December 2007
5 posts
“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven’t...”
– George Bernard Shaw 
Dec 19th
1 tag
New Idea (take 52)
The new idea of the day is to use a radially or azimuthally polarized beam of light to generate a second-harmonic beam.  I call it: Azimuthal Second Harmonic Generation (how original!). Stay tuned for results. 
Dec 11th
WatchWatch
I got a beta invite to Hulu.com and besides thinking it was the first really well put together video site that I can access on my Mac, I found this…  be prepared to be shocked by what comes out of Natalie Portman’s mouth!
Dec 10th
What is going on here?
So this is what Mitt Romney said yesterday: “Freedom requires religion, just as religion requires freedom. Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.” Is he crazy?  Are we really living in an “enlightened” socieety where this type of statement is...
Dec 7th
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to...”
– Marie Curie 
Dec 4th