07 May 2004

Cheers for Sheldon Greaves and our new look

Sheldon,

Just a short note to relay my delight at how you've upgraded the old E-Bulletin to the special format of The Citizen Scientist. You and Forrest have worked wonders. Thanks so much for all your efforts!!

Richard Haynes

Thanks, Richard, for your encouraging note. I've long been a fan of NASA's Earth Observatory web site at http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/. When I suggested to Sheldon that the format of this site would form a good model for The Citizen Scientist, he went to work. In only a few weeks, he totally transformed the old E-Bulletin into the superb format before you. SAS members should know that Sheldon is also spending considerable time on the new look of the web site. Thanks, Sheldon, for the long hours you have put into this. Forrest M. Mims III, Editor.

New Resources for Craig Sellen's Projects

Readers interested in building any of the projects written by Craig Sellen (Experimenting with Circular Sweep, Build A Simulated Bouncing Ball Analog Computer, Build the Optical Synthesizer among others) and published here can now obtain circuit boards for these projects from

Atlas Circuits Company
PO Box 892
Lincolnton, NC 28092

Phone: 704-735-3943
e-mail: atlas@conninc.com

Craig Sellen

Question of the week

Editor,

Why does my razor blade get dull when I use it to cut facial hair, a less hard substance?

Johan Benson

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