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Saturday, November 21, 2009
raw enceladus
images are rolling in from cassini's flyby at enceladus on november 20th, revealing even more breathtaking detail of its jets, fractures and terrain. the first RAW images have been posted at ciclops!
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
can fish live on europa?
'below its icy crust jupiter's moon europa is believed to host a global ocean up to a hundred miles (160 kilometers) deep, with no land to speak of at the surface.
and the extraterrestrial ocean is currently being fed more than a hundred times more oxygen than previous models had suggested, according to provocative new research.
that amount of oxygen would be enough to support more than just microscopic life-forms: at least three million tons of fishlike creatures could theoretically live and breathe on europa, said study author richard greenberg of the university of arizona in tucson.'
more information on national geographic news
footbridge at neratziotissa station over attiki road
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the sun had just set and the sky was a glorious pink. the lights on the footbridge had just turned on.
i lay on the floor and a lady asked me if i needed help (yet again). admittedly, others gave me weird side glances -- a middle-aged lady struggling on the floor with a camera is not a normal thing to see.
i've placed this image on the map on the original flickr page.
pattie maes and pranav mistry demo SixthSense
i was very excited to see this video:
many, many thanks to commenter george for pointing me to it!
btw, in the video she mentions jeff han's multitouch screen, which i have repeatedly mentioned on this blog, back in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
this is even closer to the technology envisioned (probably not for the first time) in the 1997 science fiction series earth: final conflict conceived by gene roddenberry, albeit much richer in context. i've been unsuccessfully searching for an image of lili marquette's interface with her shuttle... i'll edit this post if i find one.
i don't know if people are blown away with these developments. i've got two coexisting attitudes: of course, enthusiasm -- but also, impatience. having a long-time interest in science fiction, i keep wondering what's taking them so long....
a few years ago, someone said to me something that is very wise: that technology may help our species progress towards a more spiritual existence. he was correct... it is -- not in a religious sense -- but based on the wonder of reality.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
LOLharvest
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you didn't think i was just going to leave them there, did you?
i got her to pose for me after school yesterday. we caught the final rays of the sun before it hid behind a block of apartments.
Monday, November 16, 2009
never-aired alternate star trek pilot
with kirk declaring... 'but now a new task. a probe out into where no man has gone before.'
CBS will release this version on december 15th.
'this version of "where no man has gone before" was completed in 1965 and features archived footage that was not included in the pilot episode ultimately broadcasted. never-before-aired, this newly recovered version is believed to be what was originally screened for NBC, and the basis for their decision to broadcast STAR TREK®. ... "when we first discovered the original film print existed, we jumped at the chance to give STAR TREK fans the opportunity to add this never aired pilot to their collections," said ken ross, executive vice president and general manager of CBS home entertainment. "it will be a real treat for fans to see and hear how it all could have begun.'
more information at the live feed. via boingboing
balloons at kefalari
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this is a spot in kefalari, kifisia, a bit of northern athens (on the flickr page map). it has a little roundabout where the cobblestone curves upwards towards the central green. it's quite pretty, with cafes, restaurants and a park, and people gathered to enjoy a particularly mild sunday afternoon.
i'd wanted to take a picture here for a few days now, but, now that i look at it again, i can't say i'm very happy with it... especially that awful blown out sky.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
not 317/365
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i was feeling a bit under the weather yesterday and i didn't get a shot. instead, here's another i liked from friday night -- the entrance to a shop in kifissia. i'll use it to mark the spot i missed.
it's on the map on the flickr page.
'a glorious dawn' in vinyl
john boswell's wonderful autotuned a glorious dawn featuring carl sagan and stephen hawking is being released in a limited edition 7" vinyl record by third man records.
'third man records, in conjunction with united record pressing, fabricated a special “cosmos colored vinyl” of which 150 copies will be available…50 randomly inserted into mail orders for “a glorious dawn” and the remainder to be made available at the third man records nashville store front at noon on november 9th.
the one-sided single features a very special etching on the flipside. reproduced from the original artwork, the etching copies the etching included with the voyager golden record, set off into space in 1977 as the most elaborate message-in-a-bottle idea ever imagined. with its inclusion of blind willie johnson’s “dark was the night” it goes without saying that the voyager golden record is one of third man’s favorite releases of all-time.'
more details here!
of course i ordered!
thousands of thanks to the friendly atheist!
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