I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
Read moreI was 10 blocks away and I could hear the sound of a music band playing. It was a little late, around 10 PM, when I followed where the sound of music was coming from and found out it was at the Sylvan Green, right close to the campanile, in…
Read moreMatt Might, University of Utah Assistant Professor, came up with a visual guide to explain in easy manner what a PhD really means. I am sharing the pictures to you. Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:
Read moreDo you ever wonder why the dinosaurs become extinct and not the elephants? There is only one accepted theory: elephants hate dinosaurs. See: Thank you to whoever provided this picture. This, indeed, answered the question of why we don’t see dinos anymore.
Read moreThe title of this post is weird. Yes, I placed the link http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif right on top. If you are reading this post, most likely you have the same problem as mine. You are trying to look for an answer as to why the “http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif” keeps appearing on your Blogger post.
Read moreWhat do you do when your dreams are shattered? What do you do when your life isn’t turning out the way you thought? What do you do when you have to turn to Plan B? These are questions author Pete Wilson asked and tried to answer in his book “Plan…
Read moreEveryone in the GIS Center received an email requiring us to undergo the online harassment training. The training took about 20 minutes to complete, and it was worth it. Let me share to you some of the things I read from the South Dakota Board of Regents document.
Read moreNASA provided satellite images of Sendai, Japan before and after the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami hit and devastated the region on March 11, 2011. The images vary in spatial resolution. One set of images came from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellite. MODIS…
Read moreThe World Economic Forum’s “Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report” 2011 has been released with Switzerland topping the latest global survey among 139 countries. The top 10 countries overall that are considered the most competitive in travel and tourism are Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada…
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