Another fake miniature effect
Downtown Miami
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Hair Raising Hare
What better way to celebrate Halloween than with a dose of Bugs Bunny and a monster?
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
How could a meteor explode?
Ethan Siegel a theoretical astrophysicist, gives a good and easy to follow explanation in his blog of how could a meteor explode. It was a question that bugged me a little since I was a child, as recounted on the Tunguska event (an explosion that occurred in 1908 in Siberia).
Worth reading. Now I understand!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Phishing at Hotmail, GMail, Yahoo! Mail, etc.
My friend, Alun Jones, Microsoft Security MVP, posted a nice reminder of the basic rules of dealing with everyday passwords.
- Don’t use the same password everywhere.
- Write down some of your passwords.
- Consider what passwords should be accessible to others.
- Plan to change your passwords.
- Change your passwords often enough, but not too often.
For more details on each of these points, read his full article.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Flight Sim (FSX) – Piper Cub
The A2A Simulations J3 Piper Cub is a very detailed modeled aircraft. The Cub is a light airplane built by Piper between 1937 and 1947. It is one of the most sought-after light and simple aircraft and a joy to fly. A2A Simulations did an outstanding job with this airplane, built for FSX.
Version with Tundra tires
Tundra tires
Regular yellow Cub with Australian registration
Parked at Boonah (YBOA), a small airfield south of Brisbane, Australia.
Friday, October 23, 2009
BBC: Epic humpback whale battle
A beautiful BBC video of humpback whales battling for the right to mate with a female. The "battles" are not bloody - mostly pushing and shoving - but these are 40-ton creatures, so they have the power to kill one another. Voiced by David Attenborough in the BBC series "Life."
(Via TYWKIWDBI)
Superconducting MagLev on a Magnetic Track (II)
A few days ago I posted a video from an experiment in magnetic levitation from Ithaca College. One of my favorite science bloggers has written a wonderful explanation of how levitation works, and he shows how easy it is to make in school or at home, as long as you have a supply of liquid nitrogen! All kidding aside, I find this stuff fascinating. Scaled up, as it is already done in places, is a wonderful solution for transport.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Photo of the day
Been doing a little planespotting lately. Caught a few good shots, with some unusual liveries.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Discovering Ardipithecus
I saw this captivating video in the Discovery Science Channel. If you have not heard, or don’t know the details about Ardipithecus Ramidus, also known as “Ardi”.
It took over then years of work to study this incredible find that revolutionizes what we know about anthropology and paleontology.
It is long, but worth watching here, if you did not catch the broadcast version.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Lechuguilla Cave
A BBC program from the series Planet Earth, from the “Caves” episode (April 2007) on Lechuguilla Cave, NM, probably the most beautiful of all cave systems in the world. The video, voiced by David Attenborough, is outstanding. It took the BBC two years to get permission to film the cave, an event that will not be allowed again for the foreseeable future due to the fragile nature of the cave and its ecosystem.
Many years ago, I visited Carlsbad Caverns National Park, with its beautiful caves. Lechugilla is part of the park but it is only open to scientists.
(Via Cynical-C)
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