What a volcano should look like
Posted in Earth on Jul 31st, 2006
Now THAT’s what a volcano should look like!
That’s actually the Mount Mayon volcano in The Philippines.
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Posted in Earth on Jul 31st, 2006
Now THAT’s what a volcano should look like!
That’s actually the Mount Mayon volcano in The Philippines.
Technorati Tags: Earth, mayon, volcano
Posted in The Internet on Jul 28th, 2006
Here’s the media blurb:
The operators of an X-rated online video game on Wednesday debuted Utherverse.com, an adults-only site that aims to duplicate the success of wildly popular teen hangout MySpace.com.
Brian Shuster, chief executive of Utherverse.com Inc., said people under the age of 18 are banned from using the new social-networking site — a move that [...]
Posted in Technology on Jul 28th, 2006
This is cool, smart, and so simple it HAS to work:
"Typhoon forecast to make land this evening," said the message sent to millions of mobile phones in the coastal city of Jinjiang and surrounding Fujian province. "Please attend to preparations."
Rather than expecting people to be near a tv or radio, as we do in the [...]
Posted in The Universe on Jul 28th, 2006
Now, I’m no astronomer by any stretch of the imagination. But, some things I see just confound the life out of me. For instance, how do you take a picture that looks like this:
Then come to the conclusion it actually looks something like this:
Which then means:
Newfound blob is biggest thing in universe
Structure is 200 million [...]
Posted in The Solar System on Jul 25th, 2006
Posted in The Solar System on Jul 25th, 2006
Phil Platt at Bad Astronomy has turned me on to two cool things in one post. Namely this:
To wit, there are apparently lakes on Titan. This is very cool. See those black blobs? Those are the lakes. They do kinda look like this:
See that black streak in the picture? That’s a lake on Earth. So, [...]
Posted in Technology on Jul 20th, 2006
First of all, look at this:
Now note that it goes from 0 to 60 in about four seconds.
Is this what you normally picture an ELECTRIC CAR being? A new age is here. This is very cool! The only drawbacks are it gets 250 miles per charge and it costs about $90,000. I could deal with [...]
Posted in The Solar System on Jul 20th, 2006
This picture is a newly taken picture of Titan:
And, here is a picture of where we are building our new house:
Wait a sec. That’s wrong. The pic with the arrow on it is our house. The OTHER one is Titan. Kinda makes me go hmmmm. Those sure look like winding country roads on Titan now [...]
Posted in Global Warming on Jul 20th, 2006
Well shoot, World Jump Day came and went and I totally forgot to leap at the appropriate moment. Now, for those not in the know, the leap time was 11.39.13 GMT. Now, that’s about 6:39 in the MORNING here. What’s worse, that’s about 3:39 IN THE MORNING in California. I mean, who thought to wake [...]
Posted in Health on Jul 19th, 2006
Got this via email:
Sex is a beauty treatment. Scientific tests find that when women make love they produce amounts of the hormone estrogen, which makes hair shine and skin smooth.
Gentle, relaxed lovemaking reduces your chances of suffering dermatitis, skin rashes and blemishes. The sweat produced cleanses the pores and makes your skin glow.
Lovemaking [...]