Archive for June, 2008
links for 2008-06-22
(Del.icio.us daily blog posting failed me again, so this is manually posted to bump down the wisdom teeth photo.) in action: a skyscraper’s amazing 728-ton stabilising ball | deputydog Tuned mass damper at Taipei 101, includes a video of the ball in action during the recent Sichuan earthquake. (Tags: buildings architecture engineering earthquake taiwan china tech) Star Wars Crawl – Make a [...]
Wisdom Teeth
I’m getting my wisdom teeth extracted today. I’ve been putting it off for years, believing that my mostly-erupted wisdoms would provide extra chewing power while posing little inconvenience; but after much on-and-off pain and swelling, a few cavities, an operculectomy, and futile brushing at foul debris trapped in the gums of my off-margin lower third [...]
Water on Mars
I wonder if the history books will mention how the first public announcement of this discovery went up on Twitter before anywhere else: The Phoenix Lander has found water ice on Mars. At left, the animation which serves as evidence, two photos of a trench dug by the lander, taken four days apart. Note the [...]
Comment Bugs and Coming Upgrades
I’ve been informed by a few people that posting a comment to my site is nearly impossible nowadays, usually resulting in Movable Type timing out, throwing an Error 500, and dumping core. I can’t trace the problem, but I hope it’s something that gets fixed when I can finally move the site to a more [...]
Rainbow
(Rainbow uploaded by brownpau.) Rainbow between thunderstorms, seen from Foggy Bottom.
links for 2008-06-18
(Manually posted again. I really don’t know what’s up with del.icio.us daily blog posting lately, but since it’s broken for me and I’m behind on site maintenance anyway, the linklog is taking a break until I can upgrade.) New Lunar Prototype Vehicles Tested (Gallery) | Universe Today Lovely photos of new Constellation-era lunar exploration vehicle [...]
Interior
(Department of the Interior uploaded by brownpau.) Nice, sunny, breezy afternoon for a stroll. Passing by the Department of the Interior while walking home from work.
links for 2008-06-17
(Well, this is annoying: del.icio.us daily blog posting failed again yesterday, so I have to repost and backdate these manually. I think I might transfer to a remote, non-API-based RSS solution.) Al’s Journal : My endorsement I wonder who he’ll endorse? Oh, the suspense! In other news, Al Gore has a blog. (Tags: algore weblogs [...]
LOC Lipstick Photo
The Library of Congress on Flickr is, to me, without exaggeration, one of the awesomest things on the internet and in the world: scanned prints of historic public domain photos, uploaded for the community to openly view, tag, and comment. This particular photo from 1943 especially caught my eye; a woman applying lipstick by a [...]
Dome and Sky
Capitol Dome and clouds, a small, short mobile panorama. (Dome and Sky uploaded by brownpau.)