Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Astrophotography Session

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 My instrument was an Astro-Tech 115 mm apochromatic triplet (extremely low disperson glass) on a Celestron AVX mount and tripod. The ocular...
Monday, December 30, 2024

Solar Imaging

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 We are approaching a sunspot maximum for 2024/2025 and already are above statistically likely events.  Images with Explore Scientific 102mm...
Friday, December 27, 2024

The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

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It is difficult to know when to accept history on its own terms. We tend to not condemn the ancient Greeks, Romans, or Jews for having slave...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Christmas 2024

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In our neighbood, Steeplechase II, in Kyle, Texas, the Christmas lights started sprouting right after Halloween. The best graveyard changed ...
Monday, December 23, 2024

Created Works and the Public Domain

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Public Domain Day 2025 came up as a Google News item. I have given some thought to the traditions and laws about intellectual property and I...
Monday, December 16, 2024

LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF ATLAS SHRUGGED

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 In the opening scenes of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand sets the conflict of values between the heirs of the Taggart Transcontinental railroad. J...
Saturday, December 14, 2024

Longevity

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In 1973, I was reading and writing for  The Libertarian Connection  and, as it happened, my wife at the time got her hair caught in a printi...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

Aging

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The doctor said, “You have normal, age-related degeneration.” I said, “I do not believe that it is normal.” She replied, “People like you ne...
Sunday, October 20, 2024

Digital Literacy and Artificial Intelligence

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Ahead of the submission of their doctoral dissertation, a friend asked me to participate in a focus group to discuss digital intelligence an...