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gradschool
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom… We’re Going to the Moon
A dream of generations is finally unfolding before our eyes—are we ready for it?
Adiós, Arecibo
Mourning and celebrating a scientific giant of my childhood
Contemplating conference considerations
Earlier this month, the 54th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Association took place in the very town...
Let Me Reintroduce Myself (without apologies to Gwen Stefani)
As it’s officially the start of a new school year, I think it’s time for a status update on where I’ve been and where things are going next. This past year w...
The Horizon Glow-Up
Recently, I began a project to try to compare remote sensing data (multiple radar datasets with different wavelengths as well as thermal infrared from Divine...
Topographic Corrections: Final Boss Edition
In a previous blog post, I talked about the many, many issues I’ve had with handling the complexity that is accurate modelling of the temperatures of planeta...
T+50 days
Well well well, my little blogosphere echo chamber, we meet again. Almost two months into the semester, I figured I should take a moment to look back and tak...
If that’s movin’ up, then I’m… movin’ out
Gonna be a short one today in all honesty, and the title may give you some clue why (and no, it’s not ‘cause Billy’s only 5’ 5”). As of this past weekend, I’...
The PhD at the end of the world
The title of this one is a little tongue-in-cheek, but it captures the spirit of a problem I’ve grappled with my whole life. I’ve been thinking a lot lately ...
research
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom… We’re Going to the Moon
A dream of generations is finally unfolding before our eyes—are we ready for it?
Adiós, Arecibo
Mourning and celebrating a scientific giant of my childhood
Topographic Corrections: Final Boss Edition
In a previous blog post, I talked about the many, many issues I’ve had with handling the complexity that is accurate modelling of the temperatures of planeta...
climate
The Missing Metric of the Climate Crisis
How bad figures and sloppy language give avoidable ammunition to climate change denial
The PhD at the end of the world
The title of this one is a little tongue-in-cheek, but it captures the spirit of a problem I’ve grappled with my whole life. I’ve been thinking a lot lately ...
electronics
Analog Arcana
As I discussed in a previous post, electronics has been an on-again-off-again hobby of mine ever since a childhood friend introduced me to the world of passi...
BEAM me up!
Today I wanted to share a little bit about my journey with a subject tangential to science that I didn’t end up pursuing as a career, but that nonetheless ha...
conferences
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom… We’re Going to the Moon
A dream of generations is finally unfolding before our eyes—are we ready for it?
Contemplating conference considerations
Earlier this month, the 54th annual meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS) of the American Astronomical Association took place in the very town...
website
Creating a website with GitHub Pages
I’ve finally started migrating my writing from Medium over to here, in order to have a centralized platform with all of my professional work in one place. Ha...
github
Creating a website with GitHub Pages
I’ve finally started migrating my writing from Medium over to here, in order to have a centralized platform with all of my professional work in one place. Ha...
london
If that’s movin’ up, then I’m… movin’ out
Gonna be a short one today in all honesty, and the title may give you some clue why (and no, it’s not ‘cause Billy’s only 5’ 5”). As of this past weekend, I’...
lro
Divination Explanation
Okay, I get it, y’all are probably tired as hell of me blabbing on about “LRO this” and “Diviner that”, but today I thought I should give an overview of just...
nasa
Divination Explanation
Okay, I get it, y’all are probably tired as hell of me blabbing on about “LRO this” and “Diviner that”, but today I thought I should give an overview of just...
ps9600
Divination Explanation
Okay, I get it, y’all are probably tired as hell of me blabbing on about “LRO this” and “Diviner that”, but today I thought I should give an overview of just...
music
God Rest Ye MIDI Instruments
So, the semester is almost done, we’re in the home stretch on assignments, the snow is falling (well, was falling), and soon I’ll be on my first real break s...
hobbies
BEAM me up!
Today I wanted to share a little bit about my journey with a subject tangential to science that I didn’t end up pursuing as a career, but that nonetheless ha...
radar
Analog Arcana
As I discussed in a previous post, electronics has been an on-again-off-again hobby of mine ever since a childhood friend introduced me to the world of passi...
lit review
The Horizon Glow-Up
Recently, I began a project to try to compare remote sensing data (multiple radar datasets with different wavelengths as well as thermal infrared from Divine...
surveyor
The Horizon Glow-Up
Recently, I began a project to try to compare remote sensing data (multiple radar datasets with different wavelengths as well as thermal infrared from Divine...
misc
Curriculum Deficientis
I have a confession to make.
scicomm
The Missing Metric of the Climate Crisis
How bad figures and sloppy language give avoidable ammunition to climate change denial