Dec 11, 2017
The Return of the GEDI
While I was at NASA Goddard last month, I saw the awesome ICESat-2, which is going to shoot lasers down at the ground. But shooting lasers at the ground is so awesome,…
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Nov 28, 2017
County Council Seeks New Member for Board of Appeals
As I've said before, I don't often talk about land use. But here's a bit of news. The Board of Appeals has an opening and the County Council has put out a…
Nov 24, 2017
ICESat and ICEsat-2
So as I mentioned a few of weeks ago, I got to spend a Friday at NASA Goddard, chilling and talking about their new projects. One of the projects we learned about…
Nov 13, 2017
Ethohistorical Note on Dharma
Like Buddhism, Jainism sprang from the fount of dharmic religions in India, more than two thousand years ago. Each stands apart from traditional Hinduism in that they reject the Vedas as written…
Nov 9, 2017
Lottery Luck in the Tax Proposal
The new Republican tax plan has a lot of people up in arms. Mostly rightly so, but I had a realization today about just how bad it was. Imagine a hypothetical winner…
Nov 7, 2017
XSEDE is Awesome
I'll be writing about my trip to Goddard in the next week or so. But first, I feel like I should write about this Comet I have been playing a bit with.…
Oct 28, 2017
Bald Eagles and Bioaccumulation
America's favorite symbol is the glorious bald eagle. The bald eagle lives across the country and is endangered. This story goes back to 1962 and the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring…
Oct 25, 2017
Syllabus for People and Project Administration
Here's something interesting. Despite having my work spread all across multiple fields, which I kind of like, I rather want to make sure I keep a connection to my home field. The…
Oct 24, 2017
Going to NASA Social!
Good news, everyone! I've been accepted to participate in the NASA Social program on November 3rd, in a day called "Space Lasers." This is going to be awesome and I will spend…
Oct 23, 2017
Maryland Defense Force at One Hundred Years
On October 23, 1917, the State of Maryland organized a small group of men (of course they were men) as the Maryland State Guard and they had the responsibility for protecting Maryland…
Oct 18, 2017
Compost Tea on Clay Soils
Humic acid is a component of many different soils and is readily found in natural soil environments. I am also pretty sure this is forming in my composter, since the thing is…