by Pamela | Jan 8, 2008 | Astronomy, Meetups
AAS has started and life is good. Phil, Fraser and I are moving in a happy pack and having great time. It was wonderful finally meeting Fraser face to face (check out the latest Astronomy Cast for pictures of the two of us recording). The real meeting starts about...
by Pamela | Jan 7, 2008 | Travel
We’ve arrived. Mostly. Fraser and I are in the warm and overcast city of Austin, drinking in a bit of atmosphere and a whole lot of TexMex. Today is a day of planning, talking, and recording. In a little while we’ll be recording an Episode of Astronomy...
by Pamela | Jan 2, 2008 | Personal
It’s Jan 2 most places, but since I haven’t gone to bed yet, I’m going to claim it’s still the first day of a new year. For me the first week of January always means 1 thing: A dead news feed and pre-conference chaos. You see, next week is the...
by Pamela | Dec 24, 2007 | Personal
A couple years ago I wrote the following for “Slacker Astronomy.” Enjoy! (New adventures may be posted this evening). [Link To Audio] T’was the day before Christmas, and all through the dome Not a GUI was stirring, not even gnome. The CCDs were...
by Pamela | Dec 22, 2007 | Personal
Astronomy Cast and the Bad Astronomer his bad self are planning to have meetup for all you wonderful fans and friends out there who will be at the AAS meeting or who feel like driving to Austin. The place isn’t set in stone, but we’re thinking maybe the...
by Pamela | Dec 21, 2007 | Personal
Yes, it’s that time of the week again. This weeks carnival can be found over at Rainer Gerhards’ Spaceflight Blog