Saw this note about a Zoom into Deep Space QuickTime over at Susan’s: Here’s a cool QuickTime movie, a quasi visual warp speed over at HubbleSite: Zoom into Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys Ultra Deep Field. Even the low res … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2005
Andrea’s Weblog is 5
A very happy fifth weblog anniversary to Andrea! If you’ve been reading this site for five years, thanks for your faithfulness! And if you only dropped by recently, thanks for reading (or looking at the photos or reading the travel … Continue reading
No on Gonzales
I can’t believe we are having to have this discussion about Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Why isn’t this guy under indictment? (OK, I know why, but when will ‘the people’ awaken?) Daily Kos :: No on Gonzales With this … Continue reading
And I Thought It Was My Machine
Jason says Firefox is pissing me off for a variety of reasons — all of which I have observed on this machine I am currently writing this on. I quit using Firefox about a month ago because of them and … Continue reading
Bastards
White House Cuts Hubble Servicing Mission from 2006 Budget Request The White House has eliminated funding for a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope from its 2006 budget request and directed NASA to focus solely on de-orbiting the popular … Continue reading
TV Legend Johnny Carson has Died
Both the BBC and CNN have noted that former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson has died. Actually, he was the Tonight Show. I don’t know what runs in that time spot now. I have watched it and it’s not the … Continue reading
It’s an Iron Meteorite!
In a followup to Monday’s post: Opportunity Rover Finds an Iron Meteorite on Mars The pitted, basketball-size object is mostly made of iron and nickel according to readings from spectrometers on the rover. Only a small fraction of the meteorites … Continue reading
Converting Manila to Movable Type
Susan suggested I do this and I never got around to contacting Jason about his script. It is an understatement to call this a Godsend. Hopefully, my first blog will soon be here. Thank you, Jason! PapaScott: Converting Manila to … Continue reading
Las Vegas weatherman fired after on-air racial slur
No comment, except, ‘idiot.’ Las Vegas weatherman fired after on-air racial slur KTNV-TV, Channel 13, fired weekend weather anchor Rob Blair on Sunday, a day after he made an on-air racial slur about Martin Luther King Jr. Jim Prather, vice … Continue reading
Clinton’s Martin Luther King Speech [August 28, 1998]
I saw this over at Digby’s: On the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have A Dream Speech” Bill Clinton gave the following unprepared speech. It was the most heartfelt speech I ever heard him give. I had never heard … Continue reading
