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Thursday, December 23, 2004
3:25 PMToo busy for a Space Wednesday
Small Asteroid Passes Between Satellites and Earth (Space.com)
"The asteroid passed just under the orbits of geostationary satellites, which at 22,300 miles (36,000 kilometers) altitude are the highest manmade objects circling Earth.....2004 YD5 is the second closest pass of an asteroid ever observed by telescope, according to the Asteroid/Comet Connection."
3:13 PM
The Graphing Calculator Story
It has to be read to be believed, and then its just insane.
Insane, but brilliant.
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
11:44 AM
Virtual Apple II
OMG, you can play all those great classic games on this Apple II emulator. The funny thing is that you need to use Windows and IE. I'm going to be playing Pirates! all day long (hope my boss isn't reading this). Link via Cult of Mac.
This is way better than the OS 7 emulator I found back in May.
Update: To play Pirates! you'll need this sites info.
10:18 AM
GYWO hopes and dreams
"What do I want for Christmas? I want to be wrong. I want to be totally wrong about everything. And I mean embarrassingly wrong. I want Iraq to be a flourishing, humane, free-market democracy this time next year, and to actually turn to me and say, 'In your face, cynical New York man! Your visionary President sowed the seeds of democracy in me while you stood around and belly-ached!' And then I'll be like, 'Damn, I guess I never really did have any idea what the fuck I was moaning about, huh? My bad Mr. President.'"
Get Your War On
Monday, December 20, 2004
10:43 AM
Happy Decemberween
from Homestar Runner, and Peasant's Quest.
Friday, December 17, 2004
9:21 PM
Amityville, NY
My parents grew up and went to school there. After I was born we moved into an apartment and lived there for 1 year. 1973-1974. We moved to West Islip in '74.
I've never seen the movie. I've never seen the house. I've just seen documentaries on the real story. The murders, not the "hauntings".
But, they are remaking the movie, maybe I'll go see it this time.
4:30 PM
A Whitewashed Earthsea
How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books. By Ursula K. Le Guin.
4:00 PM
Water on another world
Spirit Finds Water-Signature.
"'Goethite, like the jarosite that Opportunity found on the other side of Mars, is strong evidence for water activity,' said Dr. Goestar Klingelhoefer of the University of Mainz, Germany."
1:50 PM
NEW MONKEYS!!!!!
Monkeys, they found a new species of Monkeys. Yippeeee. Monkeys. More Monkeys. Monkeys at higher altitudes then ever before. Monkeys that are not a bore. Monkeys, Monkeys, Macaca munzala, and Monkeys galore.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
6:24 PM
Electronic Christmas Follies
Yesterday my DVD player decided it no longer likes me. It died.
Today, I get in the mail, 3 Netflix DVDs and 1 rather large box from Amazon. I now, have in my possession, the extended special edition of the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The only places I can watch it do not have 5.1 surround sound and 1 of them has a 12" screen.
Fate laughs, along with my postman.
4:28 PM
LINUX in 2004
News.com year in review article about LINUX and the SCO case.
3:36 PM
Faith based missile defense
U.S. missile defense test fails (CNN)
Angels will replace interceptors in future tests. Angels powered by prayer.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
10:25 AM
Space Wednesday 5
NASA Leader Cites Finances and Submits His Resignation (NYTimes)
O'Keefe leaves for LSU. Next NASA admin will have a lot on his plate.
What Next for NASA? O'Keefe Leaves in Good Stead, But Agency Remains Troubled (Space.com)
What the new Administrator will face. I think Bush is going to look for someone who will push his Mars plan.
Reaching Toward Neptune: Two Ways to Explore an Ice Giant (Space.com)
I've always thought Triton's orbit was neat. Also some interesting ideas for powering the craft and getting it in orbit.
'Ultrasound' May Explain Solar Weather Mystery (SciAm)
A Magnetosphere of One's Own (Wired)
NASA to fire projectile into comet (news.com)
Space Scientist Proposes New Model For Jupiter's Core (Space Daily)
NASA Selects Investigations For The Mars Science Laboratory (Space Daily)
Space Race 2: Selling Space (Space Daily)
Oh if I just had a few million lying around, I'd be weightless in an instant. But since I don't I might just start drinking more 7-UP.
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
11:01 AM
X-Mas Bunnies
It's a Wonderful Life in 30 seconds, as re-enacted by bunnies.
Monday, December 13, 2004
4:39 PM
Advent Calender 2004
25 Fun Filled Days of Suprises
I would have posted a link to this earlier if I knew that Historical Present was ever going to be updated again.
Sunday, December 12, 2004
2:25 PM
NYT Sunday
Psychology and Sometimes a Slap: The Man Who Made Prisoners Talk
Excerpts from this New Scientist article
Sabermetrics for Football
As I write this the Pats are up 21-7
Acoustic Keyboard Eavesdropping
Hmm, I wonder how this would work in a crowded office?
Best Way to Skip a Stone, The
Isn't there a book?
Land-Mine-Detecting Plants
First saw this in this month's Wired (print)
Listening for Cancer
Maybe dogs can tell if you are sick, they do have better hearing than us.
You will need a password so use BugMeNot.
Friday, December 10, 2004
9:20 PM
New Mode
Depeche Mode will be returning to the studio in January 2005 to start a new album.
A Bab 5 movie and a new DM cd, what else can I ask for in ought five? Oh yeah, a new NIN cd and a new Murakami book. (maybe we can throw in a New Order release for extra joy OH Shit new album in February!!!)
1:43 PM
I'm as happy as a clam in a chowdah
Babylon 5 Movie Starts Filming in April.
Starring Galen, my favorite techno mage.
Thursday, December 09, 2004
11:23 AM
Mac-tastic
Mac Specialist: Essential Mac Applications (via DaringFireball)
I have got to check out some of these, as in I don't have any of them actually I have 4, Delicious Library, MacJournal, NetNewsWire, and Firefox.
10:55 AM
The Compleat Chicken
Complete Chicken Genome Sequenced (SciAm)
If the world were a horror movie, we would soon have giant, man eating, chickens ruling the world. Instead we'll have a better KFC.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
3:58 PM
Space Wednesday 4
Huge Balloon Readied for Flight (Space.com)
da Vinci Project still going, plan on a launch date in mid 2005.
Report: NASA Should Use Space Shuttle to Service Hubble (Space.com)"The final report also rebutted O'Keefe's objections to shuttle servicing as too risky, saying 'the difference between the risk faced by the crew of a single shuttle mission to the ISS -- already accepted by NASA and the nation --and the risk faced by the crew of a shuttle mission to HST, is very small. Given the intrinsic value of a serviced Hubble, and the high likelihood of success for a shuttle servicing mission, the committee judges that such a mission is worth the risk.'"
Shuttles May Fly Without Heat Shield Fix (Space Daily)
Space Race 2: Inflatables Take Shape (Space Daily)
Inflatable spacestations. I love reading about these, they remind me of an old Tom and Jerry cartoon, where Tom has to seal all the wholes he made while chasing Jerry.
Bigelow Aerospace
Makers of the Transhub, and fundraisers of America's Space Prize.
Spirit Ain't Taking No Holiday As First Birthday Approaches (Space Daily)
Designed for 3 months, almost at 1 year, good design.
Astronaut's Long Career Ends (NYTimes)
John Young retires after 42 years with NASA
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
4:46 PM
Of course, there is always a book
The Suicide Club (Dover Thrift Editions) by Robert Louis Stevenson. Of course you could always read it for free, thanks to the Gutenberg Project. It is part of New Arabian Nights (Text version).
And a bad made for TV movie.
4:29 PM
Internet suicide clubs
A great idea for a Murakami novel, or nonfiction accounting. Or a teen-black-comedy starring the stars from The OC and Smallville.
Japan's internet 'suicide clubs' (BBC News)
3:23 PM
vote, mote, broke, stoked
Florida E-Vote Study Debunked (Wired)
Oh well, I still need to get a job with the DNC
Ibm to buy Apple? (The Register)
I doubt it
The cartoon's underlying structure
Saw this yesterday, creepy, especially The Powerpuff girls
The title of this post is utter nonsense. Utter.
Monday, December 06, 2004
11:35 PM
Mommy Matrix
"Mother of the Matrix" Victorious (via Penny Arcade)
No wonder the first movie was good and the next 2 stunk.
UPDATE: (12/9/04) I really need to read some of these links a little harder. The case has been accepted to be heard and that is all so far. Read Gaiman's take.
Friday, December 03, 2004
10:47 PM
Dr. Who
A rather rough, but still great, animation of "Shada" the unfinished Doctor Who series from the 17th season and the fourth Doctor. It was written by Douglas Adams (who wrote 3 scripts for the series). It would have been shown as the last series of 1980, but it was never finished and so never shown. Some of the footage was used in "The Five Doctors" but most had never been seen.
This animation changes the original story somewhat. The Doctor is the "current" 8th Doctor(new Dr. Who series starts in January), who only ever had the Fox TV movie. All other stories are either novels or radio plays.
I'm on episode 5 now with one more to go and am loving it rather dreadfully.
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Dr. Who, Shada by Douglas Adams
Starring Paul McGann, Lalla Ward and John Leeson
Episode 1 : A mystery in Cambridge.
Episode 2 : The race for the book.
Episode 3 : The Doctor loses his mind.
Episode 4 : Death has its advantages.
Episode 5 : The race to find Shada.
Episode 6 : The universal mind.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
8:49 PM
The times they are a changin'
New York Changing, comparing the city of the 30's with the city of today. via Trippyswell
Update: The Book
8:28 PM
Flash not
Then again, maybe there won't be a Flash iPod. Flash Gordon on Daring Fireball.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
3:46 PM
Space Wednesday 3
Rocket Fuel in Milk, Lettuce (Wired) Eat a salad and become a rocket man.
After the X Prize (Wired) Interview with Burt Rutan, the designer, the legend.
Around the World, With 13 Fuel Tanks and a Single Seat (NYT, need login) GlobalFlyer by Rutan. Takeoff weight is 80% FUEL!!!
Lunar Robotic Village, Moon Base Gains International Support (Space.com) Robots have all the fun.
Young Pilot Seeks More Space (SpaceDaily) Canadian Arrow, still going strong despite X-Prize being over and done.
Did Our Sun Capture Alien Worlds? (SpaceDaily)
Next-generation Russian spaceship unveiled (MSNBC) But will it be built?
NASA's Image of the Day
