Star Log
Years ago, I took a tiny pair of binoculars into my front yard, pointed them straight up, and was amazed at how many beautiful and interesting patterns of light I found. That led to the creation of this "Star Log", meant simply to be a record of my stargazing adventures. Eventually, this feed became a bucket for posts on all the subjects I am interested in, as well as a place for promoting news items and links to which I want to draw attention.
An underlying theme here is that the study of Creation gives us reasons to praise and glorify God:
After Eden: Show me a sign
Transmissions
2024-11-29 Stargazing 2024-11-29: Beehive Cluster
2024-11-22 News and Links Digest
2024-11-21 Search Engines
2024-11-20 Stargazing 2024-11-18: Taurus
2024-11-19 Emacs Backstage: Transducers
2024-11-17 A Song
2024-11-13 EmacsConf 2024 Backstage
2024-11-10 Stargazing 2024-11-09: Aries
2024-11-06 emacs-guix
2024-11-05 Stargazing 2024-11-05: Big Dipper
2024-11-04 News and Links Digest
2024-11-01 Emacs Bookmarks: Cheap File Metadata
2024-10-31 Stargazing 2024-10-30: Lyra w/ Binocs
2024-10-26 Stargazing 2024-10-25
2024-10-22 Emacs Tip: EWW Readable View
2024-10-18 Elpher Queue/Pop Key-Bindings
2024-10-11 Emacs Info Buffers: Putting the Manual Name Inside the Buffer Name
2024-10-10 Elpher, Random Links, and Queuing Links
2024-10-04 Stargazing: Triangulum, Andromeda, Aries
2024-10-02 Stargazing: Gemini
2024-09-30 Stargazing: Auriga
2024-09-29 Stargazing: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-09-28
2024-09-25 Environment Variables and Eshell Part 2
2024-09-24 Environment Variables and Eshell
2024-09-10 Chena Hot Springs Resort Photos
2024-09-03 First Clear Sky Stargazing
2024-08-29 News and Links
2024-08-28 Assorted Fall Photos
2024-08-23 Assorted August 2024 Photos
2024-08-23 July 2024 Tanana Photos
2024-08-21 Emacs Functions, Agate Upgrade
2024-08-19 A Few More Photos
2024-08-16 News and Links
2024-08-13 Early Pioneer Park Visit
2024-08-08 News and Links
2024-08-07 Sunrise Photos: Fairbanks, AK, USA
2024-08-03 Cash, Facebook Market, and Related Subjects
2024-07-31 (Resin Birch...?) Leaf Sketch
2024-07-29 News and Links
2024-07-23 Emacs: Timers for Weekly Events
2024-07-18 Study in Balsam Poplar Bark
2024-07-13 October 7th Memorial Lot
2024-07-13 High-Bush Cranberry Leaf
2024-07-09 News and Links
2024-06-30 Chokecherry Leaf
2024-06-25 UAF Botanical Garden: June 2024
2024-06-24 More Tanana Photos
2024-06-23 Birch Leaf Sketch
2024-06-21 Emacs and Astrobotany
2024-06-20 News and Links
2024-06-20 Emacs: Torifying Elfeed
2024-06-11 Sketching Plants
2024-06-05 Emacs: Pull Random Gemini Capsules Part 2
2024-05-29 More Tamarack Photos
2024-05-28 News and Links
2024-05-24 Emacs Windows 2000 Screenshots
2024-05-22 Mount Hayes...?
2024-05-22 Cloud Photos
2024-05-11 News and Links
2024-05-11 Tanana Photos, Tamarack
2024-05-09 Emacs as a Shell: Part 2
2024-05-06 Emacs as a Shell: Part 1
2024-05-05 Emacs: Random Prayer
2024-05-02 Re: Reminder That Antenna Needs Your Gemlog
2024-04-30 News And Links
2024-04-26 Sunrise Photos, near Tanana River: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-04-26
2024-04-24 Interesting Book: Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
2024-04-24 News and Links
2024-04-22 Sunrise Photos, UAF East: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-04-22
2024-04-18 Twilight (Sunrise) Photos, Fairbanks, AK, USA, 2024-04-17
2024-04-18 Emacs: Roaming Roam
2024-04-17 More Early-Spring Tanana Adventures
2024-04-11 News And Links
2024-04-09 Early Visit To The Tanana River
2024-04-08 Emacs: Zeptoforth and Gnus
2024-04-04 Emacs: Zeptoforth Interface
2024-04-02 News Notes
2024-03-30 Sunrise Season — Almost
2024-03-22 Emacs: Pull Random Gemini Capsules
2024-03-21 Celestial Calculations
2024-03-19 Emacs: English Dictionary Completion With Dabbrev
2024-03-15 Emacs: Completion And Function Bundles
2024-03-14 Low Priority Guix
2024-03-11 News Notes
2024-03-07 News Notes
2024-03-06 Stargazing: Leo: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-03-01
2024-03-04 Emacs: Gnome Notification After Async Command
2024-02-29 Emacs: Centered, Stable Cursor View
2024-02-27 Stargazing: Corona Borealis: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-02-26
2024-02-23 Nonfree Firmware And Principle
2024-02-16 Stargazing: Virgo: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-02-16
2024-02-15 Stargazing: Orion, Cephus: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-02-14
2024-02-14 Starting Gemlog Entries Faster Part 2
2024-02-12 Emacs: Starting Gemlog Entries Faster
2024-02-09 Disappointing Emacs Therapist Session
2024-02-08 Stargazing: Perseus, NGC 2244: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-02-07
2024-01-31 FOI News — Less the JavaScript
2024-01-30 Math Flywheel
2024-01-24 Guix REPL in Emacs
2024-01-22 Introspection of Guile Scheme Modules
2024-01-21 Lunar Observations: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-01-20
2024-01-15 Sidereal Time
2024-01-12 Stargazing: Orion: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-01-10
2024-01-05 Stargazing: Gemini: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-01-05
2024-01-03 Antenna Censorship
2023-12-29 Stargazing: Pegasus: Fairbanks, AK, USA 2023-12-27
2023-12-20 Digital Math Workbook: Exploring Options
2023-12-19 Stargazing: Pisces, Pegasus: Fairbanks, AK, USA 2023-12-14
2023-12-04 Stargazing: Cetus, Cygnus: Fairbanks, AK, USA, 2023-12-01
2023-12-02 Moon observing Fairbanks, AK, USA, 2023-12-01
2023-11-26 Stargazing and Aurora, Fairbanks, AK, USA, 2023-11-24
2023-11-22 Stargazing Log 2023-11-21
2023-11-17 Re: I gave emacs a serious look back in the day
2023-11-16 A cash-only life? Or, life without a debit card?
2023-11-03 Stargazing: Orion's Belt, Betelgeuse — Fairbanks, AK, USA
2023-10-30 Stargazing Updates, Fairbanks, AK, USA
2023-10-23 Small Operating Systems Part 2
2023-10-19 Small Operating Systems?
2023-10-12 Fall Colors
2023-10-07 In the Grip of the Distant Universe by Graneau and Graneau
2023-10-06 Busy with new baby
2023-09-21 Persistent storage with fast sustained write...?
2023-09-20 Star Log 2023-09-19 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-09-18 More Fall Scenery
2023-09-14 Fall Scenery
2023-09-12 Star Log 2023-09-10 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-09-06 Rescuing (or Replacing?) the Big Bang
2023-09-05 Astronomy Season Begins
2023-09-01 Mushrooms, Dragonflies, Sandbar Willow
2023-08-30 Birch Shrubs
2023-08-28 Caterpillar
2023-08-22 Chena Hot Springs Photos
2023-08-16 Resin Birch?
2023-08-15 Twilight at the Airport (Fairbanks, AK, USA, 2023-08-15)
2023-08-08 Can You Purchase A House Without Javascript Or Proprietary Web Apps?
2023-08-04 Tanana River: Cranberries and Willow
2023-08-03 My Gemini Client Preferences
2023-08-02 Tanana River Walk: Dragonfly, Trees, and Clouds
2023-07-27 Red Sun (Fairbanks, AK, USA, 2023-07-27)
2023-07-19 Tanana River Curiosities
2023-07-14 UAF Botanical Garden Photos
2023-07-12 More Plant Photos and Identification
2023-07-04 Flowers, Birds, and Trees 2023-07-04 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-06-29 Flowers and Berries
2023-06-27 Tree/Shrub TBD
2023-06-24 Plant Identification Practice
2023-06-19 More river trail photos
2023-06-19 Garden Photos
2023-06-19 A few photos from a river walk last week
2023-06-17 Baseball Game - Goldpanners vs. Kingsmen
2023-06-14 Learning Zeptoforth: OLED Display
2023-06-12 Photos from the UAF Botanical Garden
2023-06-09 Butterflies and Roses 2023-06-09 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-06-07 Emacs: Bookmarks in Registers
2023-06-06 Tanana River Trail Photos 2023-06-06 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-06-05 Coin Microscope: Various Lawn Close-Ups 2023-06-05 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-20 Angel Rocks Hike 2023-05-20 (east of Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-19 Saturn, Hacking 2023-05-19
2023-05-15 Finally Budding 2023-05-15 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-12 Early Morning Adventure 2023-05-12 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-11 Alaska Range Photos 2023-05-11 (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-05-09 Assorted Nature Photos 2023-05-09 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-06 Odds-and-Ends Photos 2023-05-06 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-04 A Ducky Couple and the Unexpected Sunset 2023-05-04 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-03 Sunrise and Bird Song 2023-05-03 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-05-01 Sunrise and Bird Song 2023-05-01 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-04-28 Twilight and Sunrise 2023-04-28 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-04-27 Mutt Configuration Notes
2023-04-27 Raven Photos 2023-04-27 (Fairbanks, AK, USA) From Yesterday
2023-04-26 Trying for Sunrises 2023-04-26 (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-04-24 Sunrise + More Birds 2023-04-24 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-04-19 Spring Bird Songs 2023-04-19 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-04-17 Paper Birch Catkins 2023-04-14 (Fairbanks, AK, USA) Posted 2023-04-17
2023-04-12 Trees — Winter Continues 2023-04-12 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-04-09 Paper Birch 2023-04-09 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-04-05 Trees 2023-04-05 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-04-02 Sunset 2023-04-02 (Fairbanks, AK, USA) + Birch Tree
2023-03-25 Sunset! 2023-03-25 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-24 Neighborhood Twilight 2023-03-24 (Fairbanks, UK, USA)
2023-03-24 Various Thoughts - Astronomy News and Articles
2023-03-22 Expressway Twilight 2023-03-22 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-21 More Twlight 2023-03-21 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-21 Sunrise Glow 2023-03-21 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-20 Sunset Fail and City Lights 2023-03-20 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-19 Cozy Fairbanks Neighborhood Sunset 2023-03-19
2023-03-19 More Epsom Salt Crystal Photos
2023-03-15 Winter Birch & Spruce Scenery 2013-03-15 (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-14 Guix: Listing Operating System Services
2023-03-14 Moose Gazing 2023-03-14 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-11 Star Gazing 2023-03-10 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-03-07 Interesting Clouds
2023-03-02 Paper Birch Bark
2023-02-28 Spruce Twigs and Needles
2023-02-28 Moon/Star Gazing 2023-02-27 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-02-26 Moon gazing 2023-02-26 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-02-25 Moon gazing 2023-02-25 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-02-24 Amateur Radio Update: Morse Code
2023-02-23 Hebrew Planets and Astronomical Terms
2023-02-22 Star Gazing 2023-02-21 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-02-16 Star Gazing and Aurora 2023-02-16 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-02-14 Star Gazing 2023-02-14 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, USA)
2023-02-10 Moon Gazing 2023-02-10 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-02-08 - RE: Creation Stories Redux
2023-01-29 - Strange High Pressure Weather 2023-01-29 (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-25 - Amateur Radio Log 2023-01-25 Mid-day (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-20 - RE: Creation Stories
2023-01-19 - We Are A Special Case
2023-01-18 - Star Log 2023-01-17 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-17 - Amateur Radio Log 2023-01-17 Mid-day (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-16 - Amateur Radio Log 2023-01-16 Mid-day (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-13 - Amateur Radio Log 2023-01-12 Mid-day (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-13 - Star Log 2023-01-12 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-10 - Amateur Radio Log 2023-01-10 Mid-day (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2023-01-09 - Epsom Salt Crystals 2023-01-09
2022-12-30 - Star Log 2022-12-30 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-12-30 - Microscope Ready
2022-12-21 - Star Log 2022-12-20 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-12-20 - Star Log 2022-12-19 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-12-13 - Star Log 2022-12-13 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-12-08 - Epsom Salt Crystal Photos
2022-11-30 - Alaska Weather Without Javascript
2022-11-24 - Table Salt Crystals
2022-11-18 - Notes from Pantheist (Secular) Astronomy (November 18 2022)
2022-11-16 - Star Log 2022-11-16 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-11-15 - Star Log 2022-11-15 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-11-11 - Star Log 2022-11-11 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-11-08 - Lunar Eclipse 2022-11-08 (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-11-07 - Star Log 2022-11-05 Evening (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-11-05 - Notes from Pantheist (Secular) Astronomy (November 5 2022)
2022-11-03 - Snowflakes 2022-11-03 (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-10-29 - Star Log 2022-10-28 (Fairbanks, Alaska, US) + Aurora Photos
2022-10-28 - Star Log 2022-10-27 (Fairbanks, Alaska, US)
2022-10-26 - Star Log 2022-10-26 (Fairbanks, Alaska, US)
2022-10-24 - Star Log 2022-10-24 (Fairbanks, Alaska, US)
2022-10-17 - Morning Photos 2022-10.17 (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-10-14 - Morning Moon Photo (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-10-05 - Star Log 2022-10-05 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-10-04 - Star Log 2022-10-04 Morning (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-10-03 - Dressed Up and No Place to Go
2022-09-30 - Regarding Life Beyond Earth
2022-09-29 - EclipSmart Binoculars Arrived
2022-09-27 - Star Log 2022-09-27 23:00 AKDT (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-09-26 - Star Log 2022-09-25 22:00 AKDT (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-09-23 - Star Log 2022-09-23 04:00 AKDT (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-09-18 - Star Log 2022-09-18 21:00 AKDT (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-09-17 - The Amazing Hypothetical Moon of Saturn
2022-09-16 - Star Log 2022-09-16 04:30 AKDT (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-09-13 - Star Log 2022-09-13 01:00 AKDT (Fairbanks, AK, US)
2022-09-10 - Star Log 2022-09-10 22:30 AKDT (Fairbanks, AK, US)