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by hwriter
Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:58 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: ScienceCasts: Space Coffee
Replies: 2
Views: 786

Re: ScienceCasts: Space Coffee

Authentic Italian ISSespresso - wonderful! What a fantastic, practical innovation.
by hwriter
Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:36 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Intriguing science findings - not spacey
Replies: 171
Views: 31260

Re: And now - Computing with Slime molds..

Could your computer one day look like this? http://images.sciencedaily.com/2014/03/140327100335-large.jpg I recently crossed 'the cloud ' frontier via the cloud providers 1&1 at home and stumbled upon this article from The Atlantic during my search, called 'The Cloud' and Other Dangerous Metaph...
by hwriter
Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:52 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Combining Art & Science
Replies: 9
Views: 2092

Re: Combining Art & Science

I was at the Berlin film festival this year and watched a Chilean documentary called El botón de nácar (The Pearl Button). I would describe it as a long poem inerweaving astronomy, the ocean and the political history of Chile. Yes, it's as enigmatic as it sounds! You can see a snippet from the film ...
by hwriter
Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:23 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Poetry - please?
Replies: 110
Views: 155240

Re: Poetry - please?

Mark, that's probably the best reponse I've ever gotten in a forum. Thumbs up! But full credit goes to Wislawa for the inspiration. :)

Hugh
by hwriter
Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:53 am
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: RIP Leonard Nimoy
Replies: 10
Views: 24742

Re: RIP Leonard Nimoy

Very sad news about Nimoy's passing. I'm originally from Canada, and I read that the Canadian Mint has asked people to stop 'spocking' bills because they're running out of them. Shows how much of a cult figure he was though.
by hwriter
Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:38 pm
Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
Topic: Poetry - please?
Replies: 110
Views: 155240

Re: Poetry - please?

I'm new to the forum and excited by this thread. Here's a little gem that came to mind today. Three Oddest Words by Wislawa Szymborska When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing,...