NovySan
@novysan.bsky.social
Assistant Professor University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Research Affiliate - MIT Media Lab; Emmy Award winning VFX Technical Supervisor; Instructor of SciFi & Magic; Immersive DataViz; Machine Learning tools; Deep-Ocean Exploration; Space Simulation
Ok, my Chicago peeps. I can't be the only one whose father used to bellow "Jesus Criminy Dutch!" when he got upset. And yet no one seems to know what I'm talking about...
a man with a mustache is talking to another man in a movie .
ALT: a man with a mustache is talking to another man in a movie .
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December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Ok, my Chicago peeps. I can't be the only one whose father used to bellow "Jesus Criminy Dutch!" when he got upset. And yet no one seems to know what I'm talking about...
It works! I upgraded to an Arduino Uno Release 4, which has WiFi, so now the menorah checks the date and time and if it's Hanukkah AND after sunset, automagically lights the correct number of candles. You can still use the button to light the candles manually as well.
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It works! I upgraded to an Arduino Uno Release 4, which has WiFi, so now the menorah checks the date and time and if it's Hanukkah AND after sunset, automagically lights the correct number of candles. You can still use the button to light the candles manually as well.
🎵 "And the train whistle blows
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
a man is singing into a microphone on a stage in the dark .
ALT: a man is singing into a microphone on a stage in the dark .
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🎵 "And the train whistle blows
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
🎵 "And the train whistle blows
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
December 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
🎵 "And the train whistle blows
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
And the carnival goes
'Til there's only the tickets and crows..."🎶
The shamas now lights the candles properly.
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The shamas now lights the candles properly.
I made my daughter a menorah with an Arduino. The 'shamas' will be the LED in an arcade button you'll need to press to light the next candle. Yes, the LEDs all flicker.
December 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I made my daughter a menorah with an Arduino. The 'shamas' will be the LED in an arcade button you'll need to press to light the next candle. Yes, the LEDs all flicker.
You get 1 teacher to teach you magic.
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
You get 1 teacher to teach you magic.
🎵 "We can live beside the ocean
Leave the fire behind
Swim out past the breakers
Watch the world die" 🎶
Leave the fire behind
Swim out past the breakers
Watch the world die" 🎶
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
🎵 "We can live beside the ocean
Leave the fire behind
Swim out past the breakers
Watch the world die" 🎶
Leave the fire behind
Swim out past the breakers
Watch the world die" 🎶
Murphy Dunne (keyboards)
Willie "Too Big" Hall (drums)
Tom "Bones" Malone (trombone/sax/trumpet)
Blue Lou Marini (saxophone)
are all still with us.
RIP Steve "The Colonel" Cropper. :(
Willie "Too Big" Hall (drums)
Tom "Bones" Malone (trombone/sax/trumpet)
Blue Lou Marini (saxophone)
are all still with us.
RIP Steve "The Colonel" Cropper. :(
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Murphy Dunne (keyboards)
Willie "Too Big" Hall (drums)
Tom "Bones" Malone (trombone/sax/trumpet)
Blue Lou Marini (saxophone)
are all still with us.
RIP Steve "The Colonel" Cropper. :(
Willie "Too Big" Hall (drums)
Tom "Bones" Malone (trombone/sax/trumpet)
Blue Lou Marini (saxophone)
are all still with us.
RIP Steve "The Colonel" Cropper. :(
The extremely satisfying moment when all your Arduino DuPont jump wires are organized by color, length, and connector type. #3dprinting
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The extremely satisfying moment when all your Arduino DuPont jump wires are organized by color, length, and connector type. #3dprinting
They have all found their place in their new home.
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
They have all found their place in their new home.
Tonight's double-feature of 'Withnail and I' and 'An American Werewolf in London' works because... ??? Comment below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Tonight's double-feature of 'Withnail and I' and 'An American Werewolf in London' works because... ??? Comment below:
Last night's impromptu Medieval fantasy double-feature of "Season of the Witch" and "Ladyhawke" was post-Thanksgiving dinner perfection.
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Last night's impromptu Medieval fantasy double-feature of "Season of the Witch" and "Ladyhawke" was post-Thanksgiving dinner perfection.
Ok, this one hurt.
"Dirty Dancing came out in 1987 and was set in 1963, so if it was remade now in 2025 then it would be set in 2001, and now I need a little lie down in a dark room for a while."
"Dirty Dancing came out in 1987 and was set in 1963, so if it was remade now in 2025 then it would be set in 2001, and now I need a little lie down in a dark room for a while."
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Ok, this one hurt.
"Dirty Dancing came out in 1987 and was set in 1963, so if it was remade now in 2025 then it would be set in 2001, and now I need a little lie down in a dark room for a while."
"Dirty Dancing came out in 1987 and was set in 1963, so if it was remade now in 2025 then it would be set in 2001, and now I need a little lie down in a dark room for a while."
"How was Mars?" is a question I never really thought I'd be asked, but I've been asked it quite a bit lately. Swing by Ignite at the @carsoncenterunl on Friday, November 14th, to hear what being an analog astronaut on a simulated mission to the red planet is like!
events.unl.edu/2025/11/14/1...
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IGNITE featuring Professor Dan ‘Novysan’ Novy - 11/14/25 starts at 12:30pm
Professor Novysan will give a talk entitled “Space Within Reach” discussing his recent experienc...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"How was Mars?" is a question I never really thought I'd be asked, but I've been asked it quite a bit lately. Swing by Ignite at the @carsoncenterunl on Friday, November 14th, to hear what being an analog astronaut on a simulated mission to the red planet is like!
events.unl.edu/2025/11/14/1...
events.unl.edu/2025/11/14/1...
My father (pictured far right) would've been 82 yesterday. His mother had been an actress from a line of famous Vaudeville performers, and I of course entered the world of the Theatre at the age of 7 without knowing any of this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My father (pictured far right) would've been 82 yesterday. His mother had been an actress from a line of famous Vaudeville performers, and I of course entered the world of the Theatre at the age of 7 without knowing any of this.
Halloween night, Love Library became haunted — by imagination.
Students from the Carson Center for EMA Story Lab 1 class transformed the stacks into a living, breathing mystery: nine story pods, one sealed artifact, and a ritual to contain what whispers between the shelves. #ARG #ImmersiveTheatre
Students from the Carson Center for EMA Story Lab 1 class transformed the stacks into a living, breathing mystery: nine story pods, one sealed artifact, and a ritual to contain what whispers between the shelves. #ARG #ImmersiveTheatre
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Halloween night, Love Library became haunted — by imagination.
Students from the Carson Center for EMA Story Lab 1 class transformed the stacks into a living, breathing mystery: nine story pods, one sealed artifact, and a ritual to contain what whispers between the shelves. #ARG #ImmersiveTheatre
Students from the Carson Center for EMA Story Lab 1 class transformed the stacks into a living, breathing mystery: nine story pods, one sealed artifact, and a ritual to contain what whispers between the shelves. #ARG #ImmersiveTheatre
UNL Ghosthunting Collective – FIELD ALERT
Reports of spectral activity in Love Library have increased 300%.
We’re assembling a rapid response team to investigate nine anomalous zones.
Begin your investigation at the first floor Ask Us desk.
go.unl.edu/unl-ghosthun...
Reports of spectral activity in Love Library have increased 300%.
We’re assembling a rapid response team to investigate nine anomalous zones.
Begin your investigation at the first floor Ask Us desk.
go.unl.edu/unl-ghosthun...
UNL Paranormal Research Team - Case Files
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October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
UNL Ghosthunting Collective – FIELD ALERT
Reports of spectral activity in Love Library have increased 300%.
We’re assembling a rapid response team to investigate nine anomalous zones.
Begin your investigation at the first floor Ask Us desk.
go.unl.edu/unl-ghosthun...
Reports of spectral activity in Love Library have increased 300%.
We’re assembling a rapid response team to investigate nine anomalous zones.
Begin your investigation at the first floor Ask Us desk.
go.unl.edu/unl-ghosthun...
This is one of my favorite and meaningful memories of this mission. Analog astronaut Karim Garad of the Egyptian Space Agency helps me suit up for my first ever EVA. This is what it's about. Exploring together. Achieving together for a future world without borders.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This is one of my favorite and meaningful memories of this mission. Analog astronaut Karim Garad of the Egyptian Space Agency helps me suit up for my first ever EVA. This is what it's about. Exploring together. Achieving together for a future world without borders.
Ain't gonna lie, after two weeks in isolation with just my crewmates, I'm a little fascinated by all the humans in this airport.
October 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ain't gonna lie, after two weeks in isolation with just my crewmates, I'm a little fascinated by all the humans in this airport.
What's the saying? Dress for the job you want?
T-minus 1 day!
#worldsbiggestanalog #analogastronaut #armash #mars
T-minus 1 day!
#worldsbiggestanalog #analogastronaut #armash #mars
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
What's the saying? Dress for the job you want?
T-minus 1 day!
#worldsbiggestanalog #analogastronaut #armash #mars
T-minus 1 day!
#worldsbiggestanalog #analogastronaut #armash #mars
New home, new bling.
September 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New home, new bling.
2 weeks until launch sequence initiation.
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Novy selected for analog astronaut mission | Announce | University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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September 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
2 weeks until launch sequence initiation.
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