I made these Eid cards for the Eid after Ramadan in 2023. I didn't think they looked all that special, but everyone I sent them to did! That was so nice. They said, woah, were did you get those? How did you make them? Well, it was very simple. The flowers in middle are from… Continue reading Eid cards
Adobe Photoshop costs a lot of money. Also it's a big and unwieldy program. Here's one somewhat complicated task that you can do without it! (Actually, although I'm sure that Photoshop can accomplish the following, I don't even know how). The problem: you have a picture like this ... Golly, I wrote half a dissertation… Continue reading Easily fill an empty spot on a picture
I finished a new animated Twitter thread for work. This one is on planet collisions. Woah! You can see it here. It's nine tweets in all. I wrote about getting feedback on my animated Twitter threads earlier. I was sad because I was told about how bad and unpolished my work was. Well, after all… Continue reading Scicomm made polished, part 3
I saw a talk by a man who makes real sculptures -- but he doesn't even make it with his hands! He makes it with his head. He puts on virtual reality goggles -- or some sort of headgear -- and then he sculptures a virtual sculpture! In the talk I saw, he made a… Continue reading Construct3D: Sculptures in virtual reality
There's a "makerspace" conference that's been around for 3 years now. It started first back in 2017. This year, it was held at Rice, and I got to go to it. I presented a poster at it. It's called Construct3D. The Makerspace is where you have cool things like laser cutters and 3D printers and… Continue reading My poster at Construct3D
Today I saw an hour-long demonstration by a professor at Rice, all about pens. It was very interesting! He had a pen straight out of the 1800s, or 1700s. It doesn't look like a pen; it looks like something you'd have in a toolbox to scrape paint. It's a wooden stick to grip, and then… Continue reading All about pens
I made this short little video for work way back, just in time for Halloween: Here's a very special witch's brew to enjoy this Halloween ... the brew that brought us life. #HappyHalloween from CLEVER Planets@RiceEarthSci @RiceUniversity @RiceSpace @RicePhysAstro pic.twitter.com/fW6LwJk7YF — CLEVER Planets (@CLEVER_Planets) October 31, 2019 I spent the week leading up to Halloween… Continue reading Scicomm on Halloween
I am making this list based on certain online sleuthings I made a few months ago. There was an art competition announced ... and it was an art competition that specifically had to do with satellites and climate change. Those were two topics heavily featured in my PhD dissertation, so I thought, why not enter?… Continue reading The best science artists (according to the European Space Agency)
I am working as a science communicator, like at a real job, can you believe it? Well, I like shiny things, a la Taylor Swift, and I like pretty colors, and softness, and sparkles and flowers and things like that. So my plan is to use my new position to populate the online presence and… Continue reading A very girly science feed
As I wound down my PhD, I started spending more time at the UNC Makerspace. That's where you can use a laser cutter or a vinyl cutter, do some 3D printing, or duck into the woodshop, and use fancy bottles of glue, and get access to paint and a sewing machine and more and more.… Continue reading Pretty stationary
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