David Rodriguez

@strakul.bsky.social

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Astronomical Data Scientist at STScI/MAST in Baltimore. Opinions are my own. Homepage: strakul.com Blog: strakul.com/blog

Video of simulation game showing mostly UI elements on a brown gradient background. The speed controls and producer and consumer building count buttons are clicked and a blue line graph tracks the amount of resources the user has over time.
Video of a simple 2D RPG game with a character chatting with a slime creature, moving through a forest, and battling a skeleton enemy.
Video of a pixel art game prototype showing a character on a dirt road and then user interface elements going through character, inventory, and option submenus. There is helper text at the bottom when hovering over the different elements.
A bird in a blue feeder. The bird has black feathers on top, white underneath, with a prominent red triangle on its chest. There is green foliage in the background and part of a white railing.
A crescent Earth peeking over the Moon
A restaurant sign saying The Pop Up with a banner saying Lote 787 alongside a small map of Puerto Rico with its flag
A white snowy field with trees in the background and a few snow-covered dark green evergreens in center and to the right.
Snow-topped trees, including a pair of evergreens in the center. There is a white railing from a balcony and the whole scene is mostly white from freshly falling snow.
The Roman Space Telescope in a clean room. At the center is the observatory on a raised platform. We see an array of black solar panels which block the main view of the telescope and its instruments. At the bottom a black antenna peaks through. Elsewhere in the room are various scaffolding and other pieces of equipment. On the wall is a sign that reads Goddard Space Flight Center.
An opossum walking in white snow towards some brown trees.
A panel of statistics for the book Abaddon's Gate. Based on community reviews, it has a review of 4.17 stars with predominant moods of adventurous, tense, mysterious, and dark. It has a medium pace, a mic of plot/character driven, strong character development and loveable characters.
A bar chart of book moods across all my read books as reported by The StoryGraph. The largest categories are adventurous, mysterious, dark, and emotional.
A blue and yellow macaw bird on a wooden branch
Chart in white on a red background showing the distribution of game types played. The categories in descending order are City Builder, Space Sim, Grand Strategy, Cozy, Colony Sim, and Automation.
A pair of dark green pine trees heavily covered in snow. There are bare trees in the background with snow in their branches and more snow in the ground. There are white fluffy clouds in a blue sky.
Title screen for a game called Penguin Sledding. The title is in bold blue letter, with the background a solid white. There are three buttons with the text Start, Credits, Quit. The Start button is blue while the others are grey. There are a few pixel art sprites in the screen, including green trees, grey clouds, a dark grey rock, and a penguin to the left.
A pile of different-colored polyhedral dice
A collection of books, handouts, dice, and cards for a role-playing game. Some of the text reads Stormlight World Guide and Welcome to Roshar. They sit atop grey and black bedding.
Folks (I believe all costumed cast members) open the festival with dancing around the pole
Screengrab of the Godot interface with some code in the background and a panel open showing the execution of the game: a blue window with colored dice. The mouse pointer clicks on the dice, a sound is produced, and the result of the roll is tallied up.
A table set up with a white poster board and many tokens and dice ready for a role-playing session. Several sheets are in the foreground for player handouts. In the background are some blue cups filled with glowing marbles as props.
A book open to show black pages with white text. The second page shows a color image of a woman obscured by a bookmark.
A pair of young sparrows and their mother at a red and blue bird feeder. Green trees are in the background.
Bicyclists on the LEGO my Eggo sculpture. It's like a toaster but with yellow lego waffles.
A pair of brown baby foxes playing in green grass.
Sparrow birds seen from a bird feeder with trees in the background. As the video progresses, more birds show up and fight over the birdseed.
A white board with a variety of tokens and some lines drawn in blue to represent the battlefield. Several character sheets and dice can also be seen. At the bottom is a ruler for judging distances.
A pair of birds (dark-eyed juncos) fight over seeds at a bird feeder.
A male northern cardinal in bright red plumage feeding on a balcony floor. Some evergreen trees are behind him.
A small fox lays down by an evergreen tree.
Trees covered in fresh, white snow.
A pair of brown deer and a brown fox foraging on white snow.
Image showing some statistics about my gaming habits in 2024, white text on a green background. It says 28 games played, 318 achievements, 450 sessions, 12 new games. The most played games were Rogue Trader, Stardew Valley, No Man's Sky, Victoria 3, and Final Factory.
A 3D-printed train showing multiple cars in various colors on a wooden table. Some of the cars are to the side to better fit. The front of the train has blue plastic representing lightning.
The tallest remaining megalith of Hagar Qim
Interior left apse of Mnajdra temple, limestones blocks with decorative pitting. The Sun would have shone on it during the summer solstice.
The Sanctuary at the Co-Cathedral. Incredibly rich Baroque style art all over the place.
Slide announcing the next ADASS conference
An entrance to Fort St. Elmo, in brick under a blue sky. A set of soldier statues is at left.
A black sky with a dimly illuminated brick wall and bridge. The bridge leads up to a bright, large gate to enter Mdina.
A model of the Tarxien temples, 3600-2500BCE
A view along the north western side of Valetta
A busy side street at night with some statues and blue banners overhead. Lots of people are walking or sitting at tables.
A pair of red/brown foxes on their hindlegs in a green lawn
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS on the left, with a long tail, in a grey dark sky above a building. The bright star on the right corner is Arcturus.
At the joust, a man on his horse swings a sword at a wooden target.
Green trees in the foreground and the wispy red light of the aurora on a dark night sky
Glass doors with red text saying Mission Operations Center. A small replica of the James Webb Space Telescope is inside to the right.
A large book on a black table. The cover features a handful of adventurers and a gold dragon. The text reads Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbood
Two brown rabbits between two trees on a green lawn
Baby fox near the woods
Art of a DnD character featuring a bird person with black and white feathers.
A deer and a fox on green grass
A penguin-shaped jigsaw puzzle colored with bright flowers
An internal camara reflection of the eclipsed sun through the clouds
A line of sun images on a hardwood floor
Pieces of a jigsaw table on a white poster board. The pieces are all different shapes, with a cluster of penguin shaped ones on the right.
A circular table with character miniatures, a glowing blue orb, and a large dragon at the opposite side.
The Tokyo Tower
Tokyo station