Global Spin

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 | Comments Off

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 [...]

Posted by Chris in Feminism, Space on September 18th, 2006 | Comments Off

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 [...]

Posted by Chris in Government, History, Iraq, Journalism, News/Media, Politics, Television on September 12th, 2006 | Comments Off

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 [...]

Posted by Chris in Business, Food, Humor, Oddly Enough, Science fiction, Technology on September 8th, 2006 | 1 Comment »