If you think the above photo “Mars Over Moon” is cool, check out the rest of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Top 10 Photographs.
NASA’s Solar System Exploration Top 10 Photographs
del.icio.us links for 01-25-2006
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“Sales have soared ahead of the holiday as travelers prepare for long trips home aboard trains so crowded that even the toilets are jammed with people.”
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From Hans Oersted to Hannes Alfven, one fan of the TV show “Lost” has come up with quite an elaborate set of theories to explain the events occurring on the show. Although a bit out there, there is actually some plausibility here…
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Although it’s obviously a veiled commercial for the European Aygo vehicle, staging a soccer game with cars was pretty fun, and the Aygo did show off its maneuverability…
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A new text-messaging record was set, 26 words in 43.24 seconds. The sentence? “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.”
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Check out this short film, “Wherein one man breaks all ten commandments before breakfast.”
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A plethora of, um, interesting religious links…
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“You’ve got questions, ninjas got anwers.” Too funny…
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“The tyrannical tyke in the Fox animated series ‘Family Guy’ will be the virtual host of a talk show being developed strictly for the Internet later this year.” It will apparently appear on familyguy.com…
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‘A modified theory of gravity that incorporates quantum effects can explain a trio of puzzling astronomical observations – including the wayward motion of the Pioneer spacecraft in our solar system, new studies claim.“
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an older link, but still a fun, addictive game
Chris Penn Dead At 40
CNN reports that actor Chris Penn was found dead in his condominium yesterday, with no immediate cause of evidence reported. Chris Penn was often overshadowed by his older brother Sean, but he was an underrated actor in my opinion. Some of his movie credits include Reservoir Dogs, Mulholland Falls, Rumble Fish, Footloose, and Rush Hour. I’m pretty sad to hear of this…
del.icio.us links for 01-24-2006
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Listen to him on the radio, or download his podcast…
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Additional features include an improved search function and the ability to better personalize news stories.
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A nice article on the end of The West Wing
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Interesting story; more info on the coins in the next link
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“America’s inflation-proof currency.” Um, interesting…
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Q: My name is Tiffany Cooper. I’m a sophomore here at Kansas State and I was just wanting to get your comments about education. Recently 12.7 billion dollars was cut from education. I was just wondering how is that supposed to help our futures?
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Jimmy Kimmel came up with this funny sketch…
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Nice summary of why different months have 31 versus 30 (and 28) days
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“In 1931, Tolkien wrote an essay about the somewhat peculiar hobby of devising private languages. He called it A Secret Vice. But in Tolkien’s case, the ‘vice’ can hardly be called secret anymore.”
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This can’t be real…
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Nice photos here…
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welcome to how New York got started.”
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Walt Disney Records presents Devo for kids. I don’t know about this…
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More information on the unaired nude Family Guy scene
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kottke.org unearthed this “video clip of a nude scene from Family Guy that was apparently created as an in-house joke.” Definitely NSFW
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quite an interesting story here of espionage gone wrong…
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Hilarious video from MadTV. Slightly NSFW, even if it is claymation…
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“The city as an avatar of itself”
BLDG BLOG posts about Olivo Barbieri’s unusual photography, which “[achieve their] distinctive look by photographing from a helicopter using a tilt-shift lens.” Very surreal…
Bill the Demon
Check out the retro-styled Flash game Bill the Demon:
History is filled with legends of Demons: evil creatures with dark powers and horrifying strength. There is Astaroth, who turns invisible; Beelzebub, master of flies and all Earthly diseases; Mephistopheles, Prince of Deceit; Asmodeus, Lord of Corruption; and Leviathan, great monster of the Deep. You are Bill.
Feline Protection and Enhancement System
Today is a great day for the cat freedom movement! The prototype Feline Protection and Enhancement System is ready for testing! The F.P.E.S. v0.0, known as “The Zero”, was produced in our top secret, Illinois facility just last week.
This is one of the weirder things I’ve seen recently…
The Deer Hunter
Check out a hilarious video from The Man Show (the real one with Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla) entitled The Deer Hunter (embedded YouTube video below).
del.icio.us links for 01-23-2006
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[thanks to Ulana for the link]
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“Celebrating Retorts, Ripostes, Rejoinders, and Other Forms of Repartee.” Still under construction, but looks fun…
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Nice summary of how BitTorrent works, along with a review of popular software clients. I didn’t expect this from PC Magazine….
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Slashdot story that points to the PC Magazine feature; some more information in the comments…
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“[Hiroshi] Tanaka claims to have perfected a machine that can transform a bottle of just-fermented Beaujolais Nouveau into a fine, mellow wine in seconds, all by zapping it with a few volts of electricity.” Sounds fishy to me…
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Slashdot story on the wine aging machine with some interesting commentary and information in the comments
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“NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly said the decision to cancel it was made before actor John Spencer died of a heart attack in December.” Still, I wonder…
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“French President Jacques Chirac has said France would be ready to use nuclear weapons against any state which launched a terrorist attack against it.” Pretty strong words, and from France at that…
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“a technique used by forum moderators to suppress trollage, vandalism, and other rude behavior in online discourse by removing all the vowels from the offending material.”
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DrikoLand Photos Update
The above photograph “Lone Tree” is part of a recent update to DrikoLand Photos that includes the Southern Maryland and Miscellaneous galleries. Check it out and let me know what you think!
