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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Clouds, Anonymous, Nader

Back in my old apartment I would often leave my webcam on the window ledge, pointed up at the sky to record passing clouds as timelapse sequences, the best of which I compiled into a single video:

I uploaded the video to Google, left it open to saving and embedding for anyone who might want the [...]

USA 193 Intercept

Popular in the sensational space news spotlight last week was the Navy’s shootdown of satellite USA 193, internally known as NROL-21, an experimental reconnaissance satellite which suffered post-launch computer failure so it was trapped in a rapidly decaying low earth orbit, and could have crashed with many large parts intact. Carrying a full tank of [...]

Bye, Jay

I just learned that Jay Tan, an old friend from college who’s been having kidney trouble and got a transplant just two months ago, passed away yesterday. He was 32. Jay was in my carpool and we had a close set of mutual friends, but I’ve only seen him once or twice since college, and [...]

Your New Bicycle

Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle.
Michelle Obama Is Your New Bicycle.
Hillary Clinton Is Your New Bicycle.
John McCain Is Your New Bicycle.
Ron Paul Is Your New Bicycle.
Steve Jobs Is Your New Bicycle.
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Luke, I am Your New Bicycle.

Thanks to Mat Honan for starting it all, but I say that’s it for [...]