From MSNBC, via Boing Boing: After years of working behind closed doors and locked gates, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has finally lifted the curtain that shrouded Blue Origin, his space tourism venture. Among the goodies now displayed on Blue Origin’s Web site are photos and videos from the venture’s maiden test flight in November, as seen from the ground as [...]
Posted by Chris in Space, Technology on January 4th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Anyone else relate? From the comic strip “Preteena.”
Posted by Deana in Fun on January 4th, 2007 | Comments Off
How do you respond to some idiot saying you shouldn’t swear your oath of office on a Koran? Why, swear it on Thomas Jefferson’s Koran, of course! “Keith is paying respect not only to the founding fathers’ belief in religious freedom but the Constitution itself,” said Ellison spokesman Rick Jauert. Snap!
Posted by Chris in Government, Politics, Religion on January 3rd, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Or as Harrison Ford puts it: “I don’t know if the pants still fit but I know the hat will.” More at E! News.
Posted by Chris in Film on January 3rd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m not sure why, but this image keeps haunting me. Doesn’t help that there’s a globe in the background that looks like top-secret plans for the Death Star. And the photo was taken in 1975!
Posted by Chris in Government, History on January 2nd, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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