MF Dume- December 26, 2007 I celebrated a merry Christmas with the family by hiking Point Dume (WARNING: contains photographic evidence of the individuals most genetically similar to me). Holiday well-wishing goes out from me to friends, readers, and the universe.http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2007/12/26/mf_dume/ Temescal Canyon- December 25, 2007 I'm not sure how it started, but every time I go home now my brother and I (sometimes with the morland matriarch in tow) hike a trail in the Santa Monica mountains. This year to celebrate the sunny 76° day we chose Temescal Canyon.http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2007/12/25/temescal_canyon/ Current affairs- December 25, 2007 Scientific American: A Solar Grand PlanThe geography of solar power is obviously different from the nation's current supply scheme. Today coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants dot the landscape, built relatively close to where power is needed. Most of the country's solar generation would stand in the Southwest. The existing system of alternating-current (AC) power lines is not robust enough to carry power from these centers to consumers everywhere and would lose too much energy over...http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2007/12/24/current_affairs/ Black and white and read less often- December 24, 2007 Twilight of the Books: A Critic at Large: The New YorkerIn a study published this year, experimenters varied the way that people took in a PowerPoint presentation about the country of Mali. Those who were allowed to read silently were more likely to agree with the statement "The presentation was interesting," and those who read along with an audiovisual commentary were more likely to agree with the statement "I did not learn anything from this presentation." The silent readers remembered more,..http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2007/12/23/black_and_white_and_read_less_often/ Overdue pictures from Hong Kong- December 24, 2007 I took some really boring pictures of Hong Kong. Unlike last time I wasn't there for sightseeing, and the number and quality of the pictures testifies to that. The trip did, however, reinforce my infatuation with the city and desire to live there, even if it serves as a repudiation of my sweat glands and lungs.http://morland.theoretic.org/archives/2007/12/23/overdue_pictures_from_hong_kong/ |