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I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!

Because Microsoft is going to launch a planetarium product soon, I heard about an open source package called Stellarium. It’s a cross platform piece of software that shows you the sky and a lets you navigate through it. It’s pretty cool, especially if you have a Mac and kids who expect you to know the names of stars in the sky.

During the lunar eclipse last week, we were outside looking at the stars. I was trying to navigate using a star chart in a book and saw a red star that I couldn’t quite place. After 2 minutes on Stellarium, I realized that we had been looking at Mars, a fact that would have sent Malcolm through the roof had I know it at the time. I can’t wait for the next clear night!

You can watch this about just how quickly our world is changing…

Malcolm learned something from your visit!

I’ve been taking lots of digital pictures since I had a kid 3 years ago. I’ve been using a small Cannon point and shoot that has been great. It’s portable and takes pretty good pictures. Yesterday I got a Nikon D50 digital SLR and it’s a different world…here’s my first morning playing with it.

Too many to choose from!

Stay close and keep warm!

Going to the country, gonna pick a lot of pumpkins…

Mom and daughter looking all put together in a nice little Wauwatosa cafe.