http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/ A journal of my life, or whatever else. en-us 2008-06-19T13:07:10-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2008/06/done.html Well, I can now “officially” claim to be done — or, at least, to be done writing my thesis. I even have three of the four signatures I need to move on to defend, and I should be able to... Life briany 2008-06-19T13:07:10-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2008/03/a_nu_way_of_doi.html Yes, I almost never post at the moment. But right now I’ve just had enough of writing my thesis, and I want to write something else, like a journal entry. So here we are. I expect that I’ll start with... Life briany 2008-03-23T17:44:39-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2007/06/im_still_around.html Well, I’m alive. And so is my research plan. In fact, my first draft (with figures) is complete. I’m linking to it below so that anyone who’s wondered what I’m doing can take a look at it. Thesis lite There... Life briany 2007-06-14T21:29:35-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2007/05/anatomy_of_an_i.html I realize that the details of what I do may be a bit technical, but I figured there are those amongst you who might appreciate a little insight into the type of thing that qualifies as an idea — even... Life briany 2007-05-10T20:41:58-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2007/05/next_week.html So, the research project There hasn’t been much progress in actually finding something to do for the project, but there has been some progress in goals and methods. In particular, I now have a couple of guiding principles. Focus on... Life briany 2007-05-09T19:10:07-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2007/04/the_week_that_w.html So why wasn’t it? Well, my original intention to spend the week working on my research plan foundered on health. To be more specific, lack of health. My health, in particular. I’d already planned to lose a day or so... Life briany 2007-04-30T21:12:51-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2007/04/ten_weeks.html Ok, so this is a little experiment. I’ve reached what’s essentially a crunch time in the course of my thesis, involving putting together a research proposal. Essentially, I need a proposal, preferably arising from one of my existing projects, which... Life briany 2007-04-22T21:11:16-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/11/highflying.html As I write this, Ungava Bay has just gone by below (not that I can see it, since it’s dark out), and I’m heading out over the Atlantic. Nice of Scandinavian Air to include a wireless network on their planes... Life briany 2006-11-20T23:42:05-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/10/what_im_doing_h.html Ok, so this isn’t really the post about the curiously high metals content (that’s going to be a future part). Instead, this is the post about what I do, what spectra are, how we reduce them, and what we find... Life briany 2006-10-04T16:57:08-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/10/not_quite_the_e.html Soon there will be an actual update, involving the work I’m doing, what it means, how it’s done, and a few exciting new developments that are currently underway. Meanwhile, though, I’ve been asked to share a brief moment from a... Life briany 2006-10-03T15:11:48-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/09/why_is_dark_mat.html First off, for all those interested in the “what is a planet?” debate, I suggest checking out this paper. A good read, and a good take on the subject. So now, cold dark matter, via gravitational lensing, neutrinos, relativistic free-streaming,... Philosophy briany 2006-09-04T22:53:06-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/08/cold_dark_matte.html Some of you will already have seen this. Despite all the controversy surrounding Pluto (well, it’s more controversy than you usually get about astronomy), I think that the discovery in that little letter is probably of far greater importance. Of... Life briany 2006-08-27T10:53:27-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/05/nonworkrelated.html So, it was gently brought to my attention recently that I should post entries about something other than work. About interesting things going on in my life, about feelings, about ideas. Well, I thought about it and then I realized... Game Design briany 2006-05-27T10:57:22-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/05/publications.html I guess this about says it all. I’ve got to say though, that I’m impressed by how quickly ApJ Letters works (especially compared to the regular peer-review process). Now granted that only having four pages to look through probably made... Life briany 2006-05-24T15:36:16-08:00 http://briany.chaosnet.org/life/archive/2006/05/another_entry_a.html Why is it that I only write journal entries when I’m visiting telescopes? Actually, mostly it’s because that’s when I’m pretty much guaranteed to have some time with nothing to do except try to stay awake (accompanied by internet access,... Life briany 2006-05-12T19:30:10-08:00