by Pamela | Nov 9, 2007 | Personal
If it’s Thursday, there is a Carnival of Space somewhere. Today, it is sailing with Emily Lakdawalla on the Planetary Society Blog. Check it out here.
by Pamela | Nov 2, 2007 | Astronomy, Meetups, Personal, Travel
1 good dinner + 1 good martini + 1 calmed brain = ready to blog less panicy Dennis di Cicco is giving a talk on the history the building we are all sitting in. This is actually way more exciting than one might expect. Dennis is an editor at Sky & Telescope...
by Pamela | Nov 2, 2007 | Astronomy, Observing, Personal
I’m currently at the AAVSO meeting in Cambridge, MA. I just had one of the most terrifying experience of my public speaking life. I attached my laptop to the overhead projector cable and my CPU DIED. Died died died died died. I paniced (and hopefully hid it...
by Pamela | Oct 30, 2007 | Personal, Random, Travel
Random 1: Tomorrow I fly out to Boston for a meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. I’ll be their until mid day Sunday. If you want to get together, let me know. I may be planting myself at a pub on Sunday to work and chat. Random 2:...
by Pamela | Oct 23, 2007 | Personal
N.B. I just checked the Palomar Observatory website. They simply say the observatory is closed due to fire. I tried accessing the Hale webcam and my connection timed out. Nothing good comes from a firestorm. Perhaps this one will at least spare the...
by Pamela | Oct 14, 2007 | Meetups, Personal, Travel
I go to a lot of conferences. Some are good, some are bad, and most are just, well, a generic conference. In addition to the science content presented, I tend to judge conferences by three other criteria: Is it pleasant (are the hotel and conference center places I...
