Monthly Archives: June 2012

For those that haven’t heard about it, transit2012 got people together to observe the transit of Venus. Observations of the transit from different locations on the Earth can be used to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun. … Continue reading →

Well, I’m home. It was a nice trip. England is a beautiful country. I stayed in Bromley, which is a little commuter town about twenty minutes away from London on the train. Each day I caught the train to Swanley … Continue reading →

I’ve just arrived in the UK on a one-week business trip. I left home at 7pm UTC+8 on Saturday, and arrived at the hotel at 2pm UTC+1 today. So accommodation-to-accommodation a 25 hour journey. So, roughly 50 hours of this week will … Continue reading →