A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
There’s a song for which the title alludes me contains a chorus of "What it isn’t good for, absolutely nothing." As confusing as that is (is it a positive or a negative?) it’s an apted description of the feeling of McMurdo at some points. It’s 7 am here and sunny outside, although now the sun … Read more
So I want to show you all a few of the funny vehicles around here, and maybe I’ll get around to taking some pictures for you. A traffic jam around here generally involves vans and trucks here with runway dozer, a tracked forklift, wheeled loaders, fire trucks, and this weird re-invention of the wheel called … Read more
Splat! (you’ve just been hit by an Antarctic snowball) Now that I’ve been on station for a week I’d like to give you all a better general feel for what it’s like. I’ll give you a typical work day on station with a lot of description of the difference in life, and hopefully give you … Read more
Hey everyone, If you have interest in what it’s like here down at the bottom end of the world, here’s a few more videos for you. These one’s are a bit long and may bore a few of you (as they did a few down here). I basically took several 3 min clips of the … Read more
Today was just an orientation of my job and the work around me. I don’t really have much to report at this point, but I wanted to get some of the videos from my flight out (the second time I was on the C-17) as some are probably the first time you might have ever … Read more
I’m HERE!!! but of course Bill’s left the scene…. ARRRGH! I know it’s just because the know what havoc is created when we arrive, but sheesh, couldn’t they at least give me visiting privileges? Seriously though, I arrived around 2pm (McMurdo time) and his bag drag (the last thing before leaving) was apparently at about … Read more
So some of you asked if I slept, and yes I slept on and off the entire trip out here. Not bad at all actually, no real jet lag to speak of as we took off at night and landed in the morning but ahead by a day so the adjustment wasn’t bad. (I’ll be … Read more
Hey everyone,I’ve made it to Christchurch NZ. It’s 10/06/05 about 1:30pm and I leave herethe day after tomorrow (probably). I have to admit it wasn’t a good way tostart this trip as the flight from denver got delayed by 4 hours because thetransponder on te original airplane was found during pre-flight to be dead. Wehad … Read more
I’ve been reading Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand and as I’m nearly two thirds through with the book I am repeatedly struck by some thoughts, which upon more reflection has lead me to propose some possibilities for our future. Atlas shrugged’s vision is predicated upon the notion that industrialist are inherently responsible for what they … Read more
I have a new website today…well not really a new website, sort of a rebuild. http://www.wonderfullyrich.net/ is now the home of pixel projects rather then my personal stuff. http://striking.wonderfullyrich.net/ is now my personal home on the web. My world is in fact very different and this website is one of my signfigant changes. For many … Read more