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AAS Day 0: Non-Model Behavior in Dark Matter
I know I've been silent for a long time, but this week I hope to make up for my wayward ways and blog my brain out. This week is the 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, California. I'm here along with many of my friends and colleagues...
Of Heroes, Eclipses, and 2045
SPOILER ALERT: I mention that there is an eclipse in the prior two episodes of Heroes and how they got the science wrong for 2008 by mentioning places on the planet heroes are located. I won't say who, just the where. Since I don't consider the spoilers in this...
Engineers are Fun
As I think I've mentioned before, this semester I'm teaching good old fashioned physics. More specifically, I'm teaching the second semester (E&M) half of calculas-based physics for scientists and engineers. I somehow ended up with a class of 47 boys. While this...
And meanwhile, over on CNET
Earlier this week I had the amazing chance to spend some time over at CNET's UK facilities in London. Nate Lanxon, one of their writers a co-host of the Crave Podcast, had previously written a really good review that mentioned Astronomy Cast, and as a result he and I...
Stolen Moments in London
So, I have to admit to being a bad person today. I snuck away from working for several hours to explore the British Museum. It was an amazing sun filled day and light streamed in from the sky lights, bringing the outside in to illuminate 1000s of artifacts gathered...
The Internet and Human Relations
The past 48 hours or so have been a mad adventure across the UK. From meeting with Astronomy Cast and Galaxy Zoo folks in London to recording Astronomy Cast and attending a dinner seminar in Oxford yesterday with Chris Lintott, everything I've done has been...
A trip in pictures
I still have much coding to do, so this needs to be short. For now, I leave you with a photo gallery of my adventures in Garching (Where ESO and Max-Planck are located) and near the Rathaus in downtown Germany. I'll write more when I get to the UK tomorrow night, and...
Where (some of) the magic happens
I love random adventures, and currently I'm in the midst of one. Last Thursday I flew from St Louis to London where I spent a couple days recovering from jetlag somewhere that I (almost) speak the language, and then yesterday I flew on to Munich where I am now working...
See you in the UK?
Things are flying into high gear. It is T-48 days and counting until New Year's 2009 rings in the International Year of Astronomy. As we gear up for launch, many of us are beginning to flitter about the planet doing last minute face-to-face intense collaborations. I'm...
Catching up: IYA and Building Tomorrow
This semester has been my busiest since, well, hmmmm.... I've never been this busy. It has been a mad and fantastic rush toward the International Year of Astronomy. In the past 4 months I've been part of numerous grants (we got 1 too!), numerous papers (two submitted...