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Archive for August, 2008

Dedication to astronomy

Posted in astronomy, cool on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Wow… so wow. I guess you could go one more by getting an astronomically accurate tattoo. But that would also defeat the purpose of science, which changes and updates with new evidence. Thanks, Gail

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One day I’d love to see a solar eclipse…

Posted in astronomy, pretty on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

… but for now, I’ll settle for the gorgeous pictures on APOD You can see the corona of the sun and the surface of the Moon from reflected Earthshine, in the same amazing photo!

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THIS is the attitude that got us into space the first time around!

Posted in cool, space, technology on August 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

SpaceX, a private company with its sights set on rocketing into orbit, is talking about the failure of it’s latest rocket, the Falcon 3. My favorite part is the can-do attitude of the CEO, Elon Musk, about the next attempts: Optimism, pessimism, fuck that; we’re going to make it happen. As God is my bloody [...]

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A few fun things…

Posted in astronomy, cool, fun, religion on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

First, on a recent episode where a guest talked about the overuse of brands, Steven Colbert brandished a bottle of Play-Doh cologne. And I thought, really? That’s got to be some kind of joke… but I was wrong. Next, some funny and some scary church signs from around the US. I particularly loved driving along [...]

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Sad News from CA

Posted in marijuana, politics, stupidity on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Charlie Lynch was found guilty on all accounts. More links about the trial in my original post.

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Interesting news from the BBC

Posted in anti-science, cool, science on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

First, a cool video from Steve on Twitter, tracking ships, taxis, planes, and even chatter across Britain, from the BBC… cool! Next, BBC Magazine asks, do they really think the earth is flat? As NASA turns 50, we have to wonder… Surely in our era of space exploration – where satellites take photos of our [...]

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Shermer…. in spaaaaaaace!

Posted in culture on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Michael Shermer blows my mind again with a nice op-ed in the LA Times entitled “Toward a Type 1 Civilization.” It’s nice to see free market economics supported with such optimism and with the inclusion of globalism as a good thing. Not to mention, the little notion of “civilization types” from sci-fi and pop-sci. I’ve [...]

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The trial of Charlie Lynch

Posted in marijuana, politics on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

reason.tv has a very good piece leading up to the trial of Charlie Lynch, arrested by the feds for possession of marijuana while he was operating a dispensary for medical marijuana, which is legal in California. Okay, so it tugs at the heart strings a bit. Even beyond that, however, it demonstrates the seriousness of [...]

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