Hugh Daigle
@hdaigle
Professor, Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. Into decarbonization, gas hydrates, nanotechnology, birds. #energysky
Our boys are doing printmaking class this week and Younger Son’s teacher made woodblock prints of Jimothy for all the students.
Bonus question- the start of the 3rd movement (Temptation of St Anthony) is not quite a 12-tone row… what note is missing?
Reading the preface to the score of Hindemith’s “Mathis der Maler” symphony. Some parallels to the present moment. 1/3
Last one - Mt Rainier from the Space Needle on Thursday afternoon. Nice orographic clouds - maybe von Karman vortices? Wind from the south (R-L in the photo). Thanks for a great visit Seattle- until next time
Saw the R/V Rachel Carson heading out through the Ballard Locks this morning @uwmarinebiology.bsky.social
Waxing crescent moon and Venus seen while taking out the trash, Hyde Park ATX. Love how the long camera exposure captured the full moon face illuminated by earthglow. My dad calls this “the old moon in the new moon’s arms”
Beautiful sedimentary structures (truncations, cross bedding, etc) in the sandstone blocks at Stirling Castle
Not a great firefly showing in our yard due to the drought, but we have a few. Pardon my younger son’s collapsed goal; future footballer
Picked up an issue of Nat Geo from August 1988 at a Little Free Library down the street - check out this ad! Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
If I am not mistaken, the S3P program, which is the successor to the US support for IODP, is now part of the GEO infrastructure package which is proposed to be cut overall by 49.7%. Not great.
I don’t gamble but I think it’s a sure bet some TACO jawboning will happen early Monday and we’ll have a rinse-and-repeat of this week, but maybe ending higher next Friday. But, remember @atrupar.com is off so anything is possible.
First Austin FC game with the boys. Good seats, and an exciting 0-0 draw vs LAFC!
Ahem you might want to pay attention to the Caspian, which accounts for 3% of daily global consumption?
We had the largest group so far apply for our Sustainable Energy minor. 400+ students enrolled total. The future is decarbonized.
The city replenished the water in Shipe Pool this week and it was so still and reflective this evening. Already looking forward to our summer community meeting spot.
