JustinG
@justingosses.github.io
Posts on Geology, Maps, Open Source, Code, Machine Learning, and Houston.
For disclosure purposes, @ Microsoft, but opinions my own.
For disclosure purposes, @ Microsoft, but opinions my own.
Hand samples of Heart Mountain fault from my rock cabinet!
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hand samples of Heart Mountain fault from my rock cabinet!
Photos of a heart mountain fault hand sample I grabbed from the main rock cabinet. The actual fault is the brown part with gray bits basically reworked from above and below.
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Photos of a heart mountain fault hand sample I grabbed from the main rock cabinet. The actual fault is the brown part with gray bits basically reworked from above and below.
What the Water Rat said to the Mole: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
September 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
What the Water Rat said to the Mole: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Went kayaking today but highlight was bumping into this cottonwood borer the size of my thumb. Rather flashy species of longhorn beetle.
July 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Went kayaking today but highlight was bumping into this cottonwood borer the size of my thumb. Rather flashy species of longhorn beetle.
Lots of messed up stuff happening, but at least this junk mail made my data scientist heart laugh. Inside was a letter about “marketing real estate differently”.
June 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Lots of messed up stuff happening, but at least this junk mail made my data scientist heart laugh. Inside was a letter about “marketing real estate differently”.
Anyone know why #ercot wholesale electricity prices in Texas are going through the roof? Besides it’s kinda hot for first time in a while, of course.
May 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Anyone know why #ercot wholesale electricity prices in Texas are going through the roof? Besides it’s kinda hot for first time in a while, of course.
Went to a city park in Houston to run and spotted a very large silicified tree fossil placed between two trees on edge of a parking lot like a decorative stone, except there were no other big rocks like it between other trees.
Was faced with two possibilities listed below.
Was faced with two possibilities listed below.
May 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Went to a city park in Houston to run and spotted a very large silicified tree fossil placed between two trees on edge of a parking lot like a decorative stone, except there were no other big rocks like it between other trees.
Was faced with two possibilities listed below.
Was faced with two possibilities listed below.
Saw this post and then checked the wholesale price for electricity in Texas: $0. Main source of power today is a lot of solar.
April 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Saw this post and then checked the wholesale price for electricity in Texas: $0. Main source of power today is a lot of solar.
Many of the deleted NASA policy documents removed from public-facing NODIS (NASA Online Directive Information System) during early weeks of Trump administration have to do with discrimination. Good use of @archive.org to analyze 100s of PDF over time. lemon-plant-066c01310.6.azurestaticapps.net
March 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Many of the deleted NASA policy documents removed from public-facing NODIS (NASA Online Directive Information System) during early weeks of Trump administration have to do with discrimination. Good use of @archive.org to analyze 100s of PDF over time. lemon-plant-066c01310.6.azurestaticapps.net
This analysis of changes shows 19 directives deleted with a focus on those that prevent or respond to discrimination lemon-plant-066c01310.6.azurestaticapps.net
March 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This analysis of changes shows 19 directives deleted with a focus on those that prevent or respond to discrimination lemon-plant-066c01310.6.azurestaticapps.net
March has seen many days with negative whole electricity prices in midday hours in Texas and it just seems crazy to me, in a good way. Also, I am switching to doing laundry at lunchtime instead of evening, because my battery is full so you’all getting my solar panel power for free.
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
March has seen many days with negative whole electricity prices in midday hours in Texas and it just seems crazy to me, in a good way. Also, I am switching to doing laundry at lunchtime instead of evening, because my battery is full so you’all getting my solar panel power for free.
Saw swarm of dozens of blue lighted small drones fly over 26th street and Princeton going south towards downtown #Houston fast . Too early to be part of official fireworks. Weird.
January 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Saw swarm of dozens of blue lighted small drones fly over 26th street and Princeton going south towards downtown #Houston fast . Too early to be part of official fireworks. Weird.
Think I might need to copyedit the warning message on this present a little before giving it to my 9 year old nephew
December 24, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Think I might need to copyedit the warning message on this present a little before giving it to my 9 year old nephew
Late season peppers still coming in strong.
December 13, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Late season peppers still coming in strong.
Wind speed map.
Lying in bed in Houston feeling the house shake from hurricane gusts not too different than feeling it shake from frequent earthquake aftershocks in Taipei.
Lying in bed in Houston feeling the house shake from hurricane gusts not too different than feeling it shake from frequent earthquake aftershocks in Taipei.
July 8, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Wind speed map.
Lying in bed in Houston feeling the house shake from hurricane gusts not too different than feeling it shake from frequent earthquake aftershocks in Taipei.
Lying in bed in Houston feeling the house shake from hurricane gusts not too different than feeling it shake from frequent earthquake aftershocks in Taipei.
Relative elevation map of greater Houston area. Relative to rivers, bay, and shoreline. West to east river is Buffalo bayou. Big river on left is Brazos. Center is San Jacinto, right is Trinity. Galveston Island lower right corner.
June 2, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Relative elevation map of greater Houston area. Relative to rivers, bay, and shoreline. West to east river is Buffalo bayou. Big river on left is Brazos. Center is San Jacinto, right is Trinity. Galveston Island lower right corner.
First pepper of the year is hot! Did not slice thinly enough.
May 15, 2024 at 7:15 PM
First pepper of the year is hot! Did not slice thinly enough.
I’ve enjoyed making fun or nerdy business cards. Original had topographic map on textured paper. Then moved to augmented reality business cards, works on any browser. Can change 3D model every few years so it updates even if physical card is same. github.com/JustinGOSSES...
April 16, 2024 at 9:02 AM
I’ve enjoyed making fun or nerdy business cards. Original had topographic map on textured paper. Then moved to augmented reality business cards, works on any browser. Can change 3D model every few years so it updates even if physical card is same. github.com/JustinGOSSES...
Anyone know what this #fossil is? Found in Ohio Shale (Devonian age) in Big Creek Reservation Park. Looks a bit like an upside down jellyfish trace but oval. Imprint with texture. Reed fossils and pyrite / siderite nodules also found in slightly lower strata.
April 7, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Anyone know what this #fossil is? Found in Ohio Shale (Devonian age) in Big Creek Reservation Park. Looks a bit like an upside down jellyfish trace but oval. Imprint with texture. Reed fossils and pyrite / siderite nodules also found in slightly lower strata.
Watching the USGS list of recent large earthquakes globally and the Taiwan aftershocks are dominating the list since yesterday earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
April 3, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Watching the USGS list of recent large earthquakes globally and the Taiwan aftershocks are dominating the list since yesterday earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Blog post combining: (1) post mortem on side project using large language model to generate geology field trip stop descriptions (2) error analysis of geologic maps vs. LLMs (3) thoughts on how LLM could power future interfaces for geologic map data.
justingosses.com/blog/LLM-AI-...
justingosses.com/blog/LLM-AI-...
February 9, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Blog post combining: (1) post mortem on side project using large language model to generate geology field trip stop descriptions (2) error analysis of geologic maps vs. LLMs (3) thoughts on how LLM could power future interfaces for geologic map data.
justingosses.com/blog/LLM-AI-...
justingosses.com/blog/LLM-AI-...
New rule. Every airport in the world should have a giant LEGO replica of themselves in one corner of the food court.
January 3, 2024 at 2:35 AM
New rule. Every airport in the world should have a giant LEGO replica of themselves in one corner of the food court.
Interesting to watch the ads on Twitter drop in quality w more scams, but also cheap enough to do hyper targeted ads like “buy a satellite dish for your house to do radio astronomy”, which makes me want to start a new parody“mad scientist” account to see what ads I get
December 7, 2023 at 6:16 PM
Interesting to watch the ads on Twitter drop in quality w more scams, but also cheap enough to do hyper targeted ads like “buy a satellite dish for your house to do radio astronomy”, which makes me want to start a new parody“mad scientist” account to see what ads I get