Comments for Matters of Great Import

Comment on Emily at Raglan Road… by Mo

Mo — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:39:11 +0000

I’ll agree… one of mine too… besides the one hanging on your wall.

Comment on Latvia’s Entrance at the 2010 Winter Olympics… by Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:56:09 +0000

Welcome to the site! And Go Latvia!

Comment on Latvia’s Entrance at the 2010 Winter Olympics… by Juris Pencis

Juris Pencis — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:15:42 +0000

Once again came across Pencis family. This time on LinkedIn.
Hello from Latvia!

Comment on The Loudness Wars: Why Music Sounds Worse : NPR by Mike D

Mike D — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:57:23 +0000

This is awesome. I had a long conversation with a very talented musician friend this break. He was explaining how innovative some of the artists these days can be and how it’s been systemically sound saturated to be drab and unsubtle.

Comment on Instant Awww… just add Puppy. by Peter Farina

Peter Farina — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:40:18 +0000

This could possible be the cutest dog photo ever! Great shot…

Comment on Motivation: What science knows vs. what business does by Meg McR

Meg McR — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:17:24 +0000

Don’t get me started… Between the psych and sociology classes and the dog training, it is clear that carrot/stick only works for some things sometimes – on any creature, really. External or monetary reward only goes so far. But since we’ve been doing it this way forever, there’s no reason to change, right?

Comment on Perspective on our galaxy… by Mike D

Mike D — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:02:25 +0000

I saw this as well… I was INCREDIBLY lucky to be out there two nights before with my 8″ Schmidt-Cassegrain Celestron refractor (what a name!) at McDonald Observatory stargazing all night with some seasoned veterans who were going to the star party the next night. It was a PHENOMENAL experience because they really knew how to use a telescope much better than I. Several of the astronomer staff at the observatory commented that it was one of the best viewing nights they’d ever seen (and that’s saying a lot out there). I’ll never forget it… it really looked like that on that night.
If you EVER get a chance to go out to Ft Davis and visit the observatory, do it.
I’m often taken aback by the realization that a brilliant, expansive, and FULL night sky used to be the normal human experience throughout history until the last couple hundred years with the coming of significant light pollution. How differently people before us must have perceived the night sky, and how much bigger of a part of their lives it surely was.
Look at all them PURDY stars! Yeehaw!