I've been writing my blog for just one full year now, and it's time to take a break — for an indefinite amount of time. I'm doing a lot more work on the magazine, and it's increasingly hard to find time to write for our website.
Granted, the blog is just a small part of what I write for the Web; the lion's share of my time goes to observing stories like the recent one on the Geminids. But when push comes to shove, it's the observing stories that are indispensable. I'd much rather have 1000 people outside at night using the star charts that I've posted on our website than the same number of people chit-chatting about my opinions during the day. Opinions are cheap, but facts are facts.
Nonetheless, I've had a lot of fun spouting my opinions over the last year, and I still have a couple dozen topics that I've never gotten around to. Maybe you'll see some of them in the magazine! Meanwhile, here's an index to all the subjects that I've blogged:
Dec 19, 2007 |
The Scientific Value of Visual Observing |
Dec 12, 2007 |
Holmes: Victim of Its Own Success |
Dec 7, 2007 |
A Night in the Life of an S&T Editor |
Nov 30, 2007 |
The Reliability of Visual Observing |
Nov 20, 2007 |
The Amazing Comet Holmes |
Nov 15, 2007 |
Traveling Without a Scope |
Oct 11, 2007 |
Bye for a While |
Sep 28, 2007 |
Big Binocular Messier Survey |
Sep 20, 2007 |
Do the Planet Limbo |
Sep 12, 2007 |
Calendars |
Aug 31, 2007 |
Ridiculously Small Optics |
Aug 29, 2007 |
Moonset Eclipse |
Aug 23, 2007 |
Astronomical Twilight |
Aug 16, 2007 |
Discussions Restored |
Aug 14, 2007 |
Stellafane |
Aug 9, 2007 |
Some Suburban Messiers |
Aug 2, 2007 |
Twilight |
Jul 30, 2007 |
Microsaccades |
Jul 26, 2007 |
The North America Nebula |
Jul 24, 2007 |
Comet Envy |
Jul 20, 2007 |
Anticipating August |
Jul 17, 2007 |
Pollution and Stargazing |
Jul 13, 2007 |
Galaxies and Clusters and Comet, Oh My! |
Jul 5, 2007 |
Strange Encounters Part II |
Jun 26, 2007 |
Strangers in the Night |
Jun 21, 2007 |
The Day the Sun Stands Still |
Jun 14, 2007 |
Decisions, Decisions |
Jun 8, 2007 |
Desk-Chair Science |
Jun 1, 2007 |
Fear |
May 25, 2007 |
Unexpected Connections |
May 15, 2007 |
Big Sky |
May 10, 2007 |
Coda: Binoculars Versus Starblast |
May 1, 2007 |
Binoculars Part III: One Eye Versus Two |
Apr 27, 2007 |
Three Binoculars: Part II |
Apr 23, 2007 |
A Tale of Three Binoculars: Part I |
Apr 13, 2007 |
Stars and Birds |
Apr 4, 2007 |
How Brightly Shines the Moon? |
Mar 31, 2007 |
Better Late Than Never |
Mar 22, 2007 |
Measuring Skyglow |
Mar 28, 2007 |
School Time |
Mar 21, 2007 |
Dressing Up for an Evening Out |
Mar 16, 2007 |
Equipment |
Mar 14, 2007 |
Waiting for Sagittarius |
Mar 7, 2007 |
The Meaning of Stargazing |
Mar 5, 2007 |
A Spontaneous Star Party |
Feb 26, 2007 |
Celestial Time and Human Time |
Feb 22, 2007 |
Instant Astronomy |
Feb 19, 2007 |
June in February |
Feb 16, 2007 |
Stars and Snowflakes |
Feb 13, 2007 |
Mercury Retrospective |
Feb 9, 2007 |
Keeping Myself Honest |
Jan 31, 2007 |
Hello World |
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