tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:09:11 +0000"In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacyhttp://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Cameron)Blogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-6816000166511507412Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:16:00 +00002007-02-01T14:17:14.887-08:00HumorThis morning a Gary, Indiana kindergarten teacher explains to her classthat she is an Indianapolis Colts fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they are Colts fans, too. Not really knowing what a Colts fan was, but wanting to be liked by their teacher, their hands flew into the air.There is, however, one exception. Susie has not gonealong with the crowd. The teacher asks her why she http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2007/02/pre-game-joke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-7938754709045866620Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:06:00 +00002007-01-23T17:13:27.846-08:00EducationHumorOne of my 5th grade boys wrote this number story on a homework assignment.I jumped off a cliff and was 3/4 down when a bird chopped off 3/8 of me. 1/8 more [I think he means falling] and I hit a rock sticking out of the cliff, and 1/4 fell off of me. How much of me got chopped off?Before you get the wrong idea, he's actually a very well adjusted boy, who just happens to be very creative and http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2007/01/creative-fractions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-8834702043905499291Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:02:00 +00002006-12-22T14:05:04.302-08:00ScienceHumor(Via XKCD)http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/12/being-science-celebrity-is-tough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-2097457045438346064Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:16:00 +00002006-12-22T12:18:12.610-08:00HumorI turned 30 today and decided it was time to become an aristocrat. My full title is: My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: The Very Reverend Cameron the Cosmopolitan of Chignall Duntisbourne Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title (Via Pharyngula)http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/12/nobility.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-1747553069368818817Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:20:00 +00002006-12-15T15:24:53.475-08:00ReligionHistoryNot being a Christian I sometimes feel guilty about celebrating Christmas. I love the holiday cheer, Santa Clause, evergreen trees in your living room, and the overall sense of warmth and compassion that most people exude. Turns out, I've been worrying unnecessarily. Massimo Pigliucci has straightened me out. There are many pre-Christian traditions that are a cause for celebration. To find http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/12/celebrating-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-7208386692012527163Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:08:00 +00002006-12-03T19:11:23.358-08:00PoliticsHumorGood thing I'm also an Irish citizen in case I get deported for lacking patriotism. What do you rate?Your 'Do You Want the Terrorists to Win' Score: 100% You are a terrorist-loving, Bush-bashing, "blame America first"-crowd traitor. You are in league with evil-doers who hate our freedoms. By all counts you are a liberal, and as such cleary desire the terrorists to succeed and impose their http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/12/uh-oh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-7029532822858745023Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:17:00 +00002006-11-29T14:20:39.230-08:00Video GamesEntertainmentNintendo has put together a six-part video chronicling the history of Zelda. I don't think I've played the game since the original Nintendo, but watching the video brought back a lot of good memories. Makes me wish I'd kept my Nintendo so I could play again for old times sake. Have a look if you're feeling nostalgic. I've embedded Part 1 below. http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/11/zelda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-3324935779288239167Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:13:00 +00002006-11-27T09:17:55.891-08:00SciencePoliticsEducationI learned today that the National Science Teachers Association, of whom I'm a member, recently turned down 50,000 free copies of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Their reason was simple: they didn't want to risk the millions of dollars they get from Exxon-Mobil or the American Petroleum Institute. Doesn't exactly make me proud to be a member. I wrote them a letter today and if you would like http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/11/nsta-bought-by-big-oil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-2156234708761635957Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:31:00 +00002006-11-21T20:32:26.610-08:00PhysicsSweet photo. This superconducting magnet is being used by the Large Hadron Collider, which is set to start operating next year.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-magnet-is-bigger-than-yours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-4352909139429721930Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:03:00 +00002006-11-20T19:06:07.210-08:00ScienceCurious as to where science will go in the next 50 years? The magazine New Scientists asked 70 of the world's leading scientists what they thought. You can find their answers here.(Via Cosmic Variance)http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/11/future-science.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-3935486725186663989Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:14:00 +00002006-11-19T15:18:58.435-08:00BiologyThere's been a lot of stories about the Neadertal genome lately, due to a couple of papers in Science and Nature. If you'd like a clearer understanding of what is being reported. check out John Hawk's FAQ. You can't get a much better explanation.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/11/neandertal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-157677514610247155Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:35:00 +00002006-11-12T20:39:24.838-08:00BiologyThe genome of a sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) was published this week in the journal Science. While the papers themselves are subscription only, there is a really cool interactive poster that explains the significance of these studies, including video of the researchers and their explanations. Check it out here.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/11/sea-urchins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-5215409702397260038Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:46:00 +00002006-11-01T20:48:12.711-08:00RandomEducationUS News & World Report has a quiz to see if you retained anything from your education. Once you've finished taking it, you can find the answers here.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/11/what-do-you-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-3004025206840163133Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:03:00 +00002006-10-29T14:10:58.886-08:00NewsCommentaryPoliticsBrad DeLong points to an excellent article in Newsweek concerning present conditions in Iraq and the numerous problems and obstacles the U.S faces in achieving anything over there. Many will probably complain that the media is again focusing on the negative while ignoring the positive. Perhaps. But ignoring the serious problems will not make them go away. A taste:From the beginning of the http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/reality-in-iraq.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-8778203260980059859Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:51:00 +00002006-10-29T13:56:55.309-08:00PoliticsCall for Change is a chance for you to help reach out to voters about this year's election. You can do it from your home phone or computer and it is relatively straight forward. A little bit can go a long way.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/call-for-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-8721183664567236952Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:55:00 +00002006-10-25T07:56:57.208-07:00EnvironmentBiologyFrom CNN: Researchers fear more than half the world's coral reefs could die in less than 25 years and say global warming may at least partly to blame.Sea temperatures are rising, weakening the reefs' resistance to increased pollutants, such as runoff from construction sites and toxins from boat paints. The fragile reefs are hosts to countless marine plants and animals."Think of it as a high http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/coral-catastrophe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-4416759209804299908Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:15:00 +00002006-10-23T18:17:51.478-07:00RandomI won my first poker tournament over the weekend. Twelve players (a group of friends) with a five dollar buy-in. Nothing spectacular, although it was a lot of fun. My wife got second, which was cool. If you want to read a good account of some really high stakes poker, go here. Andy Beal and Phil Ivey had quite a showdown a few months ago.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/poker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-1808065446660746961Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:28:00 +00002006-10-20T17:31:46.215-07:00PoliticsEd Brayton points to a Yahoo News article where General Peter Pace says that Rumsfeld receives his insights from God himself. Considering Rumsfeld's crappy track record on pretty much everything he has done, I'd say the message is getting garbled somewhere. It also makes me much less confident in Peter Pace.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/miscommunication.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-4419654233357801825Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:44:00 +00002006-10-19T19:52:50.177-07:00EnvironmentThis is bound to stir up some controversy. A professor at the University of Washington, Eric Cheney, claims the idea that we are running out of oil is one of the seven myths concerning resource geology. Why? Changing economics, technological advances and efforts such as recycling and substitution make the world's mineral resources virtually infinite, said Cheney, a UW professor emeritus of http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/dont-start-worryingyet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-1060527818207425768Thu, 19 Oct 2006 01:54:00 +00002006-10-19T19:43:05.122-07:00BiologyOne of my favorite science writers, Carl Zimmer, has a couple of great new articles available. One, found on his blog, explores what mycologists are starting to discover about the evolutionary history of fungi. Fungi have to be some of the weirdest organisms on the planet and its been very difficult to tease out their origins and subsequent evolution. Scientists are making headway http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/round-of-evolution-for-everyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-8330805423862918817Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:14:00 +00002006-10-12T19:15:51.417-07:00CommentaryBiologyHumor(HT to Razib)http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/face-truth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-7701798784473048344Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:34:00 +00002006-10-09T16:35:20.134-07:00AstronomyClick on the picture to get a bigger view. What you're looking at is a snapshot from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the rover Opportunity at Victoria Crater. The Mars Rovers only had a 90 day mission life; they are nearing day 1,000. It's pretty cool to see two very successful space missions interact like this.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/spying-on-mars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-5288662673866801176Mon, 09 Oct 2006 02:59:00 +00002006-10-08T20:13:47.954-07:00EnvironmentIf you're like me and wished you owned a hybrid vehicle and wondered what you can do to offset the CO2 emitted from you're standard vehicle, well, you now have an answer: TerraPass. This organization gives you a chance to offset your carbon emissions due to driving or flying. A yearly pass costs anywhere from $9.95/year (41+ mpg and up) to $79.95/year (for cars getting between 10-18 mpg). http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/terrapass.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-2260709570189230562Sun, 08 Oct 2006 23:08:00 +00002006-10-08T16:15:40.690-07:00BiologyA few weeks ago I posted a video that takes an inner view of the cell. Now, thanks to Wayne of the blog Niches, we have a shot by shot explanation of what we are actually seeing. The animation is much more fascinating with a little knowledge.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/inner-life-explained.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-7972160860736979928Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:14:00 +00002006-10-08T08:16:58.814-07:00CommentaryPoliticsGeoff Stone of UC Law Blog has drafted ten propositions that he feels define a liberal. He invites a debate, so go read and think about them here.http://cameronjpeters.blogspot.com/2006/10/liberal-top-ten.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cameron)0