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Article in Rod Mollise's SKYWATCH newsletter March-April 1999
Timothy Zarazan, Illinois: (oct95)
"Looking forward to receiving your remarkable astronomical tool !"
Nature Discovery's Dianne Middleton, New Zealand: (May96)
"... of excellent quality"
G. Pereth, England:(Jun96)
"I'm enjoying using your almanach & would like some more information
regarding where to obtain next year's copy, in this country."
T. Ross, San Francisco: (Jul96)
"But I would hate to miss my 1997 edition!"
Tom Robinson, San Luis Obispo, California (26dec96)
"I am most impressed with it. I have been running around waving it
at family and friends ever since. I find it packed with useful & interesting
information and refer to it often."
February 1997 edition of Swiss Amateur Astronomer Magazine
"Orion" (review, page24):
... user friendly ... valuable addition, for the layman as well as
for the adept ...
Vaughn, Kalamazoo Community College (astronomy teacher):
I begin each class by projecting the current weeks
pages from your Star Diary on an overhead. I blow them up by a factor
of 2.56 so each page fits almost exactly on an 8.5 x 11. Then I go
over what is happening in the sky each day. I interpret the daily
Moon parameters and the weekly Sun and planet parameters for them. We also
run through the key dates. Often they understand some of your references
to people and events that I don't, at least those having to do with popular
culture. It makes a nice, friendly way to start the class; reduces
stress, etc. After that its all push and enterprise.
I make assignments involving the use of the Star
Diary that I give them for homework. So far these have involved the
motion of the Sun and the Moon. I also use it when I cover seasons.
...
I think the Star Diary is a very valuable tool and
I intend to stick with it indefinitely.
Mike Steinsnyder, California (26aug97)
"Seems like a great idea your Pocket Diary, may just get me keep records..."
MMark Wrigley, Aspley (23oct97)
"Keep up the good work!"
Keith Burnett, England (05apr98)
"Yup - I'll take the stonehenge one. As anyone who is mad enough to
market personalised astronomical diaries must be trustworthy, I enclose
my credit card details.
Sam Wormley, US (08sep98)
"By the way your 1998 Astro-Diary is Excellent... I put it up there
with Guy Ottewell's Astronomical Calendar".
Lorin Spaulding, US (07jan99)
"Thank you for a great little astronomical tool! It is absolutely the
greatest pocket-size tool, has all the information I want. ... It's perfect
and I carry it everywhere. I especially like the anniversary date notes,
like Umberto Eco's birthday and the anniversary of James Watt's steam engine
patent. Brilliant. I hope you will be producing these for a long time to
come!"
Hugh Wilman UK (5Feb2001)
... you've packed an amazing amount of information into a very compact
space---very clever.
Scott Collins, Ann Arbor (Feb2001)
I found out about the APD when I saw one on a friends desk,
picked it up and browsed through it.
Very cool.
Artikel in Sterne und Weltraum 2/98
Wolfgang Frolik, Linz, Austria (16oct97)
"Ich finde Ihre Idee phantastisch, mir gefallen die Kalender ausgesprochen
gut!!!"
Dr. Manfred Immler, bei München (26nov97)
"Ihr Kalender ist ästhetisch ebenso wie wissenschaftlich ein Genuß
!!! Ich kenne keinen schöneren !!!"
Reimar Goldbach, bei Berlin (30aug98)
Vielen Dank, es ist immer wieder ein Vergnügen in den Kalender
zu schauen.
Michael Weber, Traun, Österreich (3aug98)
Nochmals vielen Dank für den Astronomschen Taschenkalender, er
ist wirklich einmalig!
An Article in ORION Magazine Feb97