So back when I was at UNH I made a design for a T-shirt for the Forensic Science and Chemistry Club.
Later I edited the images some and made them into compute wallpapers of various sizes and put them up on my website. Over the years it’s been one of the more popular images on my page and has been linked to and used by a number of sites (I actually ended up just posting the files as a .zip to keep myspace and other leachers from hotlinking to the image).
Well about two weeks ago I got an email from someone at American Intercontinental University asking to use the image as part of a display in their School of Criminal Justice. After emailing back and forth a few times and making a few tweaks I sent along a better version of the image for them to use. Well about a week later I got a thank you letter in the mail from the university thanking me for letting them use the picture.
Just goes to show Captain Science is world famous! Now if only I could figure out a way to make money off my stuff and I will be set for life 
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Last night Meg and I went into the city to see John Hodgman at the bookstore in Union Square. It was for the release of his new book :
I went down right after work and had Meg meet me there. We were really early but that got us good seats, which proved to be quite fortuitous. Because Hodgman was at a taping for the Daily Show he had Jonathan Coulton as an opening act. I had no idea and needless to say was quite excited, he is one of my favorite geeky singers! He opened with IKEA and treated the crowd to a half hour long set of his songs, ending with RE:Your Brains where the audience got to sing along as a crowd of zombies! A good time was had by all.
John Hodgman was funny, and did the usual author stuff. Told some stories and read some from his book. (For those who don’t know who he is I guess he is most famous as “The PC” on the Mac-PC adds. His book is sort of a almanac of made up facts and knowledge.
After I was able to get my book signed and got to shake hands and talk to both John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton! All in all it was a really fun evening! We capped off the evening by going out for dinner and drinks at the Heartlan Brewery (Mmmm…. pumpkin ale!)
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The heat from this thing was really impressive. You can see the pillow smoking which was a few feet outside the burn room. They had a fire team with a hose at the ready and they knocked it down pretty quickly, but what is sort of sobering to remember is that it was that big at 2 minutes. Mind you we had firefighters with a hose waiting and ready to go, if it was a real house fire they would probably be just getting the call still, if that.
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I am in my room at the NY State Fire Academy. Woo for Wifi! It was a long drive, I left at 5 this morning and finally got here around 10:45. My first meeting doesn’t start till 1 but I was able to check in and unpack my stuff. I am staying in the doom here at the academy. Though the room is nicer then your typical dorm, 2 beds (though its supposed to be just me in here) and a bathroom/shower. It’s nice to be able to stretch out for a few minutes after a 5 hour drive.
I suppose I will unpack the rest of my stuff and then wonder around and try and find some food
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We are back in NYC after yet another long weekend visit to my parents up in CT. We had a really fun time. Did the usual book barn trip but also got to go pick apples and visit the Berlin Fair. Meg was quite excited at getting to pet her first sheep!
Today was back to work for me (took last friday off) but it will be a short week. I am traveling up-state Wednesday for a conference/meeting about arson and fire debris. I am not exactly looking forward to the 5 hour drive I have to do to get up there but getting to see the “live burn” demonstration should more then make up for it!
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