Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Anyone who has looked at the night sky has wondered about what they see. It would be nice to know if that bright star is Betelgeuse, in the belt of Orion the Hunter, or Polaris, the North Star that has guided so many travelers for thousands of years. In fact, most of us haven’t a clue.
So we have been trying out a new device from telescope maker Meade (Meade.com). It’s called MySky Plus…
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Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
O’Reilly’s “Head First” series is totally great, as they like to say in Silicon Valley. We often consult “Head First HTML,” to figure out web page coding. Well, here are two new ones…
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Posted on November 9th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Scientific Imaging with Photoshop; Methods, Measurement and Output,” by Jerry Sedgewick; $75 from New Riders Press, newriders.com…
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
FoldIt (at http://Fold.It ) is a game designed to teach you how to fold proteins. While it’s designed as a game, the purpose is serious…
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Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“Digital Astrophotography, A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos” by Stefan Seip; $30 from Rocky Nook Press, RockyNook.com.
Almost everyone likes pictures of the stars and the planets. You need a telescope, of course, but once you have that, using a digital camera has big advantages…
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