A powerful solar storm this week led to unusually-strong auroras, which were visible from as far south as the American Midwest. My area has extremely high levels of light pollution, so to catch a glimpse of them, my family drove north to a lake near some rural farmland. Most of my friends and acquaintances were only able to see the light of the aurora via low-light photography on their smartphones,but we got to see the dim glow of the aurora unaided. It was one of the most amazing astronomical experiences I've ever had.
I'm trying out some minimalistic Linux configurations on my ClockworkPi DevTerm. This includes removing any packages I don't use and aren't needed to keep the system running, and it includes disabling network connectivity by default. To my dismay, I found that if I keep the device disconnected from the Internet, I get bored very quickly. That tells me that even though I spend little time on the mainline Web, I'm still more addicted to the Internet than I'd like to be. I want to change that.
Photo of the week:
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My smartphone, a budget Nokia device, has terrible low-light photography. Even at its brightest, the aurora appeared as little more than a very dark-gray blob against an otherwise black sky. This photo comes from my mother, who saw the aurora with us.
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