New Planet’s Name – Ubuntu!
I’ve thought about it long and hard, at least for five minutes. The new 12th planet should be named after the most popular Linux distribution… Read More »New Planet’s Name – Ubuntu!
I’ve thought about it long and hard, at least for five minutes. The new 12th planet should be named after the most popular Linux distribution… Read More »New Planet’s Name – Ubuntu!
Got this one from the Skepchick –> New York Dolls latest video (Dance Like A Monkey) that is pro-evolution and fun. Ok, so I love… Read More »Monkey Music
The Air Force has named the Joint Strike Fighter – Lightning II after the famous WWII warplane. As a former Blue Suiter and a student… Read More »Lightning II
It’s very hard to get politics out of a discussion on scientific data. Especially when that data may lead to vast loss of wealth and… Read More »Politics and Science
“The Demon-Haunted World” by Carl Sagan Anyone who knows me very well, knows that I’m a big fan of Carl Sagan. I’ve read all his… Read More »The Demon-Haunted World
“Life as We Do Not Know It” by Peter Ward. Ward’s writing sytle is approachable if not a tad bit too self absorbed. He has… Read More »Life as We Do Not Know It
I was just a kid in junior high school when I heard Carl Sagan announce the formation of the Planetary Society on The Late Show… Read More »Planetary Society at 25
Spotted this site on Shoutwire.com the Digg.com copycat for non-techies. It’s called Spacewallpapers.net and it appears to be a mix bag of NASA astronomy pictures… Read More »Space Wall Papers
Got this shot from BAD. It’s Saturn’s Moon Mimas, which as it turns out, is not actually round.
This is the latest image from Hayabusa the Japanese spacecraft orbiting the asteroid Itokawa. The spaceship caught its own shadow on the asteroid’s surface. It… Read More »Tie Fighter above Asteroid?