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The 10th Planet

Browsing the daily science headlines at work this morning I happened across the discovery announcement of a new Sedna-esque planetoid designated 2003 EL61. The object is thought to be roughly 2/3 the size of Pluto or of similar size to Sedna, if not slightly larger.
However, the key quote from the article, “This is still a […]

Tuesday Roundup

Space Shuttle Discovery (STS 114) - NASA returns to space with the successful launch of Discovery. Although there are fresh concerns on debris at launch, it is great to see the shuttle back in action, especially after witnessing the community reaction around Cape Canaveral the day they lost Columbia.
24 Ways to Lace Your Shoes - […]

Wednesday Roundup

Slacking on my updates thanks to schedules which aren’t cooperating. Some things to tide you over:
Google Moon - Sattelite imagery of the Apollo landing sites dropped into Google’s mapping app. For a bit of humor zoom in to the highest resolution view.
Tour de France - Lance Armstrong has the tour firmly in his hands. It’ll […]

Lance Armstrong’s Retirement Tour

The Tour de France began today, with Lance’s quest to retire with 7 wins off to a strong start. He took second place in the time trial by 2 seconds - but in doing so put himself a good minute ahead of his major competitors.

Upgrade to Tiger, Quarterly Backups: Complete.

iCal popped up my reminder on Thursday that it was once again time for my quarterly backups. Since I hadn’t yet had a chance to upgrade the iMac up to Tiger yet, this weekend seemed like the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
8 hours later, split into a couple 4-hour chunks, I’m […]