In case you’ve missed my celestial (and cocktail) updates, I’m back and kicking, and ramping my astrophotography into high gear. This is one of many deep-space images to come from my remote telescope rig located at @starfront_observatories in truly dark skies near Brady, Texas (see caption below).
Continue reading The Seagull Nebula: A Journey Through Cosmic ColorWhen you view my astrophotography on Facebook and Instagram, have you ever wondered how the heck I’m doing this? Well, more than a few of you have asked, so I thought I’d write a short bit of background on the process. If you’re interested in learning more, please reach out.
I dove headfirst into this hobby during the summer of 2017 when a total lunar eclipse cut across North Georgia. I picked up a used Celestron reflector telescope, one I’d lusted for as a preteen in all those gift catalogs. And almost 50 years later, and I finally owned one! And with that purchase, the descent into AAS (astronomy acquisition syndrome) began.
Continue reading How I got lost in space
Sorry, but I couldn’t resist. I’m proud to let folks know that I’ve joined Google, leading ecosystem engagement as a Director in the Product Management team working on one of the most complicated (and some would say) controversial projects happening in digital advertising today.
I’ve long been focused on just how much data floats along aside the digital ads ecosystem, and just how important that data is to the companies with relationships to our visitors as well as to those users themselves.
The Privacy Sandbox seeks to create a more private open internet, while still providing targeted advertising tools that help keep the open internet free.
The first ‘historic’ cocktail I made when I began this journey into the world of mixology at the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown. Created back in the early 1900s, the drink has fallen a little out of favor owing to a very floral-forward taste profile. Some suggest dropping the Creme de Violette down to a barspoon.
Created in 1916.
