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The Eclipse of the Century Part 1 of 3: There and back again
Waking up in my own bed today, I felt a little like Alice waking beside the rabbit hole, not sure if the adventure of my last week was real or not. Luckily I have pictures to confirm the reality of the past 10 days. On July 15th, I flew from St Louis, MO (38° 45'...
Getting ready for a Hungry Dragon
I'm currently in Shanghai, China. The city is undergoing a truly amazing amount of construction as it prepares for Expo 2010 (a version of the world's fair I believe). Everywhere there are young trees and new landscapes growing up along roads still being built and...
Digital Divide and Novel Technologies
I'm in hardware Mecca. Their are massive monitors, coffee table touch displays that my coffee cup won't destroy, universal wireless, and outlets in abundance. I'm at MS Faculty Summit - a program put on by MS Research's Academic program. I am surrounded by other...
Returning to my Windows grad school roots
Anyone who knows me in real life, knows "I am Mac." In all reality, I am a linux person who adores Adobe Creative Suites and lives by MS Excel. In grad school I had a Mac for graphics from my adviser, a Sparcstation for research (from my other adviser) and I owned a...
On the road again
As my mostly empty blog hints, life has gotten away from me. From Portal to the Universe in the fall to Galaxy Zoo in the winter to travel travel travel in spring and summer, I've been happily running amok online and on American Airlines for the past 10 months or so....
AAS Coverage
I'm currently at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena, California. My students are livestreaming all the press conferences, and I'll be streaming a few special events. Here is our schedule of events: Monday, June 8, 12 Noon: BLACK HOLES & PULSARS...
Complete: 1 Semester
The semester is over. My grades are posted. My students have received their grades. I am 3 forms (paperwork will kill me) from starting my summer. And I plan to play a bit, write a lot, travel too much, and try and remember how to jump horses over itty bitty fences...
Raise a Wing to Hubble and the Servicing Team
If all goes well, next week a team of well trained astronauts will be working to refurbish the first of the Great Observatories. Astronomers all across the world will be holding their breath in anticipation of the word that all is A-OK and a first glimpse of the first...
Astronomy Twitter Users?
So, I'm trying really hard to put together a list of twitter users who talk about astronomy on a regular basis. I'm doing this as part of a general report on New Media for the Decadal Survey. This is a list of everyone from folks who promote their local club, to...
MidAmerican Regional Astrophysics Conference, Day 1
I'm currently in Kansas City attending the MARAC at the Linda Hall Library enjoying talks on astronomy given by astronomers from all around the area. Last year I spoke in St Charles, MO at the exact same meeting, but last year I discussed IYA. This year I'll be...