Ghost Town Sage

Out of this world insight.

This section is a series of technical articles that I've worked on in my spare time, here at Ghost Town Software. I used to be an engineer, and now my hobbies are writing, programming, astrophysics, quantum physics, and geophysics. This section is a good selection of these topics.

Downgrading Pluto

(Sept 2010) Children the world over freaked out when Pluto was downgraded to a minor planet. I say the astronomers were right, and Earth Magazine printed my letter explaining why, in Sept 2010.

Pluto's Scar

(Dec 2017) When the New Horizon probe passed by Pluto, that heart shaped area seemed interesting to me. To me it looks a whole lot like a scar from a glancing blow, and Charon is looking mighty suspicious.

Fixed Point Line Algorithm

(June 1999) Most programmers use Bresenham's Algorithm to draw lines on the screen, but a decade ago I came up with a new technique that is simpler and faster. I describe the algorithm here for any interested programmers.

Expansion of Universe

(June 2015) Astronomers seem to think the expansion of the universe is accelerating, but I have a different theory. I came up with a way to explain the acceleration without using exotic forms of matter or a privleged location in space.

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