Notice to Mariners

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Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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Misnaming things

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The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Teaching to the test (II)

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Good questions?

The hardest part of teaching may be finding good questions to ask.

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Burnout

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Long-serving workers

How long is too long to do a single task?

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Distant Shakespeare

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Experiencing language change

We know it happens, but didn’t think it we’d see it in action.

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Old projects

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A plea for documentation

We pull out something from the archives.

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the contact sheet

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technically correct

Focus, exposure, even composition aren’t enough.

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The answers

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and explanations

We present the answers to last week’s conundrums.

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April fool?

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Camouflaged truth

It’s not always easy to sort out fact from falsehood.

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time and tide

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Teaching complexity

Almost every subject is complicated if you go deeply enough into it.  Where do you stop teaching?

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