Furry and usually wet, I am not a sea otter but rather an astrophysicist and Assistant Professor in UCSD ‘s Department of Physics working on discovering and studying the lowest-mass stars and brown dwarfs. I like to travel, surf, bounce, and come up with horrendously difficult physics problems for my students. I am most happy at my home in Maui, with my wife Gen (who has a great 3-minute vacation blog), our doggies Mishu & Poke, nice breaks like ho’okipa, and the various plants, birds and creepy-crawlies that share our wonderful little space.
I started blogging as a writing exercise, with a goal to cover as broad a range of topics as possible that pique my interest. The title of my blog is also meant to emphasize the importance of questioning our facts and assumptions, as both nebulium and Neith were two astronomical discoveries that, in fact, don’t exist. Don’t be afraid to poke at conventional wisdom!
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2 October 2010 at 9:02 pm
Adrien Matt
I read your French course review. You are referring to my site as a feeder site for another site. That’s not true. I have an entire course (16 weeks and hours of video lessons). You are trashing my site. You need to understand that this is hard work and my livelihood. I do everything myself. From writing, recording and editing the lessons…. I don’t know what your motivations are. But understand that your review hurts me personally.
3 October 2010 at 12:00 am
bdwarf
My apologies Adrien if you feel you have been unfairly reviewed. It appears I mistook a youtube ad for something connected to your site, so I have crossed this out of the review. In addition, I have placed a note to clarify that the reviews are based solely on the free online material available at these sites, and does not reflect the paid material in any case. My aim was not to “trash” your site, but report a personal, relative assessment of the online materials available at that time.