Jupiter and the Galilean Moons from the City
Jupiter holds up remarkably well under heavy light pollution — cloud bands, four moons, and a view that changes every night.
2026-04-01· Astronomy
Writing
Notes from the parts of life that have nothing to do with work — mostly tennis and the night sky, occasionally other things I'm paying attention to.
"Part 3: The Five-Minute Routine That's Keeping Me on Court"
No racquet fixes what 25 years of desk work did to your tendons. The boring conditioning stuff that actually works.
2026-03-29· Active Life
Pushing Magnification on Lunar Detail
Testing where magnification breaks down under urban seeing conditions — and finding the balance between image scale and clarity.
2026-03-26· Astronomy
"Part 2: Why I Picked the Yonex EZONE 100 (and the String Thing Nobody Mentions)"
Choosing a racquet when you actually know what you need — and why strings turned out to matter more than the frame.
2026-03-22· Active Life
The Moon Along the Terminator
Working the terminator line on the Moon from a Bortle 8–9 balcony — where low-angle sunlight turns familiar craters into a landscape.
2026-03-20· Astronomy
"From Zero to First Light: How I Finally Bought My First Telescope"
"How Claude and I narrowed down the telescope market and landed on the Draco 90/800 for city balcony observing."
2026-03-15· Astronomy
"Part 1: Back on Court at 40 — And I Know Nothing About Racquets"
Got back into racquet sports through Pickleball, fell into tennis, and discovered I'd been holding a racquet without understanding a single thing about it.
2026-03-15· Active Life