A lidar elevation map taken from an aircraft (courtesy Harris Corp. via SPAR 3D)
I was recently in touch with a writer friend of mine who lives in London. We’re both old enough that we emailed rather than Snapchatted or WhatsApped. I mentioned that I was writing a book about the history of lidar. He’s a…
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John Rubadeau, left, with my daughters and me in 2008, 20 years after I had been fortunate enough to have taken his argumentative-writing class as a University of Michigan sophomore.
I posted this on the Wolverine Forum, the University of Michigan Alumni Association's online community a few days ago; figured it should see the light outside…
Wilson Peak in the Coors ad
I'm a fan of Coors, particularly of the family, which does great philanthropic work around here. Its marketing materials are a consistent source of enjoyment, too, particularly the Coors Light side, which posits that drinking a product that involves alcohol, a diuretic, is refreshing. This is completely in-bounds marketing puffery.…
I'm as out of touch as my parents were as far as what teens are up to. I had to look up "Fortnite" yesterday. I spelled it like the poetic way to say "two weeks." Generally, if it doesn't involve spreading venereal disease/getting pregnant, driving intoxicated or frying their brains on alcohol or hard drugs,…
My blood yesterday, magnified 1,200 times.
My 12-year-old daughter has generous grandparents. Her paternal grandmother inquired about Christmas-gift possibilities. My daughter came up with the idea of a microscope. Her grandmother was all over it.
My daughter's grandmother's father had given me a microscope when I was around the same age. I remember it well. There was…