Comments on: TEDxBoulder, containing me

By: redartifice

redartifice — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:12:58 +0000

@3: It’s ‘Haleakala’

By: Bobathon

Bobathon — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:33:40 +0000

No treacle sponge?

By: Acronym Jim

Acronym Jim — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:04:05 +0000

All kidding aside, the Google reveals some pretty cool t-shirt designs on the Threadless T-Shirt Company’s website.

By: Acronym Jim

Acronym Jim — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:00:05 +0000

Threadless t-shirt company? Is that like homeophathic clothing? ‘Cause I’d totally support that. Does each full outfit come with its own “replying courtier”?

By: Nyetwerke

Nyetwerke — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:32:42 +0000

Ah, I am so glad that we wont all be destroyed by Oprah Winfrey’s giant outer space “O”! Your books and podcasts are great, Dr Plait, the voice and text of reason.

By: David49152

David49152 — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:23:32 +0000

I got my tickets, thanks for the heads-up! What’s the Boulder Astronomer equivalent of saying “Vibraphone”? Maybe, “Catastrophe”?

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:25:52 +0000

Once again, we see the One Ring To Rule Them All falling from the sky into Erath’s upper atmosphere – crossed out. Indeed no!

We can’t have The Ring falling from a great height at random. Re-entry won’t burn it up. We need to drop it specifically into the fires of Mt Doom – only there can it be destroyed!

Seriously, that’s a dead Ring~er for Frodo’s / Bilbo’s / Sauron’s item of all-powerful fashion accessory. Well, minus a few fiery letters. Maybe it’s just not hot enough yet?

(Anyone care to calculate at what point in the re-entry into Earth’s daylight atmosphere temperatures would exceed that of an ordinary wood (?)/ coal (?) fire? )

By: IVAN3MAN_AT_LARGE

IVAN3MAN_AT_LARGE — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:13:20 +0000

TED Talk.