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The author of Skulls in the Stars is a professor of physics, specializing in optical science, at UNC Charlotte. The blog covers topics in physics and optics, the history of science, classic pulp fantasy and horror fiction, and the surprising intersections between these areas. -
Category Archives: Personal
“Blogging on the career path” at ScienceOnline 2011
At the recent ScienceOnline 2011 meeting (#scio11), one of the panels I participated in was a “Blogging on the career path” with Sheril Kirshenbaum of The Intersection, Janet Stemwedel of Adventures in Ethics and Science, and John Hawks of his eponymous … Continue reading
Posted in General science, Personal
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With Open Lab, today was a book trifecta!
I will quickly wear out my welcome with all my self-patting-on-the-back, but I can’t help point out that today was in essence a book trifecta for me! I already mentioned receiving the first copy of my book in my previous … Continue reading
Posted in ... the Hell?, Personal
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First copy of Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering arrived!
This morning was a personal milestone for me: the very first copy of my new textbook, Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering, arrived at my office! I’m very excited, obviously! The book is now available through Amazon.co.uk for those … Continue reading
Posted in Optics, Personal
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I pwned NaNoWriMo… again!
I’m a winner in National Novel Writing Month! For those who haven’t been following, I surrendered most of my free time in the month of November to write a 50,000 word novel. I finished my word count ahead of schedule, … Continue reading
Kitty fostering breakthrough!
As I’ve noted in a previous blog post, my wife and I have been fostering a brother/sister pair of cats, named Mandarin and Mango, for the past several weeks. Some more recent pictures, first of Mandarin at play: and of … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Personal
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Returning from Scientopia…
So I’ve finally come to making a decision that I’ve been agonizing over for the past few weeks: I’ve decided to leave Scientopia and return to my WordPress blog here at skullsinthestars.com. Suffice to say that this isn’t due to any … Continue reading
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Kitty fostering: Mango and Mandarin!
We’ve had a new pair of foster kitties in our house for over a week, but I haven’t been able to get pictures of them because they’ve been hiding under the bed! On Sunday, Terry of F.U.R.R. (whose rescue kitties … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Personal
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Vote for kitty Sasha!
I can’t resist doing a mini-bleg: vote for our kitty Sasha as cutest pet in the American Express Cutest Pet Photo Contest! The pic you’re looking for is: Voting runs to 10/1/2010, and you can vote every day for Sasha! … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Personal
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Kitty fostering success!
Almost two weeks ago, I noted the arrival of two foster kitties in our home: Brewster and Breyer! Well, I’m happy to say that we dropped them off at their new hopefully “forever home” this evening! This was all done … Continue reading
Kitty fostering: Brewster and Breyer!
I’ll be doing more physics blogging in the near future — I promise! Work is keeping me quite busy at the moment and I haven’t had much spare time or energy to investigate topics in depth. Hopefully that will change … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Personal, [Etc]
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