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A random collection of rants, reviews, and miscellaneous thoughts on everything from instructional technology to local restaurants.
Blue Ghost Hunting
Wednesday night is ghost night in the Taylor-Wright household. That’s the night Laura’s favorite paranormal shows come on TV – Ghost Hunters, Haunted Collector, and the latest, Deep South Paranormal. This particular Wednesday, though, we had something different in mind. We were going ghost hunting ourselves. Specifically, we were going to see the Blue Ghost [...]
Posted in Local, Photography, Science
Comet Pawn Stars
This evening David Moffett of the Furman University Physics Department was hosting a viewing of Comet Pan-STARRS on campus. Laura and I decided to head up and see if we could spot it. Of course, I came overloaded with cameras, telescopes, and binoculars. I wasn’t going to miss out on a photographic opportunity. When we [...]
Posted in Photography, Science
Amazing Water Experiment
A friend on Facebook shared this with me this afternoon… [Raises his hand and puts on his best Sheldon Cooper impression and says, "Pick me! Pick me! I know the answer!", then launches into an overly long, round-about explanation of the video...] When I was a young teacher I visited Discovery Place in Charlotte. They [...]
Posted in Science
A Night on Bald Mountain
For my birthday this year I decided to take a vacation day from work. Most people would take this as an opportunity to sleep in. I’ve always been of the mind that if I have a day off, I really don’t want to waste any of it, and usually would like to get an early [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Photography, Science
Curiosity Touches Down
I’ll just let this speak for itself… Cool. Very Cool. This is one happy science geek.
Posted in Science
