I filled out my Cambridge absentee ballot last weekend. The Boston Globe has set up a reasonably good site summarizing the background and experience of the candidates, and comparing their responses to questions on the "issues." Wikipedia ended up being another reasonable source of information...better than many of the candidates' own websites, ( Read more... )

Just a couple of photos: in preparation for the construction of our new Microsatellite Science and Technology Centre, the old wind tunnel tank at UTIAS is being dismantled. I asked if we could knock it off the base and roll it down the UTIAS driveway, Indiana Jones style, but my requests went unheeded. So sad.


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I've finally had some time to organize my thoughts about the JPL Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS). First, mad props to to my advisor for suggesting I apply for this -- it seems mostly geared toward scientists, and I was one of four engineers there, out of 19 attendees.


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My downtown lab is in a state of flux. My second advisor took a position at another university but is remaining my advisor, so I still have a desk down here. There were two other students here with me: B graduated and moved to China, and M switched advisors but is now away for a year on a research fellowship. The lab space we have downtown is ( Read more... )

Launch is at 11:52pm Eastern time, and will be broadcast on NDTV here: NDTV English stream. Go AISSat-1, go!!

This weekend has been great -- we checked out an agricultural fair in North Stonington, and had our fill of delicious Buttonwood Farm ice cream. Today was a big power-shopping day, and I've gotten in good workouts with my dad at the gym ( Read more... )

It's nice to be back in North America - this weekend I'm spending with family in Connecticut, and next weekend I'm visiting C in Quebec ( Read more... )

Last January, I backed up my entries and removed them from the LJ servers. A lot of things happened in 2009 - I resolved some background issues that had been bothering me for a long time, I made some significant changes to my diet and exercise routine, and my eight-year relationship ended ( Read more... )