Steven R. Cranmer
@solarstellar.bsky.social
Astrophysicist & associate prof at the University of Colorado Boulder. I study the hot, expanding outer atmospheres of the Sun & other stars. Other weird stuff (infinite math? sci-fi? Tolkien? Harlan Ellison? Hesse's Glass Bead Game?) may show up here, too
One movie that really went for that connection was 'Hawk the Slayer!' Crow the elf was very Spockesque...
December 4, 2024 at 1:26 AM
One movie that really went for that connection was 'Hawk the Slayer!' Crow the elf was very Spockesque...
I hadn't heard of this either, and it got me curious. For example, why is Wednesday split into two colors for morning and evening, but not the other days?
March 3, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I hadn't heard of this either, and it got me curious. For example, why is Wednesday split into two colors for morning and evening, but not the other days?
Yesterday's #DoctorWho inspired me to share the cover of one of my favorite physics textbooks...
December 3, 2023 at 3:44 PM
Yesterday's #DoctorWho inspired me to share the cover of one of my favorite physics textbooks...
jaz-what? All the GenXers know the command is actually !shazbot
November 10, 2023 at 2:09 PM
jaz-what? All the GenXers know the command is actually !shazbot
I'm hoping that new publications of Harlan Ellison's work will introduce new generations to his work. I'm very thankful that JMS is leading the way here, and I'm looking forward to adding to my Harlan-shelf!
October 22, 2023 at 3:47 PM
I'm hoping that new publications of Harlan Ellison's work will introduce new generations to his work. I'm very thankful that JMS is leading the way here, and I'm looking forward to adding to my Harlan-shelf!
They're awesome... but because the popularity of my first name peaked around the year I was born, most of them are caught in the same weird valley between boomers and gen-X that I am. I've never watched the movie that supposedly makes my name cool, though...
October 22, 2023 at 3:39 PM
They're awesome... but because the popularity of my first name peaked around the year I was born, most of them are caught in the same weird valley between boomers and gen-X that I am. I've never watched the movie that supposedly makes my name cool, though...
It's awesome to be here in the land of cyanometry! And just saying that makes me want to add another thing to my profile... an unironic love for every page of this book:
October 22, 2023 at 3:33 PM
It's awesome to be here in the land of cyanometry! And just saying that makes me want to add another thing to my profile... an unironic love for every page of this book: