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Monthly Archives: February 2007

Rosetta Mars Flyby

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

ESA’s Rosetta probe just flew by Mars en route to a deep space rendezvous with Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. During the 200 km close flyby, the Rosetta’s Philae Lander camera got this lovely view of the craft’s solar panel backdropped by the Martian arc, plus an animation of the moon Phobos’ shadow on the Martian [...]

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Capitol Snowmen

Monday, February 26, 2007

We were expecting only an inch of snow in DC yesterday morning, but instead we got a cool 3 inches, so by the time Amy and I got out of church the city had turned into a lovely fluffy wonder winterland. On our way to the National Gallery we stopped by the Capitol Lawn to [...]

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Lazy LOST Linkdump

Monday, February 26, 2007

LOST fans, I’m sorry, but the show just hasn’t had too much appeal for me lately, and I haven’t felt as much need to write recaps and theories as I did with past seasons. The mystery is just too stretched out, the magic is gone, and I’m starting to feel like Tycho and Gabe and [...]

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Assorted Amy Portraits

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Amy and I trudged through the snow today to look at Jasper Johns’ An Allegory of Painting and Rembrandt Prints and Drawings. Along the way I got these photos of her:

That first one at upper left just happened to be the 7,000th photo uploaded to my Flickr photostream. There’s no one else I’d [...]

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The Lunar Rover and Eduardo San Juan

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Update: I have written more on this. See this letter from an actual lunar rover designer, and further research into this topic.

Many years ago, I ran a site called PULA.ph, the Philippine Urban Legend Archive. In it I compiled chain email forwards and tales from traditional and contemporary Filipino folklore, debunking the more egregious ones, [...]

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Caturday!

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Pandora was looking especially regal on her favorite star-shaped pillow tonight. It helped that I put some catnip on it earlier today, so she really doesn’t want to move from there. Which means I get to keep my spot on the bed, which she seems to have taken a liking to in recent days.

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Trader Joe’s Linguine

Friday, February 23, 2007

Conventional supermarket pasta comes in long rods of hardened wheat which necessitate a stressful and messy break-in-half procedure before they will fit in my 4-quart pot of boiling water. Not so with these packs of Trader Joe’s linguine; they are gently prefolded before drying so that they can be dropped straight into the pot with [...]

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Phish Snooping for Beginners

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

So I get a phishing message telling me “Your Bank of America account has been closed, click here to reactivate it.” Nothing new. I don’t even have a BoA account, and even if I did, I know enough to avoid phishes. But before clicking on the “Report phishing” link, I try a click on the [...]

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Ducks and Swans on Ice

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Ducks and swans hanging around on the ice in the Pond, Central Park. Most of the ducks were sleeping with a leg up, puffed to insulate against cold, while the swans munched on hay off to one side. As we watched them, Amy mentioned this reference from Catcher in the Rye:

I live in [...]

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Within NYAA

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

These are from various locations within the New York Academy of Art, where Amy got her Master’s Degree in painting. The middle floors of the old building are open and partitioned into studio spaces, many with windows that look out onto alleyways and fire escapes, creating a quintessentially “Tribecan” ambience. Student and faculty work [...]

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