As part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy our Colleagues at the Kuffner Sternwarte Observatory in Vienna produced a light meter that could be used to monitor light pollution. More details on the project and the meter are available at lightmeter.astronomy2009.at (use login Guest and IYA2009). There are three stations in Ireland. One in […]
I have some data that I need to come up with a way to graph. I’m using the Light Pollution from Thüringer Landessternwarte, Tautenburg, Germany and our friends at Kuffner-Observatory, Vienna, Austria. I have this unit hooked up to take a reading every second. It records the temperature, and data from three light meters, one
Woke up to a garden full of the little fellas today. Plenty around the estate too. Not a great photo but you get the main features. I noticed the local mistle thrush getting very worked up about them suddenly appearing on its turf! More info from Birdwatch Ireland.
TED: Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself This video from TEDGlobal 2010 confirms something I have always felt. The warm fuzzy feelings you get when you tell people what you are going to do, gets interpreted by your brain as a reward for doing it, or at least for making steps towards your goal.