It's almost time to go on a prickly pear hunt. I'll post pictures and the recipe for cactus jelly real soon.
NASA IOTD
Composite of a Series of Images Taken From Space Aboard the Station
This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth. Space station hardware in the foreground includes the Mini-Research Module (MRM1, center) and a Russian Progress vehicle docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment (right). Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit said of the photographic techniques used to achieve the images: "My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then 'stack' them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure." A total of 47 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite. Image Credit: NASA Read More
So, it seems that submitting comments anonymously or commenting at all is not what it used to be. In these times of furious blogging and social networking sites popping up all over the place, not to mention the amount of bots running rampant, we have to implement the technology known as the “captcha”. I for one, was not a big proponent at first but now I see the futility.
“Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes” – Napoleon Hill
I received this email today and after reading it a few times and thinking it over, I thought…….Hey, not a bad idea. Also, this goes along my long conceived idea of “Why can’t we just print more money, It’s just paper after all”.(more…)
‘Tis Friday!, Footloose Friday that is ( I have to credit Schwartz Monkey for that ) Instead of playing “footloose” though, I thought I would toss in one of my all time favorite videos. Of course, this video covers an issue that is still prevalent; Net neutrality http://wearetheweb.org/. You might recognize the lady in the video as the “sweater lady” although, her real name is Leslie Hall and not only did she do this video but she has many others on her site that are worthy of a click http://lesliehall.com/
I saw this video while radomnly scanning YouTube last night. People’s reactions to different situations whether it be life threatning or not, ’tis always amusing to me.
Ahoy Mateys!, once again ’tis Septembree 19th. Th’ official “Talk like a seafarin’ hearty tide” tide. I usually celebrate this tide whole-heartedly but fer some reason I be jus’ nay that into ‘t.