Earlier this month, I camped in Anza Borrego for a night with my friend Matt to try out some astrophotography. The camping itself went alright – it was cold, which I expected, but I did not think about how cold the ground was going to be when trying to sleep (didn’t bring a mat like a smart person). I took about 700 pictures, each with a 5 second exposure, of the orion nebula with a camera that Matt let me borrow....

I wanted look more into Julia because it sounded like python but faster and better. So, I compared Julia to Python, and also threw C++ in there (do I regret that? Maybe)

I wanted to look into the intersection between graphic design and code. I found a program called Processing, where you can code in Java, C++ or Python. After trying a few simple things, this animation seemed to be pretty cool: There should have been a video here but your browser does not seem to support it. The code for it is below. There are two functions that automatically run, setup() (runs once like __init__) and draw() (continuously runs)....

This event took place between Oct 16th and Oct 21st in Washington and was the first APS conference I have attended. I ended up really liking the location. Spokane is a medium sized city, but had the energy of a small town, which I enjoyed quite a bit. They even had a good book shop :) It was an amazing experience because it basically took every single subfield of plasma and formed it into a convention of great people displaying their work....

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