In the Shadow of the Moon

I am looking forward to seeing this documentary. This is going to be a must have in the collection. Between 1968 and 1972, 12 men walked upon the surface of the moon. All of the surviving crew from the Apollo…

Things to Ponder

If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

Space Shuttle Lands in California

Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts took a detour across the US and landed safely in California, ending a two-week mission of construction on the international space station. Atlantis’ homecoming yesterday was the 51st time a space shuttle touched…

Free Penguin Project

You do not have to be a geek to like this one. I mean who does not want to make their penguin? And the good news it is open source! The starting point of this project was the question: “Why…

Bummer

I was looking foward last night to seeing Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. There was a group of guys from work going to see the movie and it should have been all good. But we did not even…

Crocs in Socks

George Bush wearing crocs and yes socks. I recently got pair of crocs, they are really comfortable, and it was mentioned that one should not wear socks with their crocs.

Reflection Nebula in Cepheus

Described as a “dusty curtain” or “ghostly apparition”, mysterious reflection nebula vdB 152 really is very faint. It lies about 1400 light-years away, along the northern Milky Way in the royal constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of a large molecular…