Don't Panic Geocast

This week we discuss field tools - everything from clothing to pens and notebooks! Shannon panics due to Earth’s close encounter with an asteroid and John talks about the smell after rainstorms. We want to hear your feedback! John has been playing more with radar during the northeast blizzard. Shannon has been keeping an eye on asteroid 2004 BL86 as it passed near the Earth Monday. There are already a lot of neat radar images coming from this event. Shannon is also planning her first class field trip for a field methods class. Field Packs People use everything, backpacks, fanny packs, etc. John has a holster thing like SWAT teams. Looks a little like a weapon holster though, so be careful. (He also can’t find anyone that still sells them.) Shannon uses a wait-pack. John and Shannon use stretchy belts to hold their hammers. Lots of folks use their hammer as a ruler in the field. Clipboards John has a clipboard with storage under it. The black ones gets really hot in the sun though. Shannon uses a taped to

Episode 1 - Clippy is Gone Now, Clippy Was Not a Help We discuss paper writing, figure making, debate the merits of our favorite software, and discuss a possible explanation of last week’s mysterious booms in Oklahoma. Shannon also discovers that John does strange things with his spare time and a police radar gun. We discuss the demise of clippy, the MS Word virtual assistant. Global Warming Trend Graphic John’s blog post on using a police radar gun for raindrop speed Paper and Report Writing John uses LaTeX, specifically MacTeX Shannon uses MS Word mostly There is value in features like track changes, scripting, distraction free environments, formatting, figure numbering, etc. John uses markdown initially to have a distraction free writing environment (in the atom editor) LaTeX help is easy to find! Poster and Figure Making Many options, but some are better than others Powerpoint (please don’t use this for posters or figures) Adobe Illustrator (expensive, steep learning curve, but good) Inkscape (free c

Episode 0 - “Hello World!” In this episode, we discuss what this podcast is, who we are, and wrap up our conference travels. We also throw out our nominations for this week’s “Fun Paper Friday.” The Podcast We’ll be discussing: - Recent news/discoveries in geoscience - Technology that helps get the job done - Interviews with leaders in the field or interesting people - Conference stories - Bantering about any geo vs. tech topic - #FunPaperFriday articles This podcast is for anyone working in, interested in, or vaguely associated with the Earth sciences. As Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers would say, we will often discuss things “unencumbered by the thought process.” Who we are John Leeman and Shannon Dulin, meteorology and geology geeks. Winter Conference Wrap-Up GSA - Vancouver, BC Woolard Award winner-using paleomagnetism and continental reconstructions to determine how extinctions occurred. Digital poster sessions integrating google earth and structural geology Digital posters showing how drones are be