Subject: Did you take offense?
Did you take offense?
January 24th, 2015 at 12:56 pm EDTHello Friend, In yesterday's newsletter, I mentioned that we will have to increase prices on many products, due to thecurrent devaluation of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar, for imported US products. That's a fact, and not much any of us ...
This ain't no way to bring in the new year
January 23rd, 2015 at 1:18 pm EDTHello Friend, Well, let's just say that the recent announcement by the Canadian government to decrease the already low interest rateswasn't really the best news. Why you ask? Because it's going to drive down the value of the Canadian dollar, whic ...
How to avoid the two star alignment on your computerized telescope
January 22nd, 2015 at 4:04 pm EDTHello Friend, If you own a Celestron computerized telescope, then this will be of interest to you. And even if you don't, well it still might be. One of the annoying things, especially when it's frigging cold that you usually have to do to startthe ...
Why freeze your azz off observing or imaging this Winter?
January 21st, 2015 at 2:33 pm EDTHello Friend, As we reach the coldest days of winter here in Toronto and northern Canada, I always like to thing backto the time I last attended the Winter Star Party held in Summerland Key, Florida. Now it's been many years since I've been back, bu ...
Buddy, can you spare 300 million dollars?
January 20th, 2015 at 3:33 pm EDTHello Friend, During the dirty thirties the phrase often used by those who were unemployed and out of workwas "Buddy, can you spare a dime?". Here we are in 2015. Perhaps you have already heard of the Thirty metre telescope (TMT), Friend? And one of ...
Turn your smartphone or tablet into your own personal planetarium and observatory!
January 19th, 2015 at 3:10 pm EDTTurn your smartphone or tablet into your own personal planetarium and observatory! Get WiFi Access to the Universe with the Celestron SkyQ Link 2 WiFi Module . Simply plug it into your telescope's Hand Control or AUX port and connect to its wireless ...
The sad tale of the Beagle 2, and Professor Colin Pillinger
January 18th, 2015 at 1:14 pm EDTHello Friend, The late Professor Collin Pillinger, sat at his dinner table with all the usual fixings, on Christmas day, Dec 19th 2003awaiting confirmation of the landing of the Mars lander, the Beagle 2. Alas, that did not happen. The Beagle 2, was ...
Televue Demo Sale
January 16th, 2015 at 9:52 am EDTHello Friend, TeleVue products are the cream of the crop. The founder of TeleVue, Al Nagler decided many years ago that he didn't want his productsto be the same "me too" type of products everyone else made. While Al Nagler's son, David Nagler and hi ...
A true confession
January 14th, 2015 at 2:49 pm EDTHello Friend,As further evidence of the effect that Guinness Beer can have on you, I confess to making twoserious blunders in previous emails.Thanks to reader, Caroline Lane, who is doing her best to keep me on the straight and narrow,I will now be a ...
Prescription for Guinness?
January 13th, 2015 at 12:41 pm EDTHello Friend, Does anyone really give prescriptions for a pint of Guinness? Being here in Cork, Ireland in the middle of Winter, is not the most pleasant thing. The winds are blowing, it's snowing and raining, you get the picture. Especially if you'r ...