The Time Person of the Year – The Protester
The Time Person the Year for 2011 was recently announced to be The Protester. The linked article outlines some facts on the various protests around the world that certainly paint 2011 as the year of protests. I appreciate the symbolism of their choice and find it especially relevant for 2011. It is good to acknowledge […]
Visual Thought of the Day #44 – Atheist Christmas Cards
Posted by kelltrill in Reason, Visual Thoughts on December 21, 2011
Can a Woman Feel Emasculated?
Yesterday I left work a little later than usual. I work in The Old Castle Brewery Building in Woodstock and so I was waiting at the traffic light to turn right onto the Church Street bridge which runs next to it when I saw something which made my heart pause. A man was busy beating […]
Visual Thought of the Day #43
Posted by kelltrill in Visual Thoughts on December 20, 2011
“If you read Hawking on the “event horizon,” the theorietical lip of the “black hole” over which one could in theory plunge and see the past and the future (except that one would, regrettably by definition, not have enough “time”), I shall be surprised if you can still go on gaping at Moses and his […]
Betelgeuse won’t kill us in 2012 – but this star might!
There are many myths surrounding the explosion of Betelgeuse, regardless of the time frame in which the star is anticipated to go supernova. Some say it will be as bright as the full moon in the sky. Others take it a step further by suggesting it will outshine the Sun. Are these ludicrous statements, or […]
Visual Thought of the Day #42
Posted by kelltrill in Visual Thoughts on October 11, 2011
The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we […]
2011 IAC South Africa – African Astronomy
Posted by kelltrill in Astronomy, South Africa on September 29, 2011
As many of you will know, bad science journalism and poor coverage of important events and discoveries are just two of the many things I feel really passionately about. Recently it came to my attention that, when I last checked (on the date of this post), there are only thirteen news sites which have reported […]
Visual Thought of the Day #41
Posted by kelltrill in Visual Thoughts on September 28, 2011
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who […]
Amazing Acoustic Covers of Popular Songs
I spent a lazy Sunday afternoon lying outside on the grass and soaking up the Sun when I inevitably began to get bored of my Last.fm playlist. I started clicking arbitrarily around YouTube looking for some new good music. Never knowing where to start when hunting for new artists I ended up listening to a […]
Visual Thought of the Day #40
Posted by kelltrill in Visual Thoughts on August 28, 2011
“We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves. I wish for all this to be marked on my body when I […]
