Slow Dance of Destruction

Another great Hubble Space Telescope image showing a group of galaxies so tightly packed together that gravitational forces are beginning to rip stars from them and distort their shapes.

Flash Stuff

Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is just a little bit creepy? On the other hand this one is just fun, and this Rubik’s Cube could potentially lead to a lot of wasted time!

Airline Seat Ratings

A while back I posted a link to an airline seat spacing chart, well here are airline seat ratings for the six major U.S. airlines that include information like which seats have a good view of the movie, which are bulkhead seats with tray tables in the armrests, and which seats don’t recline.

Looking for the Jail Cam?

I see a lot of visitors searching for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s office live Jail Cam in Phoenix, Arizona that used to be at CRIME.COM. I hadn’t realised that it was no longer online (I believe because of a lawsuit) – but here’s another one from the Anderson County Detention Facility Intake Center in Clinton, […]

More Browser Market Share Statistics

OneStat has released their browser statistics showing Internet Explorer with a 95% market share, followed by Netscape Navigator at 3% and Mozilla at just over 1%.

Giant Lava Lamp

Two guys from Soap Lake, WA have come up with a plan to build a giant lava lamp 60 feet tall as an attraction to draw visitors to the dying town. I grew up just down the road in Odessa, so this kind of crazy idea originating in Soap Lake doesn’t surprise me at all.

The Brick Testament

A LEGO version of the Bible: The Brick Testament.

KNOPPIX Linux CD

After seeing the KNOPPIX Linux filesystem On CD last night on The Screen Savers I decided to download a copy to play with. Although it runs well from the CD, it turns out you can also do a hard disk intall using this how to. By the way, Wil Wheaton will be guest hosting on […]

Saturn at its Brightest

Saturn will be in opposition to the Sun on December 17, and will be brighter than anytime in the past 3 decades. Time to get out the telescope, and hope for a clear and less frigid night.

Ice-Skating With My Baby

Lots of interesting programming examples over at bodytag.org, but this is my favorite.

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