… finally, I bring you the next installment of the 20,000 Leagues Under the Covers quilt. Yes, it’s a stupid name but it has stuck. So be it. Want to see more? Here’s a quick teaser:
For even more (what? Didn’t that tell you everything you needed to know?), read on.
Posted by Karen in Crafts, Literature, Uncategorized on September 30th, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Gizmodo has posted the first images of SpaceShipTwo, the ship being built by Scaled Composites for Virgin Galactic flights starting next year. (Ships, rather. The VSS Enterprise is the first to be named, but a total of five are on order.) It’ll hold two pilots and six space tourists, with big comfy seats (for soft [...]
Posted by Chris in Art, Space, Technology, Travel on September 29th, 2006 | No Comments »
If you’re looking for something to get for the Radcliffs this holiday, feel free to pitch in and get these lovely Klingon bloodwine cups, on auction at Christie’s as part of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. As the site states: “reputed to have been originally used in Cecil B. DeMille’s The [...]
Posted by Chris in Art, Film, Fun, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Shopping on September 28th, 2006 | No Comments »
UPDATE: It worked! Here’s the latest:
It is official, Kayla won the contest and the title of NASA’s Greatest Fan! Thank you for all your votes. We don’t have all the details yet, but we’re off to (hopefully) see the shuttle launch!
Excited beyond words,
Jennifer
See the original post below:
From Jennifer, a Global Spin [...]
Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Film, Space, To Help on September 27th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Nate and Eventful remind me that it’s World Carfree Day today. Celebrate!
Ironically, we’re going camping this weekend so we’ll be driving up to the mountains. But no driving for 48 hours after that!
Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Environment, Holiday! Celebrate!, Travel on September 22nd, 2006 | 4 Comments »
For those of you keeping score at home, Pluto has been renamed 134340 Pluto and 2003 UB313 (nicknamed “Xena”) has been renamed 136199 Eris. Eris’s moon was named Dysnomia, though its formal name is 136199 Eris I. Just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?
Posted by Chris in Religion, Space on September 21st, 2006 | No Comments »
Patrick says:
arggh, matey! you best be talking like the foul-mouthed pirate ye claim to be!!!
…and he’s absolutely right. Arrrr, I mean, he harrrs th’ right ideer.
Posted by Chris in Fun on September 19th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
From AOL News:
An Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur took off Monday on a Russian rocket bound for the international space station, achieving her dream of becoming the the world’s first paying female space tourist.
Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari paid a reported $20 million to become the fourth private astronaut to take a trip on a Russian spacecraft [...]
Posted by Chris in Feminism, Space on September 18th, 2006 | No Comments »
Once again, Keith Olbermann gets right to the point and says it in a way I never could:
At the dedication of the Gettysburg Memorial — barely four months after the last soldier staggered from another Pennsylvania field — Mr. Lincoln said, “we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, [...]
Posted by Chris in Government, History, Iraq, Journalism, News/Media, Politics, Television on September 12th, 2006 | No Comments »
Sure, we always hear about our robot overlords, but who would have thought that the next wave would be… dun dun DUNnnnnnn… a chicken restaurant manager?
Hyperactive Bob, the kitchen production management computer system from Hyperactive Technologies, is now being licensed to Zaxby’s, a fast-food restaurant chain with locations in the Southern states. … This artificially [...]
Posted by Chris in Business, Food, Humor, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Technology on September 8th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
