Tag Archives: gravity

Dark is the night

There were a couple of interesting things that made it in my reading list, this week: Obviously, you may have heard of the official launch of Ubuntu ‘Hardy Heron’ (or if you’re into version numbering, version 8.04). There’s lots of … Continue reading

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Words to watch for

The words (or rather terms) to watch for in the next coming years are: Gravitational Lensing: I’ve mentioned this topic before, and trust me, it’s the most discussed topic in my neighbourhood. Better yet, every morning, I wake up to … Continue reading

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A disturbance in the force

Via Metafilter (thread), I found out that Yo La Tengo’s “Murdering The Classics” session is happening today. WMFU will have a livestream, starting at 5PM EST (pls/MP3). If you need a different output stream, the WMFU blog has other types … Continue reading

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Aliens uh?

If you’re bored and feel for a challenge this weekend: I watched a couple of videos online that were interesting enought to share. ‘Alien Planet’ (1h:30m) is a documentary about an imaginative human mission to an inhabited planet (“Darwin IV”) … Continue reading

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Moo (and other stuff)

Earlier today, the WordPress developers released a fix for a security issue in the xml-rpc code. There’s no need to completely upgrade your installation: upgrading overhere is sort of painless and that’s not because of the fact that my host … Continue reading

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In science today…

I read that astronomers have read detected light from the earliest stars in the galaxy. To be exact: Light that shone 13 Billion years ago. The astronomers used a technique called ‘gravitational lensing’ (using gravity of nearby objects to magnify … Continue reading

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