Comments on: About http://andyxl.wordpress.com The Universe, the Internet, and Academic Life Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: William Lee http://andyxl.wordpress.com/about/#comment-8440 William Lee Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:29:32 +0000 #comment-8440 We are physician network. Science.org has chosen you to give a little acknowledgment(award) for sharing great informational resource to public. Please reply to request award banner. We are physician network. Science.org has chosen you to give a little acknowledgment(award) for sharing great informational resource to public. Please reply to request award banner.

]]> By: MikeW http://andyxl.wordpress.com/about/#comment-8065 MikeW Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:41:38 +0000 #comment-8065 so when will the banner image revert to something more Alba-ian? so when will the banner image revert to something more Alba-ian?

]]> By: Prasanna Deshapriya http://andyxl.wordpress.com/about/#comment-7483 Prasanna Deshapriya Thu, 07 May 2009 05:50:43 +0000 #comment-7483 Hi Prof. Andy Lawrence ! I was glad to find your astronomy site http://andyxl.wordpress.com as I was wandering through the blogosphere of Astronomy. Since I also share the astronomy field (I am an amateur astronomer from Sri Lanka), I could literally obtain a great knowledge from your pages. I appreciate the time and efforts that you have taken to build up the blog into such a higher standard. I am happy to inform you that I also maintain an astronomy blog, especially dedicated to IYA 2009 at http://iya2009sl.blogspot.com. I update the periodic IYA 2009 and astronomy happenings in Sri Lanka in addition to providing visitors a worldwide scope on IYA 2009 and Astronomy news. In order to provide my visitors more information and knowledge, I decided to connect with your valuable and resourceful blog http://andyxl.wordpress.com Therefore I want to get your permission to put your link on my blog. Meantime I would be obliged if you could put a link from your blog to my blog in return. This will also let me to have more audience at the same time. As I mentioned above my link is http://iya2009sl.blogspot.com and I'm waiting for your reply to be informed about the issue. Thank you very much for your time amidst busy schedules. I take this opportunity to wish you all the best for your career and future endeavors! Yours sincerely, J D Prasanna Deshapriya Hi Prof. Andy Lawrence !

I was glad to find your astronomy site http://andyxl.wordpress.com as I was wandering through the blogosphere of Astronomy. Since I also share the astronomy field (I am an amateur astronomer from Sri Lanka), I could literally obtain a great knowledge from your pages. I appreciate the time and efforts that you have taken to build up the blog into such a higher standard.

I am happy to inform you that I also maintain an astronomy blog, especially dedicated to IYA 2009 at http://iya2009sl.blogspot.com. I update the periodic IYA 2009 and astronomy happenings in Sri Lanka in addition to providing visitors a worldwide scope on IYA 2009 and Astronomy news.

In order to provide my visitors more information and knowledge, I decided to connect with your valuable and resourceful blog http://andyxl.wordpress.com Therefore I want to get your permission to put your link on my blog.

Meantime I would be obliged if you could put a link from your blog to my blog in return. This will also let me to have more audience at the same time.

As I mentioned above my link is http://iya2009sl.blogspot.com and I’m waiting for your reply to be informed about the issue.

Thank you very much for your time amidst busy schedules.
I take this opportunity to wish you all the best for your career and future endeavors!

Yours sincerely,

J D Prasanna Deshapriya

]]> By: Tara Cuskley http://andyxl.wordpress.com/about/#comment-6490 Tara Cuskley Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:18:37 +0000 #comment-6490 Hey Andy, I’ve taken a look at your blog and thought you might like to know about the upcoming book MARS 3-D (Nov. 2008) by Jim Bell, planetary scientist and leader of the Pancam color imaging team for the Mars Rover missions. Here’s a brief description: What would it be like to visit Mars—to explore the distinctive, untouched terrain that inspired astronomers and stirred so many sci-fi writers’ imaginations? Two highly capable robotic geologists—Spirit and Opportunity—made that amazing voyage, and spent the last four years roaming the Red Planet’s unique landscape. The 120 stunning 3-D and color images from the Rovers have been compiled in MARS 3-D for the first time, complete with built-in 3-D viewer. These super-realistic photos pop off the page, allowing us to see for ourselves the rocks, craters, valleys, and other geologic configurations that define the Martian terrain. Compelling and accessible text guides us on this exhilarating tour, revealing the thrill of each discovery, along with the perils and near misses. http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/catalog?isbn=1402756208 Let me know if you would like me to send you a free review copy – I can also offer a short excerpt from the book or some giveaway copies for your readers. Let me know! All the best, Tara Tara Cuskley Sterling Publishing tcuskley@sterlingpublishing.com Hey Andy,

I’ve taken a look at your blog and thought you might like to know about the upcoming book MARS 3-D (Nov. 2008) by Jim Bell, planetary scientist and leader of the Pancam color imaging team for the Mars Rover missions. Here’s a brief description:

What would it be like to visit Mars—to explore the distinctive, untouched terrain that inspired astronomers and stirred so many sci-fi writers’ imaginations? Two highly capable robotic geologists—Spirit and Opportunity—made that amazing voyage, and spent the last four years roaming the Red Planet’s unique landscape. The 120 stunning 3-D and color images from the Rovers have been compiled in MARS 3-D for the first time, complete with built-in 3-D viewer. These super-realistic photos pop off the page, allowing us to see for ourselves the rocks, craters, valleys, and other geologic configurations that define the Martian terrain. Compelling and accessible text guides us on this exhilarating tour, revealing the thrill of each discovery, along with the perils and near misses. http://www.sterlingpublishing.com/catalog?isbn=1402756208

Let me know if you would like me to send you a free review copy – I can also offer a short excerpt from the book or some giveaway copies for your readers. Let me know!

All the best,
Tara

Tara Cuskley
Sterling Publishing
tcuskley@sterlingpublishing.com

]]> By: The Anonymous Physicist http://andyxl.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4295 The Anonymous Physicist Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:28:12 +0000 #comment-4295 Spot on with your comments. Some Orwellian re-writing of news is going on at the moment - earlier this morning, the main STFC article on the BBC website had the statement 'STFC management only realised their mistake after the Comprehensive Spending Review, and then asked for more money'. Interestingly, that statement has now disappeared from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7137387.stm. I think that Brian Cox played it well, but we'll have to wait and see what Pearson does in this latest review. 'We're going to have a review to see what we did wrong in the last review.' hmmmm Spot on with your comments. Some Orwellian re-writing of news is going on at the moment – earlier this morning, the main STFC article on the BBC website had the statement ‘STFC management only realised their mistake after the Comprehensive Spending Review, and then asked for more money’. Interestingly, that statement has now disappeared from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7137387.stm. I think that Brian Cox played it well, but we’ll have to wait and see what Pearson does in this latest review.
‘We’re going to have a review to see what we did wrong in the last review.’ hmmmm

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