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Rob Simpson
Personal blog · orbitingfrog.com/blogscienceprogramming
Rob Simpson writes Orbiting Frog, a personal blog at orbitingfrog.com about science and programming. Since 2009, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Rob Simpson's blog for writing on astronomy, including 'small astronomy' and a post on Twitter bots that alert people to ISS passes over their city.
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Rob Simpson — Space, technology, photography, and projects. Personal publishing platform built on the POSSE principle.
What Hacker News says?
Astronomy as a field has been relatively friendly to small collaborations, particularly when compared to its bigger sibling, physics. But the trend towards larger projects is real and can be seen in the authorship statistics [1]. But I feel that it is oversimplifying somewhat to compare big projects to little projects, as the two aren't necessarily in opposition. Oftentimes large projects are collecting data to answ…
Comment linking /2012/08/04/authorship-in-astronomy/
on “In praise of 'small astronomy'”Submitted Measure the Speed of Light Using Your Microwave as a story · 72 points
HN discussionThere are also a number of Twitter bots that can alert you to ISS passes: http://twitter.com/abovelondon (disclaimer: I wrote that one: only for London, but is weather-aware), http://orbitingfrog.com/blog/over-twitter/ (more cities), http://twitter.com/twisst (works anywhere).
Comment linking /blog/over-twitter/
on “See the ISS fly over ...”Submitted EV in a flying mosquito === LHC collisions in a Snickers bar as a story · 4 points
HN discussion