Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart recently made some music out of astrophysical data about supernovas, short-lived stars in distant galaxies, in an attempt to "sonify" the universe.

One of the scientists who worked with Hart on the “Rhythms of the Universe,”  project said that "What we did is turn it into sound by slowing down the frequency [...]

Ahh. Well here it is a week into the new year and things are begining to settle down after all the confounding commotion.
Perhaps I ought to apologize for that last post. It was fun to write, I won't lie to you, but it looks (in retrospect) kind of juvenile and silly. I suppose I get that [...]

Can you believe that its 2010 already?

Looking ahead… Despite my lack of new year resolutions and even after taking into account my generally grim prospects for the future…
I have reason to believe that 2010 will be a great year!

Certainly it started out with a BANG… and also with lots of beer and "silly string", but that [...]

I recently visited the amusement park here in Phnom Penh at sunset. Some photos…