Using Duo Security Two-Factor Security at SUNY New Paltz
SUNY New Paltz is in the process of adding Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to their adminstrative computer systems, and I have been trying it out. This is a report on some of the things I’ve learned, such as how to get…
Visualization of the Cislunar Potential
In the past few days I’ve been following the playback of the Apollo 11 mission in “real time” (delayed exactly 50 years) at https://apolloinrealtime.org/11/. Among all the news related to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing I…
Summer Solstice 2019 in Wooster Hall
As we have done in past years, a small group of those interested came to Wooster Hall to observe the skylight lights cross over the staircase at Solar Noon (at 12:58:16 EDT). This year the actual Solstice (at 11:54 EDT)…
Cleaning Pennies with Taco Sauce
I have been collecting old pennies for a science experiment. (The composition of the penny changed in 1982, which changed the weight slightly, and I will soon have a student exercise that makes use of that weight difference. Stay tuned…) …
Vernal Equinox 2019
What a difference a year makes. Last year I made a time-lapse video of the Vernal equinox in Wooster Hall by standing next to a wall and taking a photo about once a minute for an hour. This year I…
YSC-4 Electronic Clock
I’ve just completed building a small electronic clock from a kit, the YSC-4 kit from HiLetgo, which I was able to purchase from Amazon for under $9.1 My interest in this kit was to find something simple that is nevertheless…
Welding Ventilation Estimate
I have been investigating the requirements for students to be able to weld on campus, which is needed for our Baja SAE team, for projects for our Engineering Senior Design course, and for other various engineering projects. One of the…
Wooster Hall Rooftop Mystery
A few weeks ago I visited Wooster Hall with a time-lapse camera to try to see what happens to the light from the skylight over the main staircase at solar noon on the Winter Solstice. I was a few days…
Winter Solstice in Wooster Hall
Wooster Hall at SUNY New Paltz has a neat feature: the main staircase is aligned directly North/South, and skylights are positioned above it so that at solar noon on the equinoxes the bottom of the staircase is illuminated by four…
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