The goal of the project is to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. The pictures and stories will then be posted here. Here’s a photo and story from the GPS convergence location of 36°N 80°W, which is roughly 2.8 miles (4.4 km) NNE of High Point, … Read More
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List of Meteor Showers
For people like me, who love to watch the sky for "shooting stars": Jan. 4 Quadrantids: Radiant–Bootes. Very short lived shower, less that one day. Variable rate, but generally around 60 per hour. Speed 41 kps and bluish color. Jan. 16 Delta Cancrids: Radiant–just west of Beehive. Minor shower, rate about 4 per hour. Very swift. Jan. 18 Coma Berenicids: … Read More
The Cemetary Project
What with people dying lately (the Pope, Terri Schiavo, Frank Purdue), I thought this site, The Cemetary Project, might be of interest. Below is a picture of the grave of Jim Varney, the actor who portrayed Ernest (the "Hey Verne" guy of commercial and movie fame):
April Fool’s Round-up
Google is introducing a line of drinks called "Google Gulp" Encyclopedia Britannica takes over Wikipedia Bush girls join Air Force in Iraq Bush cancels the space program Atrios gets spoofed So does Little Lulu And World Nut Daily … and many more
Harvard Political Review on Jon Stewart
Inciteful comments on The Daily Show from the Harvard Political Review: People are listening to Jon Stewart. With his recent best-seller America (The Book) and his hit fake news show on Comedy Central, The Daily Show, it seems clear that his message is being heard: for instance, over 1.5 million people tuned in to watch Stewart interview John Kerry. Still, … Read More
Technology – A Pain In The Arse
Having trouble getting your cable modem to recognize your network router? Yeah. Bummer. Remember the good old days when the hardest thing to do — technologically speaking — was programming your VCR clock? Of course, nothing beats this — a seven minute instructional (silent) film from 1927 called "How To Use The Dial Phone". We may laugh now, but it … Read More
This Isn’t Funny
Not the least bit funny. (Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!) No, NOT funny.
For Easter . . .
A bunch of Peeps links . . . and some info courtesy of the Washington Post: In the past three years, Peeps consumption has surged by more than 100 million a year; Americans eat an average of 2.3 Peeps apiece each spring. Certainly Peeps are eaten in a variety of ways: fresh, stale, warm, microwaved, frozen, fricasseed, roasted and sometimes … Read More
Where I Have Been
COUNTRIES I HAVE BEEN IN: Create your own visited country map or check our Costa Rica travel guide STATES I HAVE VISITED/LIVED: Create your own personalized map of the USA EUROPEAN COUNTRIES I HAVE BEEN IN: Create your personalized map of europe
Thoughts Of A Dreamer
Here is the blog of Jeff Weise, the 16-year-old Minnesota high school gunman who killed nine people before committing suicide. And if you really want to look into his disturbed mind, visit The Smoking Gun to view Weise’s self-made Flash animation. Screen captures from that animation are below:
Moblogging A Rainbow
So I was driving to rehearsal last night and there was a tornado warning but instead of a tornado, there was this amazing rainbow, so I took my cell phone and took a picture of it (through the windshield and rain while driving) and sent it to this blog. Technology is cool, but nature is cooler.