http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/ "Nine while nine." Thoughts, links, random walks, weirdness, politics, other things. A weblog held in lieu of a writing journal and to replace a static webpage that hasn't gotten improved much in years. en-us 2007-10-01T17:04:14-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/091635.html It's hard to believe that my access password still works... Anyway, I've left the University of Minnesota and am currently at the University of Hawaii. No plans right away to resume full-scale blog writing again, but perhaps... Anyhow, I'm contactable with my last name at phys.hawaii.edu if you want. All the best and cheers, Mike... personal duver001 2007-10-01T17:04:14-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/073664.html Japan, denying a piece of its history, again. Seems to be a recurring theme with Japan, Turkey, the US, heck lots of folks in the news recently.... Politics duver001 2007-03-26T10:54:58-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/072678.html It's been largely under the radar in the States, but the political situation in Zimbabwe is perhaps approaching its logical conclusion. We might just see some real democratic change there. Someday. Diplomatic posturing. The beatings continue until the economy improves? The Beeb has most of the coverage. Follow the links. The Zimbabwe Independent. Beating with iron bars. Let's not give the Republicans any ideas though. A different view from Harare's middle class.... Politics duver001 2007-03-19T17:36:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/071723.html photography duver001 2007-03-08T18:38:11-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/071087.html To undo the corrosive and illegal desecration of civil rights in the US under the Bush-Cheney regime.... Politics duver001 2007-03-04T22:52:37-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/070187.html Not physics, but good stuff anyway. :) Track down the pictures online and you'll be pretty surprised and impressed at the odd forms of life. Revealed by global climate change.... interesting links duver001 2007-02-26T21:21:44-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/068474.html Cargo cult.... travel duver001 2007-02-15T11:11:20-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/068141.html physics & astronomy duver001 2007-02-13T11:11:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/065732.html Politics duver001 2007-01-29T10:43:22-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/064341.html I've decided to put this blog on hiatus for a while. Will revisit it in the Summer and look at moving the blog to a new server. Cheers, Mike... personal duver001 2007-01-18T17:44:54-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/064339.html Well, it seems apropos that this article in The Nation lambasting the spending frenzy that is college athletics appears as the University of Minnesota hires on a $1M+ (on the books) per year new football coach. This is a university in which trash collection is a questionable proposition, I'm teaching nearly 200 students in a peeling lecture hall before they go off to lab to study the wonders of the universe with broken lab equipment. Ah...priorities.... interesting links duver001 2007-01-18T17:35:01-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/064075.html completely disgusting things you shouldn't bother looking at duver001 2007-01-16T16:22:08-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/063957.html In books sold by the National Park Service!... books duver001 2007-01-15T17:45:00-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/063955.html Announcement on his blog. Whether or not the last decade or two of his writings did anything for you, we're all the richer and wiser for the Illuminatus Trilogy. As always, watching the fnords.... books duver001 2007-01-15T17:01:39-06:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/duver001/nwn/063600.html Well, I'm off of the ice, out of Antarctica. Back to Christchurch, definitely becoming a familiar town for me. A favorite Indian place, a favorite Thai restaurant, and I even found a Halloween costume for next year. Am waiting for a seat on an airplane flying north, to Auckland, and then on to LAX. Haven't been any seats the last couple of days, but hopefully tomorrow... Though it's a beautiful, green place to stay, I miss people back in the... physics & astronomy duver001 2007-01-08T21:08:05-06:00