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003/366: The Mountains, the Mountains

View from the top of Stone Hill, behind the Clark Art Insitute in Williamstown.

Last weekend, while the kids were at my parents’, Kate and I decided to go over to Williamstown and look at some art. We originally intended to go to the Clark Art Institute, but it was mobbed, so we drove on to MassMoCA instead. I told several different people about that, all of whom said… Continue reading 003/366: The Mountains, the Mountains

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002/366: Boids

Two birds on our backyard feeder; not sure of the species.

I spent a while this morning typing on my laptop on the deck, and brought the new camera out with me for occasional procrastination. The shady spot at that hour has a nice view of the bird feeder, and I snapped a few shots of these guys feeding (using a telephoto lens): (I cropped and… Continue reading 002/366: Boids

001/366: New Camera, Photo Blogging, Regal Dog

Emmy, the Queen of Niskayuna, regally surveying her back yard.

Today, I officially stopped being department chair, and started my sabbatical leave. I also acquired a new toy: My old DSLR camera, a Canon Rebel XSi that I got mumble years ago, has been very good for over 20,000 pictures, but a few things about it were getting kind of flaky– it’s been bad at… Continue reading 001/366: New Camera, Photo Blogging, Regal Dog

Fly, Fly Away

The Pip simulates a big gust of wind.

Tonight’s bedtime stories included two books involving flying characters: Foo, the Flying Frog of Washtub Pond (in which the title character gets blown into the sky by a gust of wind), and The Magic Brush. The latter is a dead-grandparent book, but ends with a cheerful picture of the kids reunited with their grandfather in… Continue reading Fly, Fly Away

Thermal Thursday: How Good Is My Mug?

Thermal image of my metal water bottle (left) and my insulated coffee mug, both half-full with hot water. Taken with a Seek Thermal camera on my Android phone.

One of my favorite Christmas presents this year was a Seek Thermal camera to use with my Android phone. This allows for a lot of idle physics-y fun, taking pictures of things in thermal mode. One idea I had was to do a sort of follow-up to the test of my insulated mug that I… Continue reading Thermal Thursday: How Good Is My Mug?

Holiday Card

This year's holiday card, featuring SteelyKid and The Pip.

Once again, it’s Christmas for those who celebrate it, and a really boring Thursday on the Internet for those who don’t. In keeping with tradition, we’ve taken the kids to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Scenic Whitney Point, NY for a few days. This will coincide with a big drop-off in social media use on… Continue reading Holiday Card

Benefits of an Academic Day Job

The central quad at Union; the big building in the center is the Nott Memorial, the obligatory building-on-the-letterhead that every college must have.

I’ve been quieter than usual here, partly because I’ve been crushingly busy, but primarily because most of the things I want to talk about, I can’t. Not yet, anyway. But I’m still alive, and this murderous term will be over soon, at which point blogging will pick up a bit. I will throw in a… Continue reading Benefits of an Academic Day Job

Happy Pip Day

The Pip explaining to the world in general that today is his third birthday.

Exactly three years ago today, The Pip arrived, in a manner that will allow him to kill Macbeth should that become necessary. This is the age where kids first become aware of the concept of birthdays, so he’s just a tiny bit excited about this. He’s a fast-developing Little Dude, chattering more and more every… Continue reading Happy Pip Day

One Does Not Simply Science Into Mordor

One does not simply science into Mordor

I recently shot a bunch of video of myself in front of a green screen, for something that will be revealed in due time. Of course, if you have green-screen footage of yourself, you’re pretty much obliged to do something silly with it, so here’s a quick GIMP-ing of a still from the video (also… Continue reading One Does Not Simply Science Into Mordor