Monthly Archives: May 2007

Dear God, I would like to file a bug report

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Chris Rowan

How completely true. Maybe we should compile a requested features list ready for the Second Coming. (click on link or frame above to read the full comic at xkcd).

Categories: bloggery

Geological Basics: the art of Paleomagic

Posted on May 4, 2007 by Chris Rowan

If I’m ever going to talk about my own research in any detail, I’m first going to have to explain a little (or a lot) about the field I fell into almost by accident, paleomagnetism. Literally ‘ancient magnetism’, paleomagnetism is … Continue reading →

Categories: basics, geology, geophysics, palaeomagic

Time lapse photography of Io

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Brian, Emily and Phil have all picked their favorite images from the set just released by the New Horizons Team (see the full gallery here), but I have to beg to differ in liking this one best. Two probes – … Continue reading →

Categories: planets, volcanoes

Geo-engineering out in the cold

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Chris Rowan

It seems that the IPCC are not to keen on the idea of geo-engineering. This term covers a raft of proposed solutions to the problem of anthropogenic climate change, all based on the idea that as well as (and, in … Continue reading →

Categories: environment

Where my stuff is at

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Chris Rowan

As I mentioned in my last post, a few boxes of my possessions are making their way out the South Africa the old-fashioned way, via cargo ship. I’ve obviously been coping without them, but it would be quite nice to … Continue reading →