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Scientists stop light [Permalink]

Scientists have "stopped" a photon of light without losing its energy.

Click here for the full story.

Posted by shawker on Thursday, 11 December 2003
Tags: science

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Good Knight [Permalink]

Here are several pictures of the "good" knight for the chess game i'm painting.

Banner - Closeup 1

Banner - Closeup 2

Front view

Rear Armor - Closeup

Side View 1

Side View 2

Standard - Closeup

Posted by shawker on Tuesday, 9 December 2003
Tags: hobby miniatures

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Family Photo's 2003 [Permalink]

Here are the a few of the yearly Hawker family photos, taken over the thanksgiving holiday:

Posted by shawker on Monday, 8 December 2003
Tags: family

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Good knight horse [Permalink]

Here are some images that i recently finished. They are the horses that will be used for the good knights on the chess set i'm painting for my father in law.

Posted by shawker on Friday, 14 November 2003
Tags: hobby miniatures

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Who owns the asteroids? [Permalink]

This was far to good to pass up. A man has sent NASA a bill because they put a satellite on an asteriod that he claims to own.

Click here

Posted by shawker on Thursday, 13 November 2003
Tags: nasa humor

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Computer Game minor [Permalink]

Why didn't they offer this when I was at school?

Posted by shawker on Thursday, 13 November 2003
Tags: tech

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October 2003 [Permalink]

Here are some pictures of Halloween + the kids newest activities:

Alex the jellyfish

Ellie 'Dorothy' Hawker

The Wrestler

The ballerina

The costumes

Posted by shawker on Thursday, 13 November 2003
Tags: alex ellie family

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Hobbiton lives! [Permalink]

If you've ever wanted to visit hobbiton, check out this article.

Posted by shawker on Wednesday, 12 November 2003
Tags: movies

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Googolplex [Permalink]

Just how big is a googolplex? The other day my son Alex asked my wife what the biggest number was. Wisely, she said there is no biggest number, but that the biggest number we have a name for is "googolplex". Impressive. But now for the last week he's been on a quest to find out how big this number is.

"are there a googolplex lines on our floor", "are there a googolplex holes in the ceiling", etc.. He's even started writing down numbers on paper. "Is this a googolplex?". So i figured I'd search the internet and figure out the answer. After all, _I_ had no idea how big a googolplex actually was.

After several pages of misinformation and guesses by uninformed computer geeks i found several sites that agreed on the same answer. If you are curious, here is a list of a few pages:

Ask Dr. Math

The Googolplex Page

Enjoy!

Posted by shawker on Sunday, 2 November 2003
Tags: alex google

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Type I, II, III civilization [Permalink]

Here's an interesting article titled The Physics of Extra-Terrestrial Civilizations.

Posted by shawker on Friday, 31 October 2003
Tags: science tech space

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