Stuff I Wrote A Really Long Time Ago
An old missive of mine resurfaces: “filesystem or file system“
Archive of entries posted on June 2006
Millar? Pee Wee?
With Ullrich and Basso out of the tour, and apparently half the people in Europe who have ever worn spandex being connected to doping in the Spanish press, David Millar suddenly looks mighty attractive, having just finished his two-year suspension for doping. Or, as a friend suggested yesterday, Pee Wee Herman’s starting to look good …
Weather Report
We got 0.41 inch (1 cm) from that one*, Mark. That brings my rain gauge total to 0.93 inch (2.4 cm) for June. Also 0.93 for the last four days. That makes this the wettest month since October. The water year at my house: Oct. 1.94 inch (4.9 cm) Nov. 0.03 inch (0.1 cm) Dec. …
CO2 and Plants
Back in January, there was a huge debate in the comments here about “flora gains” – the suggestion by one of the regular commenters that we’d benefit from enhanced carbon dioxide because the plants on which we depend for food etc. would do better, with CO2 fertilization more than making up for any negative effects …
Blowing Shit Up
Today’s lesson: never mix alkali metals with water. Now that’s science. (Hat tip Quark Soup.)
Le Hurricane
Via the magic of technology of some sort, I listened this morning to Harry Shearer’s interview with Ivor van Heerden from Louisiana State University’s Hurricane Center, more commonly known as “the man who saw it coming“. Fascinating conversation. Download it here.
Rain
We’ve had rain here the last few days (half an inch in the gauge at my house, much more elsewhere, much less other elsewhere). To wet climate denizens, that might seem like no big deal, but such is our drought that some residents of our community have literally never seen rain before. Coco explains: You’ve …
Climate Data Funding
Via James Hrynyshyn, word of possible budget cuts at the National Climatic Data Center: The center holds the world’s largest collection of climate data and information, which often is used for monitoring long-term trends that might harm lives and property and the nation’s environmental, national, homeland and economic security. A House budget proposal gives the …
Updating the Planet
Added a couple of feeds to the planet: Roger Pielke Sr. and David Appell. David’s back in fine form, and I keep forgetting to read Roger’s blog and then kicking myself when I finally get to it because I’ve missed something interesting days earlier.
A Really Convenient Truth
From Andy Borowitz: In an attempt to counteract the impact of former Vice President Al Gore’s cautionary film about global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth,” Vice President Dick Cheney is starring in a new film advocating global warming, Mr. Cheney confirmed today. The Cheney film, entitled “A Really Convenient Truth,” will open in theaters nationwide in …