Comics and Links From April 30

[cerebus805]

Ok you science geeks, here's a paper written and presented by a co-worker. There's a lot of pretty pictures showing how a klystron works and some of what I've been working on for the last two years:
http://www.stanford.edu/~thorin/WPD/TU4RAI02.pdf
(pdf file)

Oh my. I'm not normally one for the whole gun shooting thing, but this is something I thought was great. Especially the ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-WhKgNNKWU
(video)

This brought big smiles today, Sweet Georgia Brown with Tractor:
http://fschnell.net/WordPress/?p=1094
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU (longer version)
(video)

LCLS Turns On:
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2009/april22/laser-042209.html
(article)

Cats are dumb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhLQCYQ-nQ
(video)

1:10 scale Saturn V launch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4lj6YSwzg
(video)

"Obedience to the law is demanded as a right; not asked as a favor." -Teddy Roosevelt
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/27/newsweek/index.html
(blog article)

Carrie Fisher roast George Lucas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ97s396kb0
(video)

Constitutional Crazy Quilt:
http://emilyduffyart.blogspot.com/2008/09/constitutional-crazy-quilt.html
(blog)