >< \m/
Congratulations, Phil. Many more years!
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 am
As a long time reader of Discover (I actually found out about BA in an issue of Discover some months ago) I can only consider this to be good news. I hope it all works out for you and that you continue to practice bad astronomy…oops, did that come out right?
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:11 am
Looks good!
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:21 am
Congrats, Phil! You’ve earned it!
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:56 am
While I have a less than enthusiastic view of Discover magazine -
I used to call it Scientific American Lite, until SciAm became
rather “lite” itself – if you are happy with this arrangement
and are able to continue writing freely, then things should be
okay.
But do we have to look at that big DISCOVER logo every time?
And if you ever hear them say “Resistence is futile” – RUN!
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
Congrats on the move, Phil!
I just hope this stays the same old BABlog, now in orange and paying.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
PZ Meyers already let the cat out of the bag by posting a link to the main blog page of the Discover magazine site (and there you were), but cool none the less.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
A few people (or maybe one person in several places on the Web) have complained that Discover magazine has “gone downhill” as of late with respect to the quality of their reporting on scientific issues. I don’t know. I haven’t read Discover in years. But, here’s to you lending your scientific integrity to Discover. Maybe their outreach to the science writers such as yourself is a sign they are interested in maintaining their credibility. We’ll all be keeping an eye on them
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:24 am
“The folks at Discover were warm, friendly, and open to ideas on how to best make sure this move would go smoothly. ”
I wonder how much money they gave…
I would guess $180,000 per year.
Hmm with a percentage of add revs. off the page? 25% add revs.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
Nice new home/website Dr. BA! I like it
Keep the science coming!
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:28 am
Love it love it love it.
Andyway, if you change it to somewhere else, put purple font over blue background, used childish font or anything else, I would continue reading.
Congrats Phil! You still have a loyal Mexican fan hehe.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 am
Congrats ^_^
I like the new blog design.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 am
I don’t really care for the blog being here. I liked it a lot better where it was.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:52 am
Awsome! Just Awsome! Congratulations!!!
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:16 am
Movin’ on up! Congrats.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 am
Looks good and all. I think I only have 2 beefs with it thus far: I don’t care for the font too much (which you’ve addressed), and I don’t know about other people and browsers, but I have no pixel buffer between the left hand side of the page and when the text starts. Needs at least 5 to 10 pixels of empty space. Letters and images beginning flush against the left hand side of my browser (Firefox) just… doesn’t look right.
Otherwise, congratulations on the move to Discover.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
globally binky. i’ve had a discover subscription since about 1984, and have always enjoyed the magazine. hope its a good match!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Congratulations, Phil! And best wishes for your “new” gig!
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Glad to see that DISCOVER is getting better
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Ooh, it’s so aesthetically pleasing. Congrats, Phil! I will visit here daily.
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
But that you changed your URL and now the blog is hard to read? Yeah, not so much.
OK, fanboys, go ahead and roast me now.
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
The new blog looks great! Congratulations with the move.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I hope this is just another step forward for us all. The world is bigger than it was in Dr. Sagan’s day, and it will take many folks to fill the badly needed role of “spokesmen of science”. I think I speak along with many of the readers of your work when I say we are proud to be fans and supporters. Keep moving forward!
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Omedeto, Phil.
I hope this move brings an additional income source to you, too.
Keep on bloggin…combating the nonsense that permeates our society.
July 2nd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Spiffy new format…
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Ah great layout, a wonderful improvement. Congratulations!
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July 8th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Well some like this way, Buy I think you should consider the another side of the toppic too. Thanks
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