Posts Tagged ‘Year of Science 2009’
Year of Science – JetBlue and Cell Phones
March 16th, 2009
In conjunction with the COPUS Project’s Year of Science – and the March theme of Physics and Technology – I offer up a bit of humor on bad website usability on the Jet Blue website and also a couple thoughts on cell phones – loud users and shrinking sizes.
Do you think we’ll live to see implantable cell phones?… or the end of obnoxiously loud cell phone talkers? When will they realize that technology is here to relieve the strain on their voices?
Year of Science – January – Why is the sky blue?
January 4th, 2009
If you don’t already know, let me be the first to tell you: 2009 is the Year of Science!
It’s the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Abraham Lincoln was also born on the exact same day (and year) as Darwin, and Lincoln would found the Academy of Sciences.
