My friend got a great Unix reference the other day – a $14 buy from one of those “up to 80% off” computer discount bins. No matter how hard I looked, though, I couldn’t find one worth buying second hand.

Rather than spend the fifty bucks on a new Unix / Linux command reference, I decided to create my own: an edited and compiled version of the almighty manpages for 39 of the most used (and useful) Unix / Linux commands.

An overview of some astronomical digital image processing techniques.

Link to the piece here: Astronomical Image Processsing

How scientists simulate the origin of the universe.

Link to the piece here: Astronomical Simulation

A press release that describes new research in “Breaking Bad News.”

Link to the piece here: Breaking Bad News

A narrative of my last day smoking.

Link to the piece here: Butting Out

A narrative of my first job.

Link to the piece here: Dairy King

A technical look at The Berkley Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Link to the piece here: SETI @ Home

A narrative of my first dance with a junior high crush.

Link to the piece here: The First Dance

A technical look at the Hubble Space Telescope, including its programming.

Link to the piece here: The Hubble Space Telescope

An explanation of the “Polar Vortex.”

Link to the piece here: The Polar Vortex