Science
A Tentative Detection of a Starspot During Consecutive Transits of an Extrasolar Planet from the Ground: No Evidence of a Double Transiting Planet System Around TrES-1
Published on June 23, 2009
A continuation of the work I did in 2007 on the transiting planet around TrES-1. Additional observations were made which showed additional evidence of starspot detection, culminating in a paper published to the Astrophysical Journal.
Construction and Testing on a Potassium Resonant Laser
Posted May 8, 2008
A report on a semester's work building a laser diode system resonant with a potassium vapor.
Saturated Absorption of Lithium with Variable Incident Intensity
Posted December 17, 2008
A short report on an experiment in saturated absorption.
Transit Observation of TrES-1: Increasing Precision
Posted April 30, 2007
A paper detailing the observations of the an extrasolar planetary transit and the data obtained as a result.
4-vectors
Posted May 4, 2006
A chapter written in textbook style, explaining 4-vectors and their use in the study of relativity.
Philosophy
Gambling, Game Theory, and God
Posted July, 29, 2010
An exploration of Pascal's Wager, and the results that gives when extended to allow for multiple possible gods.
On the Necessity of Moral Decisions
Posted June 15, 2010
An examination of what makes an action moral, and the responsibility a moral actor has in consideration of his actions.
Millian Utilitarianism and the Repugnant Conclusion
Posted October 28, 2006
In this paper I explore the repugnant conclusion as it relates to a theory of Millian Utilitarianism. Through this, I show that such a theory can not be logically held.
Fiction
NaNoWriMo 2009
Posted December 1, 2009
My third attempt at the literary abandon that is NaNoWriMo. A fairly standard Zombie apocalypse story without any actual zombies in it (though they were planned for later in the novel). Only 20,781 words of the 50,000 word goal was completed before the month's end.
NaNoWriMo 2008
Posted December 1, 2008
My second attempt at NaNoWriMo. I decided to make the attempt two days before the start, so there's no intelligible plot to be found in the roughly 5,000 words I wrote.
Cleansing the System
Posted November 9, 2007
A short story written for a writing class. A lawyer on the toilet has quite the experience.
Sideways
Posted October 13, 2007
Another short story written for a writing class. A space marine makes a profound realization about the war he has been cast into.
NaNoWriMo 2004
Posted December 1, 2004
My first attempt at NaNoWriMo. The story revolved around the birth of a romance between two youngsters living on different planets. Roughly 15,000 words were completed.