Keith Pelczarski

The goldfish were a nice touch. - Keith Pelczarski

"But, to the extent that your sanity can bear it, always keep an eye on the corners, the edges, and especially learn to watch for those infinitesimally tiny figures starting to shuffle around near the horizon. Because a lot of the things that seem ridiculously small and inconsequential right now will eventually cast a shadow that people will be chasing for decades. It’s just that we’re never sure which tiny figure that will turn out to be." - Keith Pelczarski

"In the three decades since the eruption, Mt. St. Helens has given scientists an unprecedented opportunity to witness the intricate steps through which life reclaims a devastated landscape. The scale of the eruption and the beginning of reclamation in the Mt. St. Helens blast zone are documented in this series of images captured by NASA’s Landsat series of satellites between 1979 and 2009. The older images are false-color (vegetation is red) because earlier Landsats could not “see” blue light." - Keith Pelczarski

Twitter parade from Japan! - Keith Pelczarski

Poor Max!! Wish him a speedy recovery! - Georgia

Ouch! Speedy recover to him and lots of Birthday cake. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Gettin' my representative democracy on. - Keith Pelczarski

I'm really surprised I haven't seen more "artist's renderings" for these different options. I don't think people really have a good feel for what the different options really are. - Brian Johns

Wait, how did you convince your kids to jog 6 miles to school? - Stephen Mack

I wanted to know the same thing. - Chieze Okoye

Ha ha. Max rode his bike the two miles to his school, and Tater rode in the jog stroller. - Keith Pelczarski

Nice job Keith! I love that your daughter's nickname is Tater... too cute! And yes, I know that you've told me her nickname before, but every time I read it, it makes me smile. - Georgia

glad he is doing better! - Rachel Lea Fox

When I first parsed this, I thought you implying that you got a vasectomy and could wear pants again. Either way, Congratulations! - Brian Johns

That's funny, Sparky. - Keith Pelczarski

These photos and videos are from a kick-ass whale-watching trip to Laguna San Ignacio in Baja. We had a number of close encounters and many of us got to kiss a whale. We even have the video to prove it. Soft core whale pr0n, y'all! - Keith Pelczarski

Wouldn't be legal in the US, but looks like a lot of fun. - Seth

They would need a pretty big cell to hold a gray whale. ;-) - Keith Pelczarski

"The way you improve your iPad isn't to figure out how it works and making it better. The way you improve the iPad is to buy iApps. Buying an iPad for your kids isn't a means of jump-starting the realization that the world is yours to take apart and reassemble; it's a way of telling your offspring that even changing the batteries is something you have to leave to the professionals." - Keith Pelczarski

"Given that a typical luxury car can have more than 100 million lines of software code running everything from navigation systems to climate control to acceleration and braking systems, this is clearly more than an academic issue. According to a 2008 report from research firm Frost & Sullivan, the number of lines of code in each individual car will likely rise to the 300 million mark over the next few years. If ways to reduce the defect rate of software are not identified, the benefits of Moore's Law will be overwhelmed by the exponential growth of software quality problems." - Keith Pelczarski

Annie Leonard was on Colbert tonight. Here are her animated stories about "stuff," electronics, bottled water, and cap & trade. Good stuff, so to speak. - Keith Pelczarski

Ooh, thanks for the heads up about her being on Colbert! - Lo