Archive for May, 2005
links for 2005-05-21
NOAA Environmental Visualization Program. (tags: space science interesting) Where is tomorrow now? From the NOAA Environmental Visualization Program (tags: space science interesting) Geostationary Satellite Server. (tags: space science) Satellite Services Division – Tropical Atlantic Satellite Imagery. (tags: space science) Lifehacker: How to avoid crying when chopping onions. (tags: food)
links for 2005-05-20
Newsdesigner.com on Mount St Helens 25 years later. (tags: news design science) Mt St Helens – 25 Years Later. The Daily News remembers the 1980 eruption. Nice, clean CSS design. (tags: history science design) Emu chases dog walkers, collapses, and dies. On the loose in Watchung, NJ. (tags: animals nj)
Q Street Doggie
(q-st-doggie-1 uploaded by brownpau.) Sad, forlorn-looking dog behind the fence of that big house at 20th and Q St NW, across from the Dupont Circle Metro exit. Aw!
links for 2005-05-19
Indian Superman. (tags: ripoff superman) Brazilian Star Wars. (tags: ripoff starwars) Turkish Star Trek. (tags: ripoff startrek) Turkish Star Wars. (tags: ripoff starwars) SCA Medieval and Renaissance Music Homepage. Massive quantities of early music linkage make me very happy. (tags: music) Star Wars: The Last Supper. (tags: fun starwars)
Jules Verne, Old Earth Creationist
“192,000 years, my gallant Conseil, which significantly extends the biblical Days of Creation. What’s more, the formation of coal … and the cooling of basaltic rocks likewise call for a much longer period of time. I might add that those ‘days’ in the Bible must represent whole epochs and not literally the lapse of time [...]
Guess the Pun
Update: Yeah, you all guessed it: WHEN THE SITH HITS THE FAN.
links for 2005-05-18
Dylan’s lectionary blog. Lectionary readings and reflections. (tags: bible faith) Randy Johnson’s ‘Sushi a la Carte.’ A comprehensive guide to sushi. (tags: food) DC Tourist Photos. (tags: dc photos)
What Amy and I Did Last Weekend
Viewed paintings in Figuratively Speaking, The Human Form in American Art — an exhibit at The Corcoran. Lunched on siopao, dimsum, and yang chow fried rice at China Doll in Chinatown. Studied Asian Games in the Sackler Gallery. Watched Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at Gallery Place. (The book was better.) Dined on unagi sushi, [...]
Crepuscular Rays Over Northeast
Saw these lovely crepuscular rays shining through a layer of stratocumulus perlucidus clouds over Union Station and Northeast DC earlier this morning. (crepuscular1 uploaded by brownpau.)
Maiden Middles and their Initials
Name-hyphenation! Valerie doesn’t like it, but Amy and I plan to hyphenate our surnames. Imagine the fun people will have taking messages from the “Koslowski-Ordovezas!” Even without hyphenation, though, Filipino tradition dictates the woman keeping her maiden name as a middle name, and passing it down as a middle name to the children. Plus, I’ve [...]