Dark rings, bright rings, bright limb of Saturn, the Pale Blue Dot — a planetary spectacular. – rakkity
Boulder’s Bumpers
Sounds like Gilsum Woods is a disaster area! — Ed Greetings not from Gilsum Woods! Â (No power still due to the ice storm…went to Keene to use its power!) Beginning on Thursday about 3AM, and ending approximately 31 hours later, we received pouring sleet and freezing rain, non-stop. Â The result, the worst ice storm I […]
Sounds like Gilsum Woods is a disaster area! — Ed Greetings not from Gilsum Woods! Â (No power still due to the ice storm…went to Keene to use its power!) Beginning on Thursday about 3AM, and ending approximately 31 hours later, we received pouring sleet and freezing rain, non-stop. Â The result, the worst ice storm I […]
Mike, For those of us interested in pretty pictures, in particular Hubble’s magnificent pictures, here is an interesting explanation of how they go from the ugly raw data (full of cosmic ray tracks, awkward edge artifacts, and black-white) to the full-color eye-candy that we all know and love. The author gives away some tricks that […]
Mike, For those of us interested in pretty pictures, in particular Hubble’s magnificent pictures, here is an interesting explanation of how they go from the ugly raw data (full of cosmic ray tracks, awkward edge artifacts, and black-white) to the full-color eye-candy that we all know and love. The author gives away some tricks that […]
One foot dipped into the iPod pond… I’m cheep. I winced when I gave daughter Katie a $74 shuffle iPod for her birthday. No way would I buy one for myself, however. (Even assuming the rakkity Family Financial Manager, herself, would allow me to). So on Father’s day, when I saw the Office Depot ad […]
Dear Lowlanders, Last Sunday, my buddy Steve said we should go on a hike this Wednesday. So I contacted beartoother Chuck and asked for suggestions, saying only that, “Steve wants to go high.” Chuck suggested we go to the ghost-town of Hessie (at 9500′ in the Indian Peaks), and start from there. So Wednesday dawned […]
Mike, On our way across the pond last month, our Brit Air pilot just missed Greenland. According to the map monitor on the back of the seat in front of me, we flew just south of the southern tip. (It was cloudy anyway.) But on the way back, we crossed the southern tip, and I […]
Mike, On our way across the pond last month, our Brit Air pilot just missed Greenland. According to the map monitor on the back of the seat in front of me, we flew just south of the southern tip. (It was cloudy anyway.) But on the way back, we crossed the southern tip, and I […]
Disk not accessible. Abort, Retry, or Fail? Last Sunday I lost 7 hours out of my life, I wonder if I’ll ever get them back. The day before, I arrived in Huntington Beach, where I had stopped to visit relatives on my way to Berkeley for a science meeting. Everything was normal on Saturday, and […]
Mike, At last I’ve visited every single latte shop in Boulder, at least until another one opens up, which may happen tomorrow. Not counting the repetitions, where the owners or franchisers have more than one storefront, I’ve found 28 legitimate espresso shops in town. There are some others in libraries, bookstores or restaurants, but they […]