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I continue my week of shameless self-promotion with a piece published in
Nature. It’s short, but Marc asked a lot more
great questions than he had room to present in the print version. We
talked for two hours, and he taught me at least a half-dozen things
about my own book.

Feynman Feynman Feynman. That’s all I talk about these days… I’d apologize if I was sorry. But after years of working on it and almost a year of having an honest-to-goodness printed copy of it in my own hands, the book could be in your hands tomorrow, I’m not sorry. I’m excited. 

John Scalzi’s “Whatever” is one of the few blogs I read every day, and I’m honored to make a guest appearance there in today’s Big Idea feature. I talk about Feynman, because it’s on my mind lately. 

(It comes out next week!)

Nina Paley does great work, and has for years. Nina’s Adventures, Fluff, and most recently Sita Sings the Blues are all terrific. I link directly to Sita because you really want to see this movie, and learn its history. Really really. 

But science? Who knew? You do, now! Go look. 

…is more speech, or more money?

Both, apparently.

Sometimes being a member of the ACLU puts me in an uncomfortable position. Its enthusiastic support of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is one of those times.

Ira Glasser, former executive director, offers an explanation of why we should like this. Intellectually, I get it. But I still don’t like it. The Onion does its usual excellent job of highlighting why.

A reminder (see the previous post) about the book signing event at the Vault of Midnight Monday, July 20, at 6pm. 

And…the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has found Apollo 11. Not that it was lost, but it’s great to see it still there, still casting a long shadow.