My older brother Roger had a telescope, a six-inch Newtonian he built himself. I have fond memories of hauling it out and projecting the sun onto a screen on eclipse days. So, when the Transit of Venus approached, I decided to do the same thing. I carried my telescope, a little 4-incher over to Hutto… Continue reading My Venus Transit Event
Author: hmelton
Aperture 3.2.4 and swap space overflow
This is a just a technical note about the photo processing program Aperture, version 3.2.4, which at the time of this posting is the latest update. I have been importing two large collections of photos into Aperture over the past few days. The first one took a while, but eventually, everything was imported and all… Continue reading Aperture 3.2.4 and swap space overflow
The Topology of the Project Saga
I had always supposed that when I wrote a series of books, that they would be a series, that is, one book after the other in chronological order. It hasn’t worked out that way for me. In fact, it never has. My most populated series, Small Towns, Big Ideas, is more a collection than a… Continue reading The Topology of the Project Saga