Getting back onto the course For a variety of reasons, I hadn’t been out to an actual course for about three weeks. It felt great to get back out for a quick solo round at El Dorado. This is my local disc golf course, with a relatively active Facebook group. The course is substantially shorter… Continue reading ElDo Back 9
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Field work: Putters + Turnovers
Field work log for October 21, 2021. Discs used: Putters (all max weight): Innova Pig, R-Pro (White) Prodigy M2, 300 (White) Innova Aviar3, Star (Yellow) Innova Aviar3, DX (Blue) Drivers Innova Archon, Gstar (Blue, 175g) Innova Mystère, Star (Brown, 168g)
Day 1, origins
Yep, it’s the first day of me keeping a journal about all things disc golf. I’m doing way too much science writing and I need some outlet, so here we are.
2020 Year in Review (sort of)
How to talk about travel and work in 2020. There’s the usual thoughts about the meetings that didn’t happen, travel that could have been, and friends that we haven’t seen. This isn’t so much a rehash of the year as it is a retrospective on things how things started and how things are going.
All the way down into a black hole
There’s been just a little excitement about the latest findings of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) not the least of which is that they’ve actually got a picture of a black hole. And, to quote my wife, “When I check Facebook and all of my theatre friends are posting about black holes I know it’s… Continue reading All the way down into a black hole
2018 in Review, Travel Log
As you probably know, the life of an astronomer is usually one filled with travel. If you’re an optical astronomer (I’m not), then this also includes jetting off around the globe to observe at a variety of observatories that are usually located in the middle of nowhere. This year was no different for me, but… Continue reading 2018 in Review, Travel Log
Gravitational Waves and Gamma-ray Bursts
There are (at least) three paths that lead to excitement in the LIGO data, so understanding why all of the scientists all over the world are so excited can be a little confusing. I’m going to try to walk through them (briefly) at the request of a friend. Just to put this in perspective, nearly… Continue reading Gravitational Waves and Gamma-ray Bursts
Shooting Jupiter
This enhanced color view of Jupiter’s south pole was created by citizen scientist Gabriel Fiset using data from the JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA/Juno Image GalleryOkay, this qualifies as an exciting week for me. NuSTAR is pointing at Jupiter at the same time as Juno (which took the amazing image above) is… Continue reading Shooting Jupiter
Good figures, or bad figures?
With the propagation of data science throughout most industries, the quality of inventive graphics on websites has gone through the roof. This page came across my Facebook feed and is a great example of how awesome interactive graphics can be on a site. Let’s play “Good figures, or bad figures?”!
Solar Eclipse Totality
If you’ve been paying attention this year, you may know that there’s a total Solar eclipse crossing the lower 48 this August. This will be a total solar eclipse, meaning that the Moon will be close enough to the Earth so that it will completely block out the Sun (unlike during an annular eclipse, when the… Continue reading Solar Eclipse Totality