Archive for the ‘Miscellany’ Category
The Presidential Election
Politics on a weblog is like picking up a stick of old, wet dynamite. You might grab it and absolutely nothing happens, or it might very well explode in your face. It is for this reason that I try to avoid political discussion on prefrontal.org. Every weblog must have a focus, and there are more [...]
Vandenberg Space Launch
Now, let’s be clear, this is a weblog of developmental cognitive neuroscience. Still, those who know me understand that I began my undergraduate career in the aerospace engineering department. I have loved space flight since before I could ride a bicycle. I made a scrapbook when I was six years old that held every news [...]
Writing Tools: Scrivener
Writing is one of the most difficult things that I have to do as a scientist. The problem is that writing is a necessary part of both grant applications and article publication, meaning that we really do live and die by the impact our words have on people. That fact is rarely lost [...]
Phoenix Lander Descent Photo
It might not seem immediately obvious, but the above picture is off-the-scale awesome.
The two white blobs in the photo represent the Phoenix Mars lander and its parachute as it was descending into the martian atmosphere. But, wait, where did the photo come from? Well, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just happened to be passing [...]
Congratulations to the Kansas Jayhawks!
The last time the the Kansas basketball team went to the national championship was in 2003. It was my last year at Kansas and that March it was my one wish that Roy Williams would bring home the title during my senior year. Well, it didn’t work out. Not only did we [...]