James Davenport 🔭☕️Feb 29, 2024
Today a prospective grad student & I were talking about building/tinkering and curiosity.... I said "billion dollar space missions and creative garage art projects interest me equally". They looked at me ~skeptically, so I pulled this #book
off my shelf...
#astrodon #academicchatter
Show threadJames Davenport 🔭☕️Feb 29, 2024
Inside is a Raspberry Pi mini computer that I used to build "Mock Twain", a Python Twitter-bot that tweeted a book over a year. It was one of my favorite mini creative projects from grad school, and is a perfect summary of my work as an astronomer/academic.
Krys DoranFeb 29, 2024
Show threadJames Davenport 🔭☕️

As ever, I solemnly swear to never take astronomy seriously.... space is too fun to be serious.

But I *DO* take creativity very seriously

Feb 29, 2024 at 8:49pmWeb