Perspectives of a Canadian in the Old/Deep/New/Geographic South: This is where I ramble on about nothing in particular and post a few nice pictures.
Finally got around to reading through the February issue of Physics Today. There was an article on the physics of sailing that was an interesting read. Lots of interesting physics involved in sailing and designing sailboats that I’m sure most sailors probably don’t think much about. It never really occurred to me, but a sail is basically a large wing and operates the same way to move a boat through water.
If you’re into sailing, it’s definitely worth checking out.
Last night’s eclipse watching was a bit of a bust where I was. Started off ok with some thin cirrus clouds, but getting towards the partial eclipse, the clouds started getting thicker and obscured my view of the moon. I decided to call it a night around 10ish with a last glimpse of a reddish-orange moon just as totality was starting. Then the moon disappeared behind more clouds.
Next week, Feb 20 there will be a total lunar eclipse that you won’t have to stay up until the wee hours of night to catch. Don’t miss it because it will be only one for 2008 and the last total lunar eclipse until December 2010.
The eclipse will start at around 8:43PM and end just after midnight.
I always love a good lunar eclipse.
You can get more details here
Woot!
There’s an article over on Aunt Minnie about the talk I gave at SIIM.
Pretty good write-up I must say.
I thought I’d post the talk I have at SIIM 2007 for posterity and in case anybody else wanted to see it.
Impact of Various Imaging Modalities on PACS Archiving and Storage
This version has a few slides and graphs included that I took out of the version I presented because of time constraints.