CotD

Today’s color is a strange metallic alloy unlike anything you’ve ever seen. According to Pravda (Russian for “Truth”), a UFO crashed in Iraq during either the Gulf War or Operation Desert Fox in 1998. Saddam has been letting the aliens stay in one of his palaces and his engineers are studying the spacecraft to achieve technological superiority over the U.S. This, of course, is the real reason for the invasion. We can’t let this technology fall into the wrong hands! Pravda also says the CIA stole Noah’s Ark. It’s just amazing what the CIA can do. Finding a large ship buried in ice on a tall mountain, then bringing it from Turkey to the U.S. without anybody noticing. Pretty neat trick, that’s all I can say. 🙂

Meigs Field Razed

Citing possible security threats to Chicago, Mayor Daley ordered Meigs Field to be demolished last night. For a time, I was convinced that this was an elaborate April Fool’s joke (especially because webcams of Meigs Field and RealVideo movies conveniently wouldn’t load past my firewall :-p), but the level of effort involving newspapers, tv stations, the FAA, and several aviation organizations would truly have been an epic prank. Visit Friends Of Meigs Field for more information and how you can help. This is truly a sad day if it really occurred; I remember playing Flight Simulator about 15 years or so ago, and for the longest time Meigs Field was the default (and only) airport to fly out of…

Meigs Field Razed

Citing possible security threats to Chicago, Mayor Daley ordered Meigs Field to be demolished last night. For a time, I was convinced that this was an elaborate April Fool’s joke (especially because webcams of Meigs Field and RealVideo movies conveniently wouldn’t load past my firewall :-p), but the level of effort involving newspapers, tv stations, the FAA, and several aviation organizations would truly have been an epic prank. Visit Friends Of Meigs Field for more information and how you can help. This is truly a sad day if it really occurred; I remember playing Flight Simulator about 15 years or so ago, and for the longest time Meigs Field was the default (and only) airport to fly out of…

Mirages

This page has an excellent overview of mirages, especially concentrating on the different types and the technical aspects of the physical phenomena that create them. The page has many links to sites with photographs and further information; I have yet to completely explore it.

Mirages

This page has an excellent overview of mirages, especially concentrating on the different types and the technical aspects of the physical phenomena that create them. The page has many links to sites with photographs and further information; I have yet to completely explore it.

Google Buys MetaFilter

Moving to further bolster its share of the weblog market after recently buying the blog publishing company Blogger, apparently Google has acquired Metafilter, one of the most popular collaborative blogs. What this means for Google’s emerging status as a heavyweight in the search and blog sector has yet to be seen.