by Pamela | Jan 4, 2009 | Personal
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...
by Pamela | Dec 9, 2008 | Personal, Space Carnival
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...
by Pamela | Dec 2, 2008 | Personal
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...
by Pamela | Nov 29, 2008 | Personal
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...
by Pamela | Nov 25, 2008 | Personal
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...
