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So you’re chaperoning a soccer team in Las Vegas

So you’re chaperoning a soccer team in Las Vegas

"\"TweetShareShareFirst of all, my condolences. But then, you will have the pleasure of watching several youth soccer games in succession, most likely under a ridiculously hot sun. That aside, here are a few tips to make your stay more pleasant...

May 17, 2021 toddneff #chaperoning, #LasVegasMayorsCup, Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club 1715
A glimpse of the future on Galveston Island

A glimpse of the future on Galveston Island

"\"TweetShareShareHead a few miles up the beach from downtown Galveston and you can see the future. Galveston Island, like much of the Texas coast, is a spit of sand. Along its eastern flank runs hard-packed, broad beach more suited to strolling,...

April 6, 2021 toddneff climate change, Galveston Island, sea level rise 1965

Podcast recommendation: Revolution at Sea

"\"TweetShareShareI was watching an episode of the truly insane, brilliant Cartoon Network Adult Swim mainstay \\u201cRick and Morty\\u201d last night. As Rick, Morty, and Summer approached an alien planet too strange to recount here (though...

March 13, 2021 toddneff 1067

A Brief History of Automotive Lidar

"\"TweetShareShareMost of this brief history went unchanged, being history. But lidar\\u2019s been a continuing story, so some updates were in...

February 22, 2021 toddneff #lidar, #lidarhistory, Carnegie Mellon, DARPA Grand Challenge, David Hall, Field Robotics Center, Red Whittaker, Velodyne 1263

What the hell is “Grammar Geezers”?

"\"TweetShareShareA YouTube series to share the writing and grammar wisdom of John...

February 2, 2021 toddneff #GrammarGeezers, Grammar tips, John Rubadeau, University of Michigan, Writing tips 1366

Some background on my new book, “A Beard Cut Short”

"\"TweetShareShareQuick summary: a blog post led to a...

December 23, 2020 toddneff #MeToo, A Beard Cut Short 1683

Trump’s a bad choice for this beach dweller

"TweetShareShareI\u2019ve learned to ignore Trump 2020 signage and those who display them. It\u2019ll drive you crazy otherwise. More than 40 percent of the country will vote for a dangerous incompetent for reasons that make twisted sense (for the...

October 21, 2020 toddneff climate change, Sanibel Island, sea level rise, Trump 1427

Covid-19 in CO and FL: A tale of the tape

"\"TweetShareShareI was reticent to travel to Florida from my adoptive home state of Colorado. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\\u2019s laissez-faire lassitude toward the pandemic \\u2013 to Floridians\\u2019 great detriment \\u2013 a has been all too...

October 18, 2020 toddneff coronavirus, covid-19 1572

Lidar (and me) on the Curiosityness podcast

"\"TweetShareShareTravis DeRose of the excellent Curiosityness podcast — an eclectic and fascinating smorgasbord with episodes spanning the visual effects of Star Wars, how to get started mountain biking, the Presidential Pet Museum, the...

September 15, 2020 toddneff #curiosityness, #iphone12, #lidarhistory, lidar 876

Lidar to hit mainstream in pockets (not on cars)

"\"TweetShareShareWhat will having a laser mapper in your pocket...

August 25, 2020 toddneff #iphone12, #lidarhistory, lidar 1381

An ash and the emerald ash borer

"\"TweetShareShareI began to look at our ash tree not as trash, but as something that\\u2019s dead but doesn\\u2019t quite know it...

June 30, 2020 toddneff #ashmageddon, #beasmartash, #coloradotrees, #emeraldashborer, #kentuckycoffeetree 1888

Earthview Media’s statement on racism

"\"TweetShareShareIt all boils down to vitamin...

June 11, 2020 toddneff #BlackLivesMatter, #GeorgeFloyd, #racism, #vitaminD 1119
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