AAS-AAPT 07, T-6 and counting
My first trip to AAS as a journalist was the 2003 Seattle meeting. This year the conference returns to that great rainy city of the North west. If you’re going to be there, I’d love to see you. If you...
View ArticleDo you dig Astronomy Cast? Than Digg it @ Digg.com
The popular social networking site Digg.com has added a new Podcasting section to their site. If you use Digg, please go to digg.com, click on Podcasts on the top bar. Search for astronomy cast and...
View ArticleThe Three R`s: Research, `Riting, & Recording
The past 10 days have been an insanely busy whirlwind of activity for me, and I’m afraid real life pulled me away from online life for a bit. Last Thursday, I gave a presentation at my home university,...
View ArticleDragon*Con, ASP, and Chaos
This is turning into one of those weeks. I’m in the midst of frantically trying to get ready to attend the ASP’s EPO Conference next week, and I’m trying to look forward to going to Dragon*Con this...
View ArticleLooking for Questioning (HS) Teachers
Some of the coolest moments in teaching only occur when your students realize they can safely ask anything. On random days, at random times, (during some unpredictable moment) one student will suddenly...
View ArticleMaking Research
One of the joys, frustrations, most loved, and most hated parts of being a professor is attempting to do research. I say attempting because sometimes the data just doesn’t want to produce anything...
View ArticleA New Month, A New Podcast
Well, I’m back from LPSC and have jumped straight from one kind of busy to a new kind of crazy. As some of you may know, Nick Rattenbury is leaving the Jodcast and the rest of the team (including the...
View ArticleCan you help 365 Days of Astronomy get thru to 2012?
Back in 2008, while planning for the International Year of Astronomy, a group of us came up with the idea to do a daily podcast that gives voice to all the people around the world who are passionate...
View ArticleP.G. Holyfield: Bearing Witness to Life
At roughly 11:20pm Wednesday August 20, 2014, author, podcaster, and father P.G. Holyfield died surrounded by love. I was one of the many there able to say good bye. I was there; I was sitting at the...
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