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.
Category: Brain Talk
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
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?”!
Spring Cleaning (travel mind edition)
This year my travel has been fairly hectic. While it’s rather on par (or below) for a scientist, this means that it’s above and beyond the pale for a “normal” person.
Reducing Infinites, redux
It’s been a little over a year since the last time I really tried to purge extraneous content from my daily data ingest. Just wanted to give a status update.