Sigh–Joi Ito watched the Ig Nobels, but I couldn’t get the webcast to play until now. So I am sitting here, on my Bavarian mountain, listening to the “Infinite Chopsticks” overture as I write this blogpost.
Meanwhile, I’ve been making do with Feedster searches for “ignobel” and “ig nobel“, and “igs.”
These turned up various stories in MSM: AP, ABC Science Online, The Guardian, and New Scientist.
And, would you believe, the Ig Nobels got blogged in
- French
- Russian,
- Spanish
- Chinese
- Japanese,
- Korean.
- Dutch (“Testikelprotheses goed voor Ig Nobel-prijs”)
- Vietnamese, and
- Portuguese (I think).
Ahh, I did get to see my own children at about minute 24 carrying “Frank Junior” onstage–he gets “introduced” about minute 33. And I see that Marc Abrahams has posted this year’s winners, releasing me from the heavy burden of secrecy. Ahhhh.
Wait–do two “aahhh”s make up for my initial “sigh”? “Subvocal utterance: A four-dimensional calculus”–if I could just publish such a scholarly paper, I might just win myself one of those Ig Nobel Prizes!