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defjaf

  1. We always suspected that the spies had big telescopes, but we never thought they would let us play with them! nytimes.com/2012/06/05/sci… 16 minutes ago via Twitter for Mac
  2. Two decks, and "Two Deck Chairs" (Hockney), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam twitter.com/defjaf/status/… 4:39 AM Jun 3rd via Photos on iOS
  3. EBEX lost and found! Whew… nbcdfw.com/news/local/NAS… 12:27 AM May 31st via Twitter for Mac
  4. New post: Causerie - The Creation: On Cosmogony and Cosmology bit.ly/LH6REw 3:30 PM May 30th via twitterfeed
  5. @sc_k Proper! 12:58 PM May 30th via web in reply to sc_k
  6. Email can be terse, but please use a proper greeting and closing. Especially when you're a student emailing the professor… about the exam. 12:52 PM May 30th via Twitter for Mac
  7. Big Star Third at the Barbican -- how did I miss this??? barbican.org.uk/music/event-de… 8:52 AM May 30th via Twitter for Mac
  8. Josh Frieman (my PhD supervisor!) & Tony Tyson are bullish on the future of US physics, or at least dark energy: nytimes.com/2012/05/29/sci… 3:00 PM May 28th via Twitter for Mac
  9. Elvis Costello encore highlight no. 2: duet with Nick Lowe on "Peace Love & Understanding"! twitter.com/defjaf/status/… 3:15 PM May 24th via iPhoto on iOS
  10. Elvis Costello encore highlight no. 1: "Beyond Belief"/"Purple Rain" segue. 3:10 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone from Westminster, London  
  11. Warhol/Velvets graffiti? Sophienstraße, Berlin. twitter.com/defjaf/status/… 7:07 AM May 20th via Twitter for iPhone from Berlin, Berlin  
  12. Art Nouveau Courtyard, Hackesche Höfe, Berlin twitter.com/defjaf/status/… 6:54 AM May 20th via Twitter for iPhone from Berlin, Berlin  
  13. gets the impression that a significant fraction of the Imperial Physics undergraduate population is reading his blog right now. 12:39 PM May 17th via Twitter for Mac
  14. just had my first interaction with an undergraduate over twitter. 10:40 AM May 17th via Twitter for Mac
  15. @D00SKI Correct: no self-study question. 10:21 AM May 17th via Twitter for Mac in reply to D00SKI
  16. RIP Donald "Duck" Dunn. I was lucky enough to see him with Booker T & the MGs on a very soulful Chicago night in 1993… articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-04-23/fea… 6:08 AM May 13th via Twitter for Mac
  17. New post: Bad memory. Bad law? bit.ly/JzD93L 9:39 AM May 12th via twitterfeed
  18. Zoe Williams isn't allowed to say she thinks Rebekah Brooks was lying? gu.com/p/37gmj/tw via @guardian 9:06 AM May 12th via Tweet Button
  19. just received a very short email about the Hicks Boson [sic]. 7:50 AM May 8th via Twitter for Mac
  20. "one horse to win… and another to show"—just recalled the Beastie's 'Cripple Creek' ref from 'High Plains Drifter'. Here's to MCA & Levon. 1:27 AM May 5th via Twitter for iPhone from Kensington and Chelsea, London