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Some photos of the conjunction!

Posted on December 22, 2020 by skullsinthestars

You may have heard that yesterday there was a rare planetary conjunction, in which Jupiter and Saturn appear very close together in the sky! Well, the planets will still be close for several days, and I thought I would go … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 18

Posted on December 2, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Time for another round of old school Dungeons and Dragons, taken from my long-running twitter series! Dragons (1986), by Cory Glaberson. Here is another supplement in the Role Aids line for D&D that was produced by Mayfair Games, originally under … Continue reading →

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Superoscillations: imaging beyond the limits of diffraction

Posted on November 22, 2020 by skullsinthestars

This past week I gave a virtual talk to the Charlotte Amateur Astronomy Club about a fascinating development in wave physics and imaging called “superoscillations,” and I thought I would record a version that I could share here! Hopefully the … Continue reading →

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Some of my favorite horror video games!

Posted on November 10, 2020 by skullsinthestars

So Halloween may be done, but I’m not quite done with Halloween! I was sitting around thinking about horror-themed video games, and decided that I wanted to put together a list of some of my favorites! Such a list is, … Continue reading →

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Halloween Treats 2020!

Posted on October 30, 2020 by skullsinthestars

I almost forgot to do one of my oldest blog traditions: sharing a series of classic ghost and horror stories to celebrate Halloween! The list of past post is too long to share these days, but you can search “Halloween … Continue reading →

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I am now an OSA Fellow!

Posted on October 9, 2020 by skullsinthestars

I’ve been a little quiet on the blog lately thanks to a combination of lots of work, lots of D&D games during the week, and just stress about the world! Hoping to get back to a more regular schedule in … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 17

Posted on August 28, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Since I’m behind in compiling my old school D&D posts from twitter, here’s another post! Operation Seventh Seal (1985), by Evan Robinson. Let’s look at an adventure from another TSR roleplaying game, Top Secret!

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 16

Posted on August 27, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Been a while since I’ve compiled my twitter threads on old school D&D, so time to catch up a bit! Reunion (1998), by Jackie Cassada and Nicky Rea.  Here we look at a rather unusual specimen from the Al-Qadim line … Continue reading →

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Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 25, 2020 by skullsinthestars

My apologies for the long delay in writing — the chaos in the world and the busy nature of life has left me rather drained!  But I have managed to start reading some fiction again, and I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Presentation on “Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics!”

Posted on July 9, 2020 by skullsinthestars

Okay, so I did a video presentation at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences tonight on “Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics!” Due to COVID restrictions, it’s the closest thing to a book event I’ll be doing for a while, so … Continue reading →

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