This week’s Space Carnival, #102, is being hosted by none other than my old bud Carolyn Collins Petersen on her blog The Spacewriter’s Ramblings. It’s a Sunday and you have nothing better to do. Go see what smart people are saying about astronomy and space.
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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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May 10th, 2009 at 8:04 am
You’re right, Phil. I have nothing better to do.
May 10th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Hey, Phil! What the hell has happened to the “Alien Hunter book/CD giveaway!”, then?
May 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Ah, how I wish I had nothing better to do today than to leisurely read some blog posts about science.
May 10th, 2009 at 11:55 am
The SC may be ok, but that’s a site i’ll teach as a bad example of web design…
/Sorry, maybe i’m a liitle bit harsh today
May 10th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Fritriac,
Very off-putting comment.
A little harsh… don’t ya think?
Attitudes like yours make me wonder why I volunteer to share science with people… and then I remember the thousands of people who visit my site each week and enjoy the writing and learn about science and astronomy and somehow don’t whine about the design.. which is, after all, something of a matter of taste.
By the way, I just looked at your site… what was that about people who live in glass houses?
C
May 10th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
By the way Phil, thanks for the link.
c
May 11th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
“It’s a Sunday and you have nothing better to do”
Hey!
Signed,
A mom.
May 13th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
@ccpetersen:
I love your site! Keep up the good work!