Dual booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell XPS 13
A complete guide for installing Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows 10 on the Dell XPS 13. Grab a drink. We’re in for a ride.
We just arrived at an asteroid: OSIRIS-REx has reached Bennu!
The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has spent the last 2 years traversing about 2 billion kilometers, to arrive today at the asteroid Bennu.
A frank look at gender inequality in science
I just read a fantastic blog post discussing gender inequality in science by Sabine Hossenfelder, a theoretical physicist, author, and Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies. Written partly in reaction to the recent Strumia debacle, she presents a frank summary of the issue of women’s representation in science, and physics especially.
The universe and your morning coffee
In a closed system, like the universe, entropy can only stay the same or increase over time. And yet we see rich complexity emerge, both here on Earth (including life itself!) and across the cosmos. How does this apparent order emerge in a system with increasing entropy? The answer lies in your morning coffee.
You will be missed, Stephen Hawking
Physicists are born in two ways–either lured in by the mysteries of particle physics or the wonder of the vast cosmos. For myself and many others, Stephen Hawking offered us one of our first glimpses of both worlds.
Installing and using the Cisco AnyConnect client with Debian and Ubuntu
One of my planned uses for this blog is sharing tips that came in handy for me. Today I finally got around to getting AnyConnect going on my Ubuntu 16.04 OS.
Yes, it is safe to drink and breastfeed
After a long pregnancy, I was looking forward to my first refreshing beer. But I worried about what impact having a drink would have on my breast milk. There’s a lot of conflicting advice out there.
A slow start to the new year
A new year has begun, and I find myself slipping into old traps.
The Hobbit Abridged: My 3.5-hour cut of all three Hobbit films, freely available under GPL
I created an “abridged” version of all three The Hobbit films. The full video and audio edits are available as a single file in the kdenlive format, freely available to use and modify.
Big Reaction: Nanoscale etching a penny
My lab is located at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), just up the hill from UC Berkeley. The lab is home to a wide range of cool research and cutting edge technology. The demo shown here, produced by the Molecular Foundry at LBL, showcases two different techniques for creating nanoscale features.