Announcing the second annual Carl Sagan memorial blog-a-thon
It's that time of the year again. In just over a month, on December 20, 2007, we will reach the eleventh anniversary of Carl Sagan's passing — and the first anniversary of the wildly successful first-ever Carl Sagan Memorial Blog-a-Thon. Far exceeding my wildest expectations, this became a truly worldwide celebration, featuring more than 250 posts in 11 languages! Sagan fans are truly cohering into an online force to reckon with.
For the second blog-a-thon, I'm keeping the format pretty much the same as last time:
See you in a month!
For the second blog-a-thon, I'm keeping the format pretty much the same as last time:
- First, I start with a post (this one) to announce the blog-a-thon now.
- Then, I leave it open to participating bloggers to post something Sagan-related on their blogs sometime near December 20th (a bit late is OK); interested people without blogs or otherwise unable to post on a personal blog are encouraged to submit something to the Celebrating Sagan website (I am able to post material directly to the site, or one could contact the site's webmasters). Let me know about your posts via email or blog comment.
- Finally, on December 20th, I will post a second, separate huge "meta-post" that consists solely of links to all the participating posts.
- July 11: the tenth anniversary of the release of the film Contact
- August 20: the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of the Voyager 2 spacecraft
- September 5: the thirtieth anniversary of the launch of the Voyager 1 spacecraft
- November 8: the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Planet Walk in Ithaca, NY
See you in a month!
Comments
http://www.schneiderism.com/carl-sagan-was-cool/
If this is outside the loose guidelines for the Sagan-a-thon, let me know and I will write a new, follow-up post. I will probably do that any way.
Great idea, by the way.
John
www.schneiderism.com
I'll try to remember to post something on December 20th too.
There was originally a line on the female vulva, which NASA censored. LM apparently said "The aliens won't know how babies come out". The couple were originally holding hands, but Carl suggested Aliens might think it was one four-legged individual. (Odd how I was sure the holding hands version was the one that flew)
caution: my memory seems faulty.
http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8210497/posts/default/8379041676323267651
says it was Linda Salzman (another CS wife) who designed the plaque. Seems likely since she was (is?) an artist.
So She Developed A Physics Voice
By the way there is newer edition of The Cosmic Connection with updates by Ann Druyan and David Morrison. An excellent book that like Cosmos (both the TV series and book) stands the test of time.
He is my first of many contributions...
Reflections on a Mote of Dust
Science As a Candle in the Dark
"Deep in December..."
My Favorite Sagan Quote, and Commentary
Thanks,
Tim Rambo
The beginning of wisdom
I've updated that post to link here.
Cheers,
- Bob
You Are Here: Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot
Sagan: Skeptic, Scientist and Sheer Inspiration
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My contribution: href=http://authorofconfusion.blogspot.com/2007/12/carl-sagan.html
It took me a couple of tries to get the HTML link to work, though.
http://zazaa.blogspot.com/2007/12/carl-sagan.html
http://passionateatheist.blogspot.com/2007/12/thanks-carl.html
http://flyingsinger.blogspot.com/2007/12/sagan-slaying-invisible-dragons-firmly.html
-Bruce
blogging with carl sagan (on the other side of the pale blue dot)
It's not much, and so I don't expect it to be put on the list, but, I wanted to do something for this.
Even if it was just a toast and a picture.
So this year I am on time :)
http://erdnase2000.livejournal.com/82656.html
Thank you!
Sorry for the long link. If it doesn't display correctly, visit http://www.wheatdogg.com.
Thanx for keeping this going. Here's my contribution over at my blog witchesandscientists:
Carl's Marching Orders