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GLOBE at Night
GLOBE at Night is an annual 2-week campaign in March. People all over the world record the brightness of their night sky by matching its appearance toward the constellation Orion with star maps of progressively fainter stars. They submit their measurements on-line and a few weeks later, organizers release a map of light-pollution levels worldwide. [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: astronomy
Springing Ahead
Spring is coming and despite the promise of improving weather, I doubt too many of us will be celebrating the loss of an hour of sleep this weekend when we spring our clocks ahead. The charade that time can be changed twice each year by governmental decree has yet to be rejected by silly humans [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: holiday, myths, religion
Life in the Milky Way
Time-lapsed photo collage shot on Mauna Kea, Hawai’i provides an amazing view of our place in the galaxy…
Direct link to the video provides more information on the technique and camera used.
In: blog · Tagged with: astronomy, video
Catching the Buzz
Several years ago I was suffering through a two-hour daily commute that left me plenty of time to enjoy various podcasts while driving through the countryside. These days my commute is considerably longer, but I make it very infrequently and so not surprisingly, my iPod doesn’t get anywhere near the same workout.
In fact, there are [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: podcasts
Rube Goldberg Machine
Given that this video has had well over four million views, you probably have already seen it. But if not, you’re in for a special treat. It’s a massive Rube Goldberg machine set to the music of ‘OK Go’ who are featured in the video. More about how they pulled all this off later…
Here’s the [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: video
Epiphany
I understand the interest and development of software defined radio. And I understand that at some level or another, for good or for bad, it’s quite likely the future of HF radio.
But in your heart of hearts, there is a moment of doubt; of reminiscing, where you just have to admit that there’s absolutely nothing [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: photos
Time for a Single Class License Redux
Sometimes I write something and when I look at it 24 hours later, I can’t help but cringe. Being unable to clearly communicate a concept or idea is frustrating. Time For a Single Class License didn’t come out the way I intended and I want to revisit that topic and try to do a better [...]