Category: memos
at Dr Sagan’s Resting Place
Finishing and publishing my diary entry about a personally significant encounter. I arrived in the small lakeside city of Ithaca, New York at midnight. Driving along Interstate-88 in the twilight hours wasn't something you can easily forget. As the sky faded behind the Upstate hills surrounding me, the crescent moon, the forests, and eons of … Continue reading at Dr Sagan’s Resting Place
Perimeter 1-2
Waterloo included, I (re)visited many spots of importance to my career on my recent journey, and have connected with, grabbed lunch with, or otherwise disappointed, quite a few friends and colleagues in North America. What I feel like making my next remark on — before hitting Twitter with “NEW PAPER”, and not for my signature … Continue reading Perimeter 1-2
Perimeter 1-1: In the Hour Before Departure
My suitcase has returned to my desk. I took down my name on the doorplate and stored it in the inner layer of the case of my tablet. Everything is just like the evening when I arrived last month. My visit to Perimeter was short, so short that the only environmental change I noticed was … Continue reading Perimeter 1-1: In the Hour Before Departure
Introducing FWPhys® Just Right(™ Pending)
Are you tired of the internet jumping between light and dark modes all the time? With FWPhys Just Right (™ Pending), all content will be rendered in pleasant 0x808080 (HTML Grey) on a 0x808080 (HTML Grey) canvas, the perfect blend between black and white. Rolling out across all FWPhys.com content and Frank Wang’s doctoral thesis.
The Bob Doran Museum of Computing – Impressions
The most incomprehensible thing about the Universe is that it is comprehensible. Albert Einstein Well, to call my visit tonight an impression isn't quite fair. For the entire duration that I've studied and worked at Auckland Science, this display has been here. First curated by Prof. Bob Doran himself, and later in his honor and … Continue reading The Bob Doran Museum of Computing – Impressions
Conquest of Spaces – A (Rather Late) Review of James Webb Space Telescope’s First Five Images.
To appear in UoA Scientific Review, 2022 Issue 4. Images from https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/72177720300469752 In mid-July 2022, a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) entered service. Five unique test images highlighting the telescope’s various subsystems and capabilities were made available to the public in high-profile events from the governments of the USA and … Continue reading Conquest of Spaces – A (Rather Late) Review of James Webb Space Telescope’s First Five Images.