Archive of Writings
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Building a Portal to the Universe
As those of you who have been reading for a while probably know, I am one of the worker bees behind the International Year of Astronomy. While I'm going to continue to teach next year, I'm taking a reduced course load so I can focus on attacking the world with...
The things I didn’t believe in graduate school
I would like to start this blog post by saying graduate school sucks. Any romantic longing for the better days of my youth that you decide to try and read into this post are very false. If you get from your bachelors degree to your PhD without crying, without wanting...
Carnival of Space
Enjoy a summer day (or night) at a carnival. The Carnival of Space is at 21st Century Waves.
Astronomy Education in the Era of Web 2.0
Currently, I'm at SSU learning how teachers teach astronomy and physics concepts related to the types of high energy astrophysics that will be studied in by the recently launch GLAST telescope. I flew out so that I could teach these master teachers about teaching...
Silly Experiment
A few weeks ago in the middle of a meeting, Chris Lintott piped up, "One more line and you'll have a haiku." So, I responded "This isn't that line," which managed to have the required 5 syllables. For reasons that can only be explained with the much hated phrases...
Carnival of Space
It Flies, it Sings, its the Flying Singer hosting this week's Carnival of Space over on Music of the Spheres. Check it out.
Unifying Concepts and Language
Astronomy is filled with ideas that share too many different names. For instance, an Quasar is also a QSO is also an Active Galactic Nuclei. In our solar system, where we once had a bunch of specific objects, we now have terrestrial planets, gaseous planets,...
Summer Days Drift toward Syllabus Time
Last Friday I looked at my calendar and had the terrifying realization that I had 3 days of freedom before I started a long series of trips that would culminate in the first day of classes. Then I realized it was July 18, not July 25, and that I actually had 1 week...
Carnival of Space
I love the name of this blog: The Angry Astronomer! And his angry self is hosting this week's carnival of space. Check it out.
The Grant Application Pwnd Me
If you noticed I've been strangely silent for the past couple weeks, it's because I've been writing in other windows. Earlier today, I had the rather frightening realization that between writing a grant, writing documentation, and some personal writing projects, I'd...