Showing posts with label Skepticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skepticism. Show all posts

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Skepticamp Atlanta!


I attended the annual Atlanta Skepticamp this past weekend. I originally wrote this the day after it ended, but didn't get around to proofreading till today. It's really after the event that I knew what to think of it. When the time came to fill out a brief survey and give feedback, I was a little at a loss to think of anything useful to suggest except, "MOAR SWORDS!" (Explanation to come.) So I'm just trying to pull together a useful description for people thinking of attending in the future. Skepticamp is an event that is set up by any local group of skeptics interested in holding one. It's really just an opportunity for people living in particular locales to gather and present their thoughts and ideas regarding or stemming from skepticism.

First of all, I should point out that this is my first Skepticamp and really my first skeptical event. I wanted to attend the one being held last year, but I wasn't able to due to illness and other assorted life-stupidity. This year, I almost didn't make it again thanks to travel plans which I was able to postpone.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Good News Everyone!


I have two pieces of good news in the same day: The first being minor and personal, I finally got my tickets to go to Jordan after much uncertainty.

Small "Yay!"

The second bit of news, and sit down for this, is I just found out that Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer of Badastronomy.com has been asked by the Amazing Randi to become the president of the James Randi Educational Foundation! He has graciously accepted. So head on over there and congratulate the man! It's a dream come true for him.

Humongous "YAY! Whooohooo!"

Considering that I only discovered the JREF through the educational efforts of Dr. Plait, I am very pleased with Randi's decision. As I said on his blog, I couldn't think of anyone better save Randi himself.