Did some LabVIEW work last month for the first time in years. LabVIEW coding always reminds me of being ~7 and playing Rocky's Boots, an educational game about logic gates that was still somehow really fun, on our ancient PC. God bless the Internet Archive, where it's playable online in an emulator:
Rocky's Boots is an educational logic puzzle game by Warren Robinett and Leslie Grimm, published by The Learning Company in 1982. It was released for the Apple...
Sorry I've been even quieter than usual the last week or so--I'll be joining the Airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance (air-LUSI) team for their campaign of flights this December and I'm currently busy at the National Institute of Standards and Technology helping them get ready!
Alt: Garrus Vakarian from Mass Effect, with the text "Can it wait for a bit? I'm in the middle of some calibrations."
What breed is your pet? (Wrong answers only) Cú Chulainn is a Pumpkin Spice Mabari.
America is ready for a senior NCO VP. ‘Let me caveat off the ma’am. You best be green on MEDPROs, State Department, or I’ll have every first line leader in my office at parade rest on Friday afternoon, hooah?’
The 2nd paper from my NPP postdoc is now available (open access) in GRL! HiRISE imaged a layered, steep-sided ridge in the glacial deposits near the Pavonis Mons volcano on Mars; we argue that it formed from volcano-ice (and volcano-water) interaction. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
HiRISE 10K: Layered Sediments in Tithonium Chasma This image shows a large outcrop of layered rock in Tithonium Chasma, a part of the Valles Marineris trough system. Full cutout on Flickr: flic.kr/p/2q6iDof#Mars#science
This is an enormous scandal and reason for all academics to withhold labor from Taylor and Francis/Routledge
Every academic article has a corresponding author whose email address is listed on the first page. If an article is paywalled, just send a short, polite email requesting a PDF from the author. 95% of the time you’ll receive it within a day. People like knowing their work is being read!
In celebration of pride month, I give you: The gender nonconformity! I am proud to be a trans geologist, and I celebrate each and every one of my queer peers. Happy pride!
