Tag: Outer space

Photo taken by Nick King, Antalya, Southern Turkey It’s incredibly amazing how the moon exactly covers the sun when viewed from earth. The sun couldn’t be any bigger or smaller. The moon couldn’t be any bigger or smaller. And then…

This is the view from underneath planet Jupiter. It’s kinda neat to see Jupiter from another angle. Note the famous Great Red Spot in the upper left. It’s like seeing the underside of earth.

Buy a stockpile of tin foil and start making beanies for your neighbors, because we are going to be under major attack by solar flares in 2012. Space scientists announced that they expect the next cycle of sunspots and associated…

“CRTs contain 4 to 6 pounds of lead plus other toxic materials that leach into the soil and water if not properly disposed of. At this point, most LCDs contain lead and nearly all contain mercury.” source: PC World. Wow.…

An unusual two-toned rock on Mars was found a few days ago. What could this be? It looks like: Ancient crystal covered in snow Transformers foot Ancient tool Dinosaur egg What do you think it is?

Yes, this oversized popcorn popper with wheels actually walked on the Moon. It was launched in 1970 even though it looks like something from the 1950s. And it was created by the Soviets. Ah those Soviets, they know how to…

Imagine you are an alien. You are approaching planet earth for the first time. You could totally end up approaching earth from any direction. What if you approached earth from what we call the bottom, and you see Antarctica first?…

I was searching for some cool posters that featured interesting diagrams, tables or charts. Here’s twelve. Which is your favorite? Basic Nunchaku Kata poster from martial arts supermarket First Maps of the Internet from thinkgeek.com Weather Wizard’s Cloud Chart &…

It’s rather incredible that Saturn has a moon made of sponge floating around it. Maybe Saturn is a planet of maids, and one of their sponges got loose.

This appears in the 2005 Graphic USA Design Annual. Tim Rickard sent Tribune Media Services a comic strip proposal for Brewster Rockit. TMS decided to take Brewster under an 8-week development deal to help improve the strip before syndicating it.…

This artwork is quite long. To view the artwork click here: earth and sun to scale. In this file, the Sun is the circle on the left. To view the earth, scroll all the way to the right through outer…

Here are photos from the (not-so) exclusive opening at the Chicago Supersize McDondalds at Clark, Ohio and Ontario Street today on April 15, 2005. The Giant McDonalds on Steriods in downtown Chicago The wait wasn’t too terribly long. The even…

I was looking for a new team name for my fantasy league team. Maulers was both my croquet alias and my baseball team name. And that’s just brand confusion. I like how “Maulers” started with “Ma” just like my first…

LTD Commodities sell items for every down-home American. Some of the stuff is cool, most of it is odd cheesey stuff. My friend updates their weekly “new and exciting” section. It’s always got a few noteworthy items. But this week…

While I’m in Colorado right now, here’s a little moutain trivia. It gets 5∆ícelsius colder for every 1000 feet you go up (called the lapse rate). Actually we don’t directly get warm by the suns rays. The earth absorbs the…

We are so accustomed to our 12-month calendar, January, February, March, etc. What if we were to use a calendar based on the full moon? Seeing that there is a full moon tonight, this would be the start of the…

There’re many things we don’t really know. It’s an illusion that we know anything at all. If a group of aliens were to stop me and ask, “Say, bud, how many miles an hour does the earth spin at the…

A lot of people voted for Bush, because they like who he is. Straightforward. But his administration runs the show. He just gets up there all hokey dokey and looks all cute for the cameras. Look at me, I’m human…

At this very moment 09/22/2004 at 11:30am is the Autumnal Equinox where there is exactly 12 hours of light and 12 hours of night at the equator. (thanks to tom’s blog for reminding me). It’s noteworthy that this equal night/day…

Planets in our sky make a loop pattern. For the most part this pattern is like how we have our own daily trail. The morning and evening commute, over time, our trail is pretty fixed in the same path. But…

The lack of stars in the city sky surely has to affect people somehow. Perhaps we get too grounded and not enough of looking beyond. A self-portrait in my alley at 3am looking up at the sky. Also posted on…

Tuesday, June 8, 2004 spells the end of the planet Venus as it will smash into the sun. Many scientists believe that Venus will survive its plummet into the sun. Chicago scientist Matt Maldre was quoted in the Times, “It…

As time passes by, men’s sections have gotten smaller in flagship clothing stores on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago. GAP on Michigan Ave: used to have the entire first floor to men, now a section on the 1st floor is…

If they are looking for evidence of water on Mars, why don’t they send the robot-thing to the north part of mars where all that white stuff is. Geez. That looks like snow to me.

Is there something that city dwellers are missing by not being able to see the stars every night? Do we miss the context of where we live?

After work yesterday I went shopping for some brown or tan pants (preferably the stretchy kind) that would go with my shirt that I bought at H&M at lunch. I went down to Marshall Fields, and they had the whole…

In just one morning, both the %%271-7155_IMG_400.jpg]Hershey Kisses-mobile and the %%271-7177_IMG_400.jpg]Peeps-mobile appeared across the street. Earlier this year, I saw the %%250-5074_IMG_400.jpg]Chuck Woolery mobile. Last year, I saw the Pepperidge Farm Goldfish mobile. So then it got me thinking about…

Anything going bad today, just blame it on Mars.

Mars has a cute little white hat.

kara: its not maaawnday its moooooondaymatt: pull-down-your-pants-while-driving-and-moon-someone-day?kara: yup exactly from IM conversation with kara.

What if the earth had no land? Could it be a pure ball of water floating in outer space? Would it need some sort of iron core to hold it together?Dave’s amazing orb of magical powers from his trackball inspires…