I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the National Space Society has donated telescopes to students in over 20 countries as part of the Permission to Dream project. The project page posted photos of a recent star party in Nepal, featuring one of the donated telescopes: Click through to the Permission to Dream project page [...]
Posted by Chris in Space, To Help, World on October 27th, 2008 | Comments Off
…and one of these two is derided for being a celebrity. BTW, the awesome Obama shoes photo is part of an amazing set by Callie Shell. (via John Tantalo by way of Lee Fuhr, courtesy The Internets)
Posted by Chris in Politics on October 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
[from my GeekDad post] No, that’s not a typo. Graeme Base’s newest book Enigma can teach kids about cryptography, but it deserves an extra “crypto” for the clever way the subject is hidden in a story about magic, friendship, and family. Bertie Badger visits his grandfather, the retired magician Gadzooks the Great, and learns that [...]
Posted by Chris in Books, Geekdad, Technology on October 21st, 2008 | Comments Off
Fafblog explores the question. Yes, Fafblog.
Posted by Deana in Blog, Fun, Plain foolishness, Politics on October 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?” — Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), on October 17, 2008
Posted by Chris in Politics, You have got to be kidding on October 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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