The Universe, the Internet, and Academic Life. Am I a dog? April 22, 2014. This seems to run counter to standard Internet sociology. What many people love about the Internet is that nobody knows you are a dog. On the other hand, maybe hiding behind anonymity is what leads to the nastier sides of the internet, like trolling.

My experiences in photographing the sky at night. Wednesday, 10 February 2010. Tuesday, 10 February 2009. Anyway - at last a good shot of venus. Thursday, 29 January 2009.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Jupiter And Uranus At Opposition. At the moment, Jupiter and Uranus are very close together in the night sky and last night they were at opposition. An added bonus is that Jupiter is close to perihelion and is at its closest approach to Earth in many years. Thursday, November 26, 2009.

A geek and his personal weather station. Catching up, and a crash. Not much has been happening since my last post. The base station of the WS3600 has crashed three times. The latest being today, so this still continues to be a problem. Easter Sunday Snow and Another Crash.

Where the Sun hits the sky. UK Astronomy Societies on Twitter. Your Universe, October 2013. Organised by Francisco Diego and Farah Islam from the department of Physics and Astronomy. The third talk took in the life cycle of stars and an explanation of the HR diagram that astronomers use to categorise stars.