Month: June 2008
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Where’s Marius been?
ok, so my last post was about two weeks ago… I’ve been busy, honestly. Let me summarize: Attempt at stargazing on June 14. Clouds were supposed to clear away, but never really did. No new Messiers off my list, but I did get to re-visit a few globulars and a few galaxies (M81/M82, in particular). …
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AAL75, Seat 30F, 34,000 feet and bumpy
Well, I’m finally giving in to writing an offline blog post. From a plane. At the time of this writing, I’m somewhere over the eastern seaboard. I’ve spent the last few days in the DC area on business, and got to meet up with a few good friends for food/drinks. Karl sent me an IM…
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Global Warming
A few of my Seattle friends are complaining that Global Warming is a lie because it’s unseasonably cool in Seattle this month. Well, I’m happy to report that I found the missing global warming: it’s here, on the east coast. My rental car reported 108F when I was driving back to Dulles a bit ago.…