A letter to graduate students from faculty at some astronomy department has circulated on the interwebs lately. Starts With a Bang has a g...

The amount of spam comments continues to increase. I've turned on word verification; let's see if that helps. If not, I may decide t...

It's still warm on sunny days, but no longer unbearably hot. Mornings and evenings already have the crisp, cool air of autumn during my...

It's ten years to the day since I defended my thesis and could call myself a researcher. You do research well before you get your d...

I've had one of my busier working weeks ever, as our current project gradually winds down. Did finally get some decent data, so pictures...

We got back from Hakodate last week. I'm still dealing with the pictures I took so a post about it will have to wait a while; in short ...

Summer is soon over. I'm taking my summer vacation late, and we're going to Hakodate for three nights beginning tomorrow. The plan w...