Some of my favorite art is science

Stumbled upon this quick little post of a presentation by Jonathan Corum, Science Graphics Editor at the New York Times, entitled The Weight of Rain.

It's a beautifully succinct and touching overview of how he has struggled to create meaningful visualizations of science efforts such as the explorations of the Mars Curiosity Rover .....

or the Kepler Search for Habitable Planets survey.

Well worth the quick read.

"Individuated Publications?" Puh-LeeZ!!

Individuated Newspapers?



I like having a good PAPER periodical in hand during each shitI take, but the trend of electronic publishing compared to paper publishing makes this look too little too late in my never humble opinion (IMNHO).



How 'bout I just use my news page on Google News and read it on my iPhone (which has the nice advantage of still working when some dumbass turns the bathroom light off when he exits and I'm still in the stall). Oh, and these should be banned from bathrooms if they can't sense stall occupants. (Note to self: Put that on the When-I-Become-World-wide-Dictator Legislation List.)