Steve Thorsett

An astronomer's swurl

Timeline

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Nov '08

BlogUC Santa Cruz earns top ranking for scientific impact of astronomy research

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Nov '08

Statusis happy

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Oct '08
Barack O'Lantern
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Oct '08

BlogThe Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Discovers the Pulsar in the Young Galactic Supernova Remnant CTA 1

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Oct '08

BlogPulsar Timing for the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

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Oct '08
In my slow quest to move old photos to flickr, I’ve just posted a bunch taken in Athens and on Crete in 2002. This image is of some of the ruins on Gramvousa Island, the legendary home of Aeolus in the Odyssey, and the site of a 16th century Venetian fort (full set of photos is here).
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Sep '08

Quote"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."

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Sep '08

StatusIs back at work, trying to distinguish the new faculty from the new graduate students.

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Sep '08
Passion
UCSC farm stand
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Sep '08

Statusis finally taking that vacation time that eluded him all summer

clivethompson:I want a Higgs Boson plushie for my infant son! — from Boing Boing
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Sep '08

Statuswas sad to hear today about the death of David Foster Wallace

Statusis walking slowly, but feeling good

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Sep '08

Statusis already home and wondering how cool his scar will look

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Sep '08

Statusis going off-line for a while

Statuswould much rather be Jack Aubrey's dinner guest than Stephen Maturin's patient

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Sep '08

Statusis learning to twitter on his iPhone

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Sep '08

Statuscongratulates Vicky Kaspi on her election to the Royal Society of Canada

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Sep '08

Statusis watching the shipping status of his new iPhone as it wanders from Fort Worth to Santa Cruz

LinkDipity

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Sep '08
via Dynamics of Cats
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Sep '08

Statusfinally decided tonight that he couldn't afford NOT to write a serious campaign check

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Aug '08

Statusis not ready for June to be over yet, much less August

Statusthinks we needed the blimp at Mile High Stadium tonight

Statuswould rather be at Mile High Stadium

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Aug '08

Statusis just sinking into season 5 of the Wire....

Statusis packing up his corner office to give it to someone who might actually spend some time there and enjoy the view: expect website disruption

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Aug '08
Hiding place
Two wheels racing
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Aug '08
P1010627
Daylilies
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Aug '08

Statusis starting to upload his old photos to flickr: http://ping.fm/oESnn

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Aug '08

Statusis avoiding life, with Bertie Wooster and Jeeves

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Aug '08

Statusis feeling out of shape and out of sorts after nearly a month of injury time-out from running

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Aug '08

Statusis amazed by Phelps's 100m butterfly finish.

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Aug '08
The sunken garden at dusk
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Aug '08

BlogOpen letter to friends of the UCSC science division

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Aug '08

LinkUS Animal-Rights Extremists Firebomb Scientists' Home, Car

Statusis happy to be home

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Aug '08
P1010540
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Aug '08

Statusis never never never going to be allowed to go on vacation again

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Aug '08

Statusis leaving, on a jet plane....

Statusis being impressed by the LHC http://ping.fm/Jv0uE

LinkGreat LHC and ATLAS pictures

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Jul '08

BlogNSPIRES announcements

Statusis clearing the decks

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Jul '08

Quote"In God we trust, all others bring data."

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Jul '08

Statusawaiting "asthetic review" of Extreme Solar Systems

BlogPulsar papers on astro-ph

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Jul '08

Link

2008 Wharf to Wharf runners (via evadedave, CC attribution-noncommercial license)

Statusset a personal course best of 46:31 in the Wharf to Wharf run http://ping.fm/tlvKQ

BlogWharf to Wharf 2008

Statusis running from Santa Cruz to Capitola this morning with 14,999 other people

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Jul '08

Statustried shaking the lethargy from my legs with a 3 miler -- now hoping that tomorrow is another day

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Jul '08

Statusis ready for the weekend

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Jul '08

Blogrecovery

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Jul '08

Statusis happy that the Santorini conference proceedings on Extreme Solar Systems is about to be published

Statusis still cursing the same right hamstring injury that pulled him from the NYC marathon 12 yrs ago, and hobbling towards the W2W this weekend

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Jul '08

Statusis starting season 4 of the Wire

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Jul '08

BlogFiddling with blogger and tumblr

Quote"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer."

Statusis celebrating Greta dog's 9th birthday

Statusmowing the weeds

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Jul '08

StatusJust finishing season 3 of the Wire; I'm a little behind.

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Jul '08

BlogSwurl

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Jul '08

StatusCatching up in the garden.

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Jul '08

BlogNew websites

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Jul '08

BlogDepartment of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz

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Jul '08

LinkBig Sur Fire News

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Jul '08

Statusrecovering from the Thrill of the Hill, after setting a personal course best at the the Firecracker 10k

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Jun '08

StatusWaiting for GLAST to come to life.

StatusWatching the GLAST launch

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Jun '08
The Chancellor's Inauguration Day
The Chancellor's Inauguration Day
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Jun '08

BlogCurriculum vita

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Apr '08

Statuscleaning up the mess

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Apr '08

Status@steverunner Congrats on another fine Boston Marathon; I'm looking forward to the race report on Phedip.

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Jan '08
On the Bay