Dean W. Armstrong

CNN report on the ad campaign for a Cartoon Network TV show that closed universities, blocked river traffic, and caused mass overreaction. ...

Via Scientific American's blog , a link into Google's Flash application of world statistics, Gapminder , accurately described as ...

CNN is reporting that: President Bush, in Tuesday's State of the Union address, will propose a plan to cut U.S. gasoline consumption by...

Arms Control Wonk is passing a rumor, which Aviation Week and Space Technology will also run a story on January 22nd, that the Chinese lau...

Last night it started clearing up right near sunset, and through scattered clouds I was able to see a blazing new comet, C/2006 P1 McNaught,...

You never know from embargoed press releases--in this case, from the ESA . The online edition of Nature will publish, on 8 January 2007, a m...

A random survey across the city of Chicago reveals a surprising detail about the growth and compatibility of 802.11b/g networks: The non-ove...

Ah. Winter solstice has arrived. Hopefully soon the winter gloom will brighten. This afternoon, I was surprised the streetlights didn...

Carl Sagan died ten years ago today. Has it really been ten years? I guess I can say it has: new visitors to Ryerson Observatory often do ...

I offer a 30-minute recording of Radio Havana Cuba from December 18th at 8:47PM CST on 6180kHz. Reception was very good here in Chicago. I...

If it's clear where you are, drive out into the country, get your warmest gear out, bring sleeping bags, ground pad, and a pillow--and e...

The location where I have my on-line geiger counter is certainly not dust-free: I work in a library after all, and the dust sure looks like...

Previous post cut short--because in about linking to Phil Plait's entry about HiRISE images , I just found his link to the press release...

I've been out of acceptable internet access for a week, thanks to broadband company that failed to realize their base stations are criti...

Via Wobha , a much better color image of Victoria Crater , as done by Bernhard Braun over at Unmannedspaceflight.com . A warning that the i...