Solar Eclipse in Southeast Michigan: August 2017

shadows of trees leaves on sidewalk with vague crescents from the solar eclipse

Today’s solar eclipse in the United States, as seen through the shadows of the tree leaves.

While watching TV to see the eclipse totality in Madras, Oregon and Carbondale, Illinois was amazing (it was incredible to see how dark it became), there’s nothing like experiencing the eclipse on your own! Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Southeast Michigan: August 2017

Photo of the Week: Lakenenland Sculpture Park

silver metal lion posed on a log as a faced sculpture peers out from a cavity in the log

“Wait. Did you see that entrance sign on the left side of the road? It looks like a bear and a deer cutting a log.

Stop, we have to check this out.”

That’s how we discovered Lakenenland, an outdoor sculpture park east of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Lakenenland Sculpture Park

Celebrating Women in Technology: #WITBragDay

two women sitting together, looking at code on laptop

Last week’s news of a 10-page memo against Google’s diversity efforts from a Google engineer sparked a lot of debate and backlash online in blog posts and social media.

And it got negative. Fast.

But one of the good things that came out of the discussion that I loved was the idea for women to promote their technology accomplishments using the hashtag #WITBragDay (Women in Technology Brag Day).Continue reading Celebrating Women in Technology: #WITBragDay