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Daily Archives: September 12, 2006

Science Library Secrets

By Clifford | September 12, 2006 - 8:16 pm |September 12, 2006 miscellany, work
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For you physics lurkers at USC (you know who you are!), consider going to the following event (RSVP by tomorrow): Our distiguished (and superpowered -she can fly) librarian, Sara Tompson, in conjunction with the USC Women in Physics Society, have organised a tour and demo of various of the science … Click to continue reading this post →

New IPod Shuffle more Nano than Nano

By Clifford | September 12, 2006 - 7:32 pm |September 12, 2006 gadgets
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Remember a year ago, the launch of the ipod nano that caught my eye? Even led to a long physics joke explanation.. Well, they’ve done it again. The new ipod shuffle is out! And yes, it is just so lovely. And it is more nano than the nano, size wise. … Click to continue reading this post →

Clues in the Blood Splatter Patterns

By Clifford | September 12, 2006 - 10:52 am |September 12, 2006 astronomy, planets, science
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This is the penultimate line in an article today in the Science Times: “Sometimes how the blood is splattered on the wall tells you more about what happened than the body,” It is a quote from Harold Levison of the Southwest Research Institute, in the context of understanding the origins … Click to continue reading this post →

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    It has been a while since I’ve opened up the tin It has been a while since I’ve opened up the tin of Inktense watercolour pencils… Forgotten how marvelous they are for quick rich colour. Happy #mothersday to all mothers!
    This was intended to be a short four page paper a This was intended to be a short four page paper a few months back… but then I kept finding I could compute more and more interesting things with the idea, and here we are at 24 pages. Super excited about this one! #theoreticalphysicslife
    Just in case you happen to be in San Diego tomorro Just in case you happen to be in San Diego tomorrow 2/21 afternoon at 2 PM, here’s a fun thing to do at the #ComicConMuseum in Balboa Park! We will be screening last year‘s awesome #TheFantasticFourFirstSteps movie and I’ll be talking about some of the science you see on screen and a some of my work as the science advisor while the film was being made.#marvelcinematicuniverse
    Well, this is awkward. (Walking around the amazing Well, this is awkward. (Walking around the amazing traveling Doctor Who exhibit at the San Diego Comic-Con museum, and running into myself explaining spacetime and black holes in many rooms.) #sdcc
    For my usual outdoor office for thinking through r For my usual outdoor office for thinking through research ideas, I’ve temporarily swapped Pacific for Atlantic. Worked rather well. Visiting Stony Brook U’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics for a conference.
    @UCSBPhysics 2025 Nobel Prize winners John Martini @UCSBPhysics 2025 Nobel Prize winners John Martinis and Michel Devoret, speaking at the annual Nobel Prize Who/What/Why colloquium yesterday. See blog (or FB post) for link to recording of it.
    Maybe over-egging the pudding a bit for my SUSY202 Maybe over-egging the pudding a bit for my SUSY2025 talk tomorrow… #theoreticalphysicslife
    Elsewhere in the garden, the spheres pack themselv Elsewhere in the garden, the spheres pack themselves. #Gardening #FoodAndDrink.
    Morning sphere packing. #Gardening #FoodAndDrink. Morning sphere packing. #Gardening #FoodAndDrink.
    There’s a lot of joyful knife-work in my future. There’s a lot of joyful knife-work in my future. #bolognese #summersalad #foodanddrink #gardening
    Another one done! This time with an excellent team Another one done! This time with an excellent team: postdoc Krishan Saraswat and grad student Wasif Ahmed. In early 2024 I discovered a very fun way of computing Weil-Petersson volumes from an ODE (the subclass with one boundary, any genus). It works stunningly well, with a nice miracle ocurring along the way. Here, it is shown that it works well for extended JT supergravity and allows for rapid computation of a whole new class of volumes. I feel this is just a beginning… On the arxiv shortly.
    … today’s quick pickings. #gardening #foodandd … today’s quick pickings. #gardening #foodanddrink
    Sky over LA a short while ago… #fantasticfour Sky over LA a short while ago… #fantasticfour
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    Wednesday’s “get back into the routine” run. Wednesday’s “get back into the routine” run. 80 minutes well spent. Head cleared.
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    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    31 Dec 2024

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    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    2 Dec 2024

    Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.

    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    27 Nov 2024

    Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.

    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    11 Nov 2024

    Just noticed that 4 years ago to the day I did a post about #LEGO and #LittleBits, and coincidentally today we tinkered with them for the first time in a while…

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    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    31 Dec 2024

    Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.

    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    2 Dec 2024

    Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.

    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    27 Nov 2024

    Dear readers: I’ve begun transitioning my social media activity here over to another place, with bluer skies. I hope you’ll come too and read/follow my posts over there. There are new posts on the blog too, where I hope to be increasing activity a bit while decreasing it here.

    Clifford Johnson @asymptotia ·
    11 Nov 2024

    Just noticed that 4 years ago to the day I did a post about #LEGO and #LittleBits, and coincidentally today we tinkered with them for the first time in a while…

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