Has anyone out there ever read The Maltese Falcon? I have ( a spoilery question about chronology )

Yes, folks, it's that time again. This Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings (March 12-14) we're having a Physics is Phun show at UMD. The topic is Energy and Motion.

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So, I'm a little late with this posting, but I wanted to let folks know that this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings (January 8-10) will be the first Physics is Phun shows of 2009. This week, our topic is Electricity and Magnetism (i.e. Things That Go Zap).

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It's time once again for Physics is Phun, UMD's periodic demonstration shows. This coming Thursday, Frday, and Saturday (oct 30 - Nov 1) we'll be doing a show on nuclear physics ( Read more... )

Watch the Perseids tonight and tomorrow night.

So, I upgraded from Firefox 2.0 to Firefox 3.0. I'm sure it's more secure and all, and that's great, but I really dislike the new autocomplete function on the address bar. I'm accustomed to using that for accessing things (I generally prefer typing to mousing for repeated tasks), and it has become much more difficult. The address bar now ( Read more... )

Mars. Water. Details.

OK, it's time once again for Physics is Phun. This Thursday through Saturday evenings, May 8-10, will be our last Physics is Phun show of the semester ( Read more... )

filched from strredwolf,

Amusing 7-minute video: An Engineer's Guide to Cats

Well, it is, because that's the topic this time: the physics of color; the mixing of colors in light; color filters and the spectrum; how we see, print, and display color; and even how to trick our eyes into seeing colors that aren't there.

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