Tag: New Year’s

2012 through the first lines of my blog

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 8, 2013
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A quick meme for today, which I picked up from Norman Geras: the first lines of the first blog posts for each month of 2012…which in my case tend to be science columns! When the first post happened to be one of my Saturday Specials, where I posted some bit of the many different types …

The science of calendars

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
December 31, 2012
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(A slightly updated version of a New Year’s perennial of mine…) It’s almost 2013, which means it’s time to take down your old Harry Potter calendar and put up your new one (if you’re my 11-year-old daughter). Okay, so maybe you have a Teddy Bears calendar instead, or a Glee calendar. The point is, for …

Willpower

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
January 12, 2012
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[podcast]https://edwardwillett.com/wp-content/uploads//2012/01/Willpower.mp3[/podcast] The New Year may already be a little long in the tooth for a column on New Year’s Resolutions, since many of them have already been broken, but, hey, maybe you’re one of those still clinging to the hope that this year will be different than all the rest: in which case, this column’s …

And we’re off! 2011 and beyond…

By Edward Willett in Blog
January 5, 2011
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So…Happy New Year! If you’re going to build readership on a blog, you have to post regularly. Everyone knows that. I know it; you know it. And periodically I’ve attempted it, never with any great success. But you know what? Hope springs eternal, and with the start of a new year, I’ve got another chance …

New Year’s resolutions for 2002

By Edward Willett in Art Columns, Blog, Columns
January 2, 2002
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I’ve written weekly columns on a variety of topics almost constantly for more than 20 years now, which means I’ve probably written at least 20 New Year’s columns devoted to the topic of resolutions–and guess what? This is one of them. This being a column on the arts, of course, the resolutions have to relate …

Calendars (2000)

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
December 27, 2000
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It’s almost 2001, which means it’s time to take down your old Star Trek: Voyager calendar and put up your new one. Okay, so maybe you have a Teddy Bears calendar instead, or an Everybody Loves Raymond calendar. The point is, for us, a calendar is a much an aesthetic and/or advertising medium as it is a way to see what …

Breakthroughs of 1998

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
December 29, 1998
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New Year’s is traditionally a time of looking back at the previous year’s accomplishments. Every year brings a flood of new scientific discoveries, and 1998 was no exception. Choosing which to mention would is a daunting task; fortunately, the editors of Science magazine already did all the work. Briefly, I want to pass along to …

Breath analyzers

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
December 30, 1996
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I’ve never really been sure why New Year’s Eve is considered a good time to have a wild party. Are we celebrating the fact that 1996 is finally over (was it really that bad a year?) or trying not to think about what 1997 will hold? Whatever, December 31 is a day known for parties, and hence …

Calendars

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
January 2, 1996
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It’s 1996, which means it’s time to take down your old Star Trek calendar and put up your new one. Okay, so maybe you don’t have a Star Trek calendar. Maybe you have a World’s Fastest Cars calendar, or even (gag) a Friends calendar. The point is, for us, a calendar is a much an aesthetic and/or advertising medium as it …

Big ideas

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
December 27, 1993
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At this time of year it’s traditional to make resolutions concerning the new year, review the old year or preview the coming year. Well, I don’t normally make resolutions; reviewing the old year is done far better by others; and previewing the coming year would involve precognition–which I don’t believe in. There is, however, one …