July 2007
13 posts
Powerpoint or Keynote?
So tomorrow is NASA day at “The Institute” and I am giving at talk entitled: The Supercontinuum Optical Vortex
My big question that I have been thinking about is, “should I use PowerPoint or Keynote?”
My answer that I have come up with is Powerpoint, mainly because I already have all of my work in Powerpoint and switching is just more time and effort. My decision by no...
theWritingBee BaseCamp Site →
Last night I took the time to setup a BaseCamp account for the Starting Plan of theWritingBee. If you are interested in joining the project let me know…
Prep Prep Prep
I am just getting act together to prepare for my 2nd Exam. I have to give an hour long presentation to my thesis committee and then be examined on those topics which I present.
It also just so happens I have a presentation to prepare for for a NASA visit next week… so not much going on really…
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Hmmmmm....
So not much going on today. I finished a report on a near infrared Raman spectroscopy system I built (after 3 years of fiddling), made a poster for a NASA presentation in a couple of weeks, and I worked on a paper I am writing on detecting ice on the surface of airplane wings.
I think I will make a tuna steak for dinner… hmmmmm…
as a test I am going to add some links here to try...
Imaging through a vortex
Today I am working on generating a high intensity optical vortex, or doughnut beam, with the goal that when the laser goes though a scattering medium, it will move some of the scattering particles, ever so slightly, out of the center of the beam. The goal is to improve an image of a target in the medium by clearing a “hole” for a second laser beam to travel through.
This morning was...
The Idea Behind theWritingBee.com
Over the decades there have been writing competitions in schools all over the country. These competitions promote interest in writing, develop writing skills, and generate an incentive to think about writing.
We propose a new method of carrying out a school wide, city wide, state wide, national and international writing competition using an Internet website. This website, designed with...
What's going on???
I thought this would be a good way to establish a “home” page, 2.0 style. Hopefully I will maintain this site due the simplicity and ease of tumblr.
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