James Marshall

Of possible interest: "A Practical Primer on Software Citation in Research"; astronomy is used as an example, but the guidance provided is general. arxiv.org/abs/2609.28622

Hmm. About 9 months since I last checked downloads of my dissertation, and it went from "just over 600", as I posted then, to nearing 800 now (774, to be exact), probably 150+ downloads in under a year. I still wonder what's causing this increase so long after it was put online.

Wow, 197 new and 31 crosses in the astro-ph @arxiv today. I know the holiday weekend likely increased the number, but still, that's a lot of papers. I wonder if it's a record for one mailing/listing.

Are problems with the @NASAArtemis tracker common right now? I tried in the @NASA app and two desktop web browsers, and the intro tour points at things that aren't on my screen. Anyone know how to fix this, or do we wait for server-side updates? Thanks!

I just saw this on the arXiv and thought I'd pass it on. It's about why we do astrophysics. arxiv.org/abs/2602.10181

Today I made one of my random checks on downloads for my PhD dissertation, and it's just over 600 now. Not bad, especially since I'm not really active in the field anymore. People are still finding it (and hopefully it's useful to them).

I usually try to do some of the #AdventOfCode every year, so I looked for my templates and past code to start from this year but couldn't find it. Still hoping I have it somewhere, but it's not looking good. I may have forgotten to copy it off my work computer at my last task. :(

Interesting short paper on analog clocks for Mars time using Earth- based seconds (SI units) on the astro-ph @arxiv today; it has links to see working versions online, too. arxiv.org/abs/2507.09062

Today marks 20 years of work for @INNOVIM 🎉 almost all with @NASA but now with @NOAA on a joint program at @NASAGoddard. I've had several contracts, done and learned a lot of things, and hopefully contributed in some way to these agencies helping the US and world. More to come!

If you'd like to hear Apollo 11 mission audio in real time to celebrate its 55th anniversary, check out apolloinrealtime.org.

Today marks 19 years with @INNOVIM, almost all at @NASAGoddard. Due to contract changes, I'm now with @NOAA, but this space weather project is joint with @NASA so I still get to be at GSFC, where I've always enjoyed working.

Every once in a while, I check the number of downloads on my #astronomy PhD dissertation out of curiosity. Since the last time I did so, it passed 500 downloads. Not bad! If you want to see it, it's on the @UofMaryland library system at: hdl.handle.net/1903/2049

I can't use both personal and business @Google Voice numbers on one mobile phone? That's not great. Is there any way around this?

Of possible interest: this ~7 minute video about the history of the #Vim text editor. youtube.com/watch?v=c6vjFQBl…

Not for anything, but I feel like the Advent of Code problems are harder than usual this year. I don't usually have this much trouble in the first week (which isn't even over yet).

As interesting as VimGolf often is, the problem is that you never learn the best tricks unless you're already good enough to score near the top to begin with, so I often feel like I'm missing out on learning something really cool.

Not exactly new, but I saw it in the astro-ph @arxiv today: the Astronomy Genealogy Project. Trace your academic lineage! :) If you're there, check your info; if not and you have an astronomy background, consider adding yourself. astrogen.aas.org

Wow, 151 new papers + 22 cross-listings in the astro-ph @arxiv e-mail today. Busy holiday weekend, I guess. This could be the most papers I've seen in one day's listing, but I haven't kept an accurate count; I feel like it has to be pretty high up there though.