Gereshes is now 2(ish) years old, so I figured it’s time for a quick Core Dump! Numbers In 2019 there were 54000 visitors to Gereshes that viewed 83000 pages. Not bad for such a math-heavy site! Last year only had 35 posts, with an average of 700 words per post. This ends up being about…
TLDR: The Surface Pro is a great personal laptop replacement, but don’t expect it to replace a workstation. Intro This isn’t going to be a numbers based review. I’m not going to run benchmarks, talk about the screen refresh rate , or rattle off the specs of every component in my Surface Pro. Instead, I’m…
TLDR I’ve launched a new website that I manage at a much lower level to allow me to explore things like interactive graphics and demonstrations. It’s arirubin.space, and while currently sparse, you should check it out! What I was Looking For To understand the choices I made in setting up arirubin.space, it’s best to start with…
TLDR: I’m ending weekly blog posts because I’m too busy and want to spend the time I work on weekly posts on other projects. The blog won’t be ending, but new posts will be sporadic. Why When I started Gereshes last year, I set a goal of publishing a blog post every week. Since then,…
What are Cubesats? To answer that, let’s first define a U. A U is 10x10x10 cm cube of space from which cubesats derive their name. Cubesats are made up of multiples of these U’s put together and can have 1.33Kg of weight for every U in their structure. Cubesats can range from a simple 1U…
1 Year Exactly 51 weeks ago, the first real Gereshes post came out. As of posting, 57 people have viewed it. In comparison, the most popular post from this year was viewed over 9000 times. It’s been a long year and a lot’s changed between those two posts. I figured I’d take this time between Christmas…
New Year, New Science Next week, as we ring in the new year, a spacecraft called New Horizons will push the boundary of human knowledge by being the first spacecraft to preform a close flyby of a Kuiper belt object. This isn’t the first time the grand piano sized spacecraft has embiggen human knowledge. From…
Why Memory Cards are Useful Whenever a friend gets a camera, they usually come and ask me “What accessory should I get that will make me a better photographer?”. I’ll answer with two things, spare memory cards , and spare batteries. You don’t get better through better gear, you get better though practice. Practice in…
